Atom Bank Plants New Roots in Newcastle’s Industrial Heartland

Atom Bank has packed up its Durham base and moved its 600 staff to Newcastle’s restored Pattern Shop, a Grade II-listed landmark that once turned out steam locomotives for Robert Stephenson & Co. The shift puts one of Britain’s original digital banks at the centre of the city’s tech corridor — and back inside a building that helped drive the Industrial Revolution.The Pattern Shop, built in the 1880s behind Newcastle Central Station, has undergone a multi-million-pound restoration led by Newcastle City Counc ...