Spreading the word about WeAreNewcastle campaign
Independent retailers, cafes, bars and restaurants in Newcastle’s neighbourhoods have joined forces to help spread the word about a new local pride campaign. The WeAreNewcastle campaign was launched in February to celebrate what the city’s high streets and neighbourhoods have to offer residents. Already more than 250 businesses have...
Fenwick announces 140-year anniversary celebratory events, all new in-store experiences, exclusive collaborations and much more
Since 1882, Fenwick has welcomed its discerning shoppers with style and savvy, glamour and grace. This year, Fenwick celebrates 140 years of inspiring you to join the circus of life with a non-stop parade of covetable collaborations, exclusive events and thrilling activities. Fenwick 140 invokes founder John James Fenwick’s...
Innovative technology offers an exciting new leisure experience for Newcastle
Situated on Newgate Street, Point Blank Shooting offers the best in shooting realism. With professional level realism (using the same guns and technology the military use to train their troops), you can shoot your way through countless scenarios designed to test speed, accuracy and reflexes, from longer target shooting...
Local pupils help saplings take root at Dalton Park
More than 100 saplings are now taking root in the landscaped habitat surrounding Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination thanks to a little bit of help from local pupils. Children from St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Murton helped plant more than 100 trees as part of the centre’s continuing...
Newcastle International Airport launches second Aviation Careers Fair in preparation for a busy summer
Newcastle International Airport has announced a second Aviation Careers Fair will be held at the end of March, due to unprecedented demand following the success of the Airport’s first event. In early January, the North East’s largest Airport, Newcastle International, hosted a careers fair aimed at those looking for...
Newcastle announces bid to bring Great British Railways headquarters to the city
Newcastle City Council is bidding to bring the new Great British Railways Headquarters to the region. Britain’s railways are embarking on a major, once-in-a-generation reform and the new public body, Great British Railways (GBR) will integrate the railways, owning the infrastructure, collecting fare revenue, running, and planning the network,...
Tickets for Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition to go on sale on St Cuthbert’s Day
Tickets will go on sale on 20 March for Laing Art Gallery’s landmark exhibition for 2022, The Lindisfarne Gospels (17 September to 3 December 2022). The exhibition will celebrate the most spectacular surviving manuscript from early medieval Britain and feature new work by Turner-Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller, who...
Newcastle and Gateshead venues call on people to return to culture
Newcastle Gateshead Cultural Venues Newcastle and Gateshead’s leading cultural venues are uniting to call on the public to return to in-person performances, exhibitions and events, following a drop in footfall since the pandemic. Newcastle Gateshead Cultural Venues (NGCV) is a partnership of 10 organisations including Tyne & Wear Archives...
Leading North East tech company secures growth investment from LDC in £85m transaction
Former North East Company of the Year, Aspire Technology Solutions today announced that it has secured significant minority investment from LDC, the UK’s leading mid-market private equity firm, in a transaction which values the business at £85m. Aspire is one of the fastest growing IT managed service and cyber...
Celebrate Newcastle and Gateshead tourism this English Tourism Week
VisitEngland’s English Tourism Week takes this year from Friday 18-Sunday 27 March. The annual event aims to celebrate and showcase the strengths of England’s tourism industry as well as highlighting its significant contribution to the UK’s economy to key stakeholders including government, MPs and ministers. This year’s theme ‘You’re...