Newcastle put another Fintech company in their ‘pockit’
Pockit, an inclusive Fintech company focussed on customers who are excluded and underserved by high street banks, has set up a new office in Newcastle. This follows securing £15m of investment finance during 2020 and is part of their UK expansion plans and vision to drive financial inclusion. Pockit...
North East business community comes together to reimagine the future of the economy
More than 200 North East businesses came together to hear about the region’s response to coronavirus at a virtual conference this week. The conference, run by public and private sector partnership NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), saw business leaders from the region talk about the current response to coronavirus, how the...
Tourism and inward investment agency moves into iconic Newcastle building
The organisation responsible for promoting NewcastleGateshead on a national and international stage is set to move its headquarters to The Common Room, the iconic building in Newcastle city centre which many people knew as The Mining Institute. NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI) will move into The Common Room building this spring,...
Blog: 2020 as told by NewcastleGateshead.com website users
Along with mince pies, Secret Santa and Christmas Jumper Day, marketers have their countdown to Christmas milestones including discussing this year’s John Lewis ad, and the reveal of Google Year in Search, which takes you on a journey through the answers that the world searched for that year. It’s no...
Tourism study confirms Covid-19 ‘tectonic shift’ across the North
After almost a year of severe disruption for the tourism, hospitality and leisure sector, a contingent of tourism boards across the North East and wider north of England have come together to discuss the findings of the NatWest North of England Tourism Barometer study. Half of hospitality and leisure...
Trio of new appointments for NGI
NewcastleGateshead Initiative has appointed three new members of staff as the organisation continues its work to inspire people to visit, and to live, learn, work and invest in the region. The Invest Newcastle team has welcomed recent graduate Kiran Ohri as Marketing and Communications Assistant. She will be supporting all...
North East Virtual Christmas Market launched to support local business
As we approach the festive period a new virtual Christmas gift market has been launched to support independent shops, hotels, attractions, cultural venues, artisans, creatives and restaurants in the region. The virtual market aims to offer people an alternative shopping experience during the lockdown period, as well as giving an opportunity...
North East tourism industry makes clear statement of desire to continue trading
New research has shown that nearly 70 per cent of North East businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector would currently prefer to stay in Tier 2 on the Government’s local Covid alert levels. Only five per cent believed their business would be better off in Tier 3, with...
Covid restrictions on North East England announced
Areas of the North East (Northumberland, Newcastle, Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Gateshead and County Durham) have today (Thursday 17 September) been escalated to areas of intervention. From Friday 18 September, regulations will ban the following: residents must not socialise with other people outside of their own households or...
North East partnership launches ‘Save Your Summer’ tourism campaign with government backing
A consortium of destination management organisations has joined forces to launch a campaign promoting tourism in NewcastleGateshead, North Tyneside and Northumberland following the coronavirus pandemic’s devastating impact on the sector. The ‘Save Your Summer’ campaign, which launched over the bank holiday weekend, has been developed in partnership between NewcastleGateshead...