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News | 29-01-20
Jack’s Journey
In this series we introduce you to some of our apprentices and let them share their stories with you. At Tharsus, we invest in our people. We’re all about working with bright, keen people who want to develop the knowledge and skills which will be with them through their whole career. This allows us to attract and keep the best talent...
News | 27-01-20
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss visits Tharsus
On Friday we welcomed International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to Tharsus. Her visit was one of a number across the region in which she spoke to businesses about the future for exporters post Brexit. And it is bright. Commenting during a tour of Tharsus new £3million facility, Ms Truss said: “Britain leads the world in high-tech – we just had great...
News | 08-01-20
Sophie’s apprenticeship journey – From classic cars to building and testing
In this series we want to introduce you to some of our apprentices and let them share their stories with you. Let’s meet Sophie Laidlaw. Sophie is a first year electro mechanical Apprentice. She’d like to share a little about what led her to Tharsus and her experience with us so far.
News | 20-12-19
Celebrating Christmas at Tharsus
This year has been the biggest and best year for Christmas at Tharsus. The activities planned have been fantastic and thoroughly enjoyable and they all couldn't have been possible without Brian and all our colleagues. It was a great start to the Christmas season and as we're drawing 2019 to a close, we hope to see our team maintain their...
News | 04-12-19
Innovation Forum visit to Tharsus
Today, Tharsus were hosts to the innovative colleagues of Design Network North. Design Network North, established 11 years ago, is a collection of individuals and businesses, concerned with harnessing the value in design and applying it to their company. Members of the network are from all different industry backgrounds, but all with the interest of design and innovation.
News | 29-11-19
Employer of the Year at The Chamber Business Awards 2019
Recognising and rewarding excellence in British business, the Chamber Business Awards is one of the UK’s most contested and prestigious business award programmes. Following a rigorous judging process from hundreds of entries from Chambers across the UK, Tharsus won top honours for Employer of the Year 2019.
News | 20-11-19
Tharsus Group storms into the Top 200 Business Awards for 2019
Now in its 41st year, the North East Top 200 List recognises the achievements of the region’s most successful businesses. Compiled by PWC and published today in The Journal, the Top 200 includes automotive giant Nissan, International clothing success Barbour and now Tharsus Group ranking at #135 – the second highest new entrant.
News | 19-11-19
Tharsus mock interviews with Newcastle University
Our Graduate Career Planning Controller, Kaitlin Rowe, visited Newcastle University today. She was a part of helping second year mechanical engineering students with mock interviews to prepare them for the world of work after they graduate.
News | 18-11-19
Dave Swan speaking at Annual Engineering conference
Delegates from ten leading Scottish Universities hosted Dave Swan's keynote speech: 'How to ‘Load the Dice’ when approaching innovation'. At the Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering (SRPe) annual conference, our CTO Dave Swan presented to leading industry experts, research teams and government representatives at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
News | 16-11-19
Tharsus welcomes work experience students from Bede Academy
This week we have had some special visitors coming through our doors. We’ve had four Year 11 students at GCSE level coming from Bede Academy in Blyth, who are all very interested in our apprenticeship and graduate opportunities here at Tharsus. They are currently studying electrical and civil engineering and are looking to join either our apprentice or graduate schemes in the future.
News | 15-11-19
More recognition for Tharsus in UK’s most prestigious manufacturing awards
Last night’s TMMX awards ceremony saw our Pilot Manufacturing Manager Calvin Wakeford winning the Young Manufacturer category. This follows Tharsus being named Most Progressive SME at last year’s awards.
News | 12-11-19
A visit by Newcastle University engineering students
We loved having some Newcastle University mechanical engineering students visit us here at Tharsus today. We had the opportunity to give them a quick tour of the factory so they were able to see what we work on and answer any questions they may have about Tharsus and the industry in general.
