North East skills and employment programme wins global praise
An innovative skills programme designed and developed by Ryder and Gateshead College has received international recognition. PlanBEE (Built Environment Education), which was launched in 2016, won the further and higher education category at the 2022 Inspire Future Generation Awards. The first programme of its kind, PlanBEE is an industry...
Dalton Park toasts record breaking 2022
Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination ended 2022 on a high with a record year for sales. Like for like sales across the year were up 14.5 percent vs 2019, the last comparable year due to the pandemic. The results come following an incredible 2022 for the outlet shopping destination...
Gateshead College and JD Sports partnership creates jobs
One of the North East’s leading colleges has teamed up with a global retail sports giant to enable employment opportunities for people across the region and help with the staffing crisis the retail sector is experiencing. Working with Sunderland-based employment partner Path2Solutions and the Metrocentre, Gateshead College has seen...
Master Chef of Great Britain joins Leila Lily’s
A holder of one of the culinary world’s most prestigious titles is to take the reins at a top Newcastle restaurant. Jim Hall is one of just 140 chefs in the country to hold a Master Chef of Great Britain title – putting him at the centre of one...
Metrocentre kickstarts 2023 with the announcement of new womenswear store
LONDON based womenswear brand, Vanilla, is set to open its doors at Metrocentre this February with a fun and stylish fashion offering. The new store will be located in the former JD Sports unit in upper Red Mall, opposite Footlocker and close to other popular fashion retailers. It will...
Washington Wetland Centre’s Elf Academy donations bring festive cheer to North East children
More than 150 children across the North East will receive an extra special festive gift this year, thanks to WWT Washington’s Elf Academy graduates. The donated presents form part of the wetland centre’s annual Christmas event, which sees youngsters enrolling on a special trainee elf workshop to learn everything...
Lasers lighting up the New Year
Newcastle’s skyline will again be illuminated as we approach New Year, as a spectacular laser show will be lighting up the Quayside and city to welcome in 2023. Building on the incredible inaugural Laser Light City show last year, this free and environmentally friendly dazzling music and light experience...
BBC Comedy announces brand new supercharged bursary and grant schemes
BBC Comedy today (Monday 19 December) announces two brand new opportunities for comedy talent as the BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants are launched. The BBC Comedy Collective has been established as a supercharged bursary scheme which will continue to celebrate the work of writers, Felix Dexter, Caroline...
Meet Leila Lily’s younger sister…Eva Rose
One of Newcastle’s most opulent venues has amped up the glamour with the introduction of an exclusive new private dining room. Leila Lily’s, at Grey Street, plans to build on the success of its £1.5m, AA-rosetted restaurant and bar with Eva Rose – a private hire dining and event...
Ward Hadaway celebrates appointment onto four legal panel frameworks
Law firm Ward Hadaway is celebrating after being successfully appointed onto four legal panel frameworks over the last year for housing providers that collectively own and manage over a quarter of a million homes in the north of England. As part of a four-year framework, lawyers from the firm...