Eldon Square to support ‘One Great Day’ with fun-filled charity weekend
Funfair favourites are set to join Eldon Square shopping malls this September as it supports ‘One Great Day’, a nation-wide charity event organised in support of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) and the Red Sky Foundation. The Newcastle city centre shopping destination will host a weekend...
Great North Run launch a brand new ‘Team Challenge’ contest for the next annual race
The biggest weekend of sport in the North East is fast approaching, and you can be part of it! The Great North 5k kicks off the 40th Great North Run celebrations in style on Friday 10 September this year after the 2020 run was postponed due to the pandemic. People are...
New jobs platform to support North East residents into hospitality careers
Newcastle residents are being urged to consider careers in tourism and hospitality, with hundreds of jobs available in the sector. Residents can access job opportunities through the new online platform Jobs@SkillsHub. It is a free job vacancy portal that matches local people to local job opportunities, work experience, skills...
Join the Big Bus Conversation – public urged to get involved
Regional transport leaders have launched the Big Bus Conversation – a new region-wide campaign to gather feedback ahead of a bid to access a national £3bn funding pot with the aim of persuading people to switch sustainably to the bus. Following the publication of the government’s ‘Bus Back Better’...
Rugby League World Cup to be staged in 2022
Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) and the UK Government have today announced their intention to stage the flagship event in the international Rugby League calendar in 2022. The extremely difficult decision was taken by the RLWC2021 Board, which includes representation from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and...
Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS) call on tourism and hospitality businesses to register unresolved historical banking complaints
A new, independent, and free dispute resolution service, the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS), is appealing directly to tourism and hospitality businesses to see if their long-standing bank disputes can be tackled. It is estimated that, over the past 20 years since 2001, some 600,000 businesses could still have...
NGI Promotes National Tourism Drive: The Explorer’s Road
NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), a destination and investment agency, that works to attract visitors into the area, is promoting The Explorer’s Road, a major national project funded by the Discover England Fund, to promote destinations to domestic customers on a route from Berwick and Newcastle to Hertfordshire. Working with regional...
Staycationers urged to become #WaterWarriors this summer
Record numbers expected to holiday at home this summer Visitors urged to “know before you go” to the country’s blue spaces Check water quality before taking the plunge and help prevent pollution Staycationers are being urged to become #WaterWarriors and make the right choices when visiting beaches, rivers and...
WWT Washington in Tyne and Wear joins call to create more wetlands as new research shows huge public support for investment in natural solutions to the climate emergency
New online research commissioned by WWT, shows more than three quarters (79%) of people in the North East think that there should be more investment in natural solutions to tackle the climate emergency, with local residents saying they thought taking effective action against climate change was now most important...
The Body Shop unveils a new sustainable concept store at Metrocentre Gateshead
Now, more than ever, the world needs strong, confident bodies. That’s why The Body Shop, the iconic activist beauty brand, is rolling up its sleeves, starting with the launch of its new concept store at Metrocentre Gateshead. The new store is an interactive ‘activist workshop’ that encourages people to...