Help on tap: How the North East is leading a mobile revolution in volunteering
Older adults in Newcastle are set to benefit from an innovative volunteering app being piloted in the region with the help of two leading North East organisations. In a UK first, the National Innovation Centre for Ageing and Newcastle Building Society have teamed up with a tech for good...
New Grade A office block completes in Gateshead
Gateshead Council has completed on a landmark new 50,000 sq ft Grade-A office development, which is already 100% let. Riga, a £13m workspace designed by Ryder Architecture and constructed by Willmott Dixon, 3E engineering and Desco, is part of the Baltic Quarter site located next to the iconic Gateshead Quays. It will be the first Grade-A office...
Planned £260m Gateshead Quays development could bring 2000 jobs to the region
The ambitious scheme, if agreed at planning, will unlock local training and apprenticeship opportunities and create approximately 2,000 jobs during and after the three-year construction phase. The 3.84 hectare site, positioned between the BALTIC and Sage Gateshead, is being brought forward in partnership with Gateshead Council, in plans which are hoped will inject a...
Discretionary Business Grant opens for applications
Gateshead Council has opened its applications for the Discretionary Grant Fund today (Tuesday 9 June). Grants of £5,000 will be offered to eligible businesses. The discretionary grant fund announced earlier this month is aimed at businesses that were not eligible to claim the initial government COVID-19 grants linked to a rates assessment....
Newcastle to host Scotland men’s team as RLWC2021 nation training bases announced
With 500 days to go until the opening fixture of the Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021), tournament organisers have announced that Newcastle will act as the training base for Scotland’s men’s team. Newcastle, known for its passionate fanbase, is the perfect place to host the tournament opening ceremony...
Further 600 businesses set to benefit with business support grants
Newcastle City Council has welcomed additional funding to support local businesses through the coronavirus pandemic. A new discretionary fund worth over £3 million, will be released for businesses who fell outside the scope of the Government’s previous emergency business grant schemes. An additional 600 businesses are set to benefit...
Biosphere businesses receive funding boost to support the global fight against COVID-19
Two businesses based in The Biosphere on Newcastle Helix have been awarded funding to accelerate their innovations to support the global fight against the COVID-19. Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency has awarded ExplantLab and Atelerix almost £50,000 each to fast track their ideas and research. Both are based...
New building lights up Newcastle Helix
A landmark city centre office building is open for business. Now complete, The Lumen offers 106,000 sq. ft of grade A office space and is surrounded by the innovative community on Newcastle Helix. The word ‘Lumen’ represents a light quarter and a vision that the building will spark innovation,...
North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) makes up to £5,000 in match funding available to any small businesses continuing to trade through Crowdfunder’s Pay it Forward
Match funding is to be distributed by the North East LEP to small businesses through Crowdfunder’s small business support scheme Pay it Forward. Small businesses, employing no more than 10 full-time equivalent employees, will be able to secure up to £5,000 in match funding to boost their own crowdfunding...
Could your market-ready innovation assist the NHS to manage the fight against COVID-19?
The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) has been asked to support the regional NHS North East & Yorkshire Integrated Coordination Centre which feeds into the NHS National COVID-19 Incident Coordination Centre who are leading the emergency response to the outbreak of...