NGI Welcomes 14 new partners in three months
NewcastleGateshead Initiative has welcomed 14 new partners in recent months representing a range of businesses from across the region and industry sectors, bringing the destination marketing and management organisation’s total partnership up to 182. Amongst those to come on board are new Gold level partners Ubisoft who joined in...
Arts Award success for children and families across the North East
Juice Festival is celebrating the success of 394 children and families from NewcastleGateshead and across the region, who all achieved Arts Awards at last year’s event. Families and school children aged 7-10 who attended Juice Festival events, such as the Big Juice Read at the Discovery Museum, were invited...
Invest Newcastle raise ambition for MIPIM 2018
Following two successful years, Invest Newcastle are launching their plans to return to MIPIM 2018, the world’s leading property trade show, at an event on 15 June. Taking place at Cooper’s Studio the launch will showcase Newcastle’s ambition for the coming year. MIPIM brings together the most influential players...
Once in a lifetime opportunity for Northern creative minds to help tell the story of the North
The creative team behind the Great Exhibition of the North has unveiled a unique opportunity to develop creative content that will be showcased to the world as part of one of England’s biggest events in 2018. The creative call out invites performers, visual artists, architects, musicians, scientists, engineers, inventors,...
MIPIM success for Invest Newcastle
Last week our Invest Newcastle team returned to the leading international property show, MIPIM, in order to elevate Newcastle as a leading European city. Joined by Newcastle City Council and a 25-strong delegation of leading businesses from across Newcastle and the wider region, we promoted the city’s opportunities to...
NGI Solutions teams up with Rachel Kershaw to build better blogger relationships
Building Better Blogger Relations is perfect for anyone who is looking to better understand how a blogger engagement strategy can benefit their business. This two hour breakfast briefing is being delivered by both Rachel Kershaw and our Media & PR Manager, Shelley Armstrong, to lift the lid on how...
Industry win for Convention Bureau
The team, who help to attract and secure major national and international conferences and events for the region, beat off strong competition from other top bureaux including Edinburgh, Liverpool, and Manchester. Gold went to Glasgow, who have held the position for the past eleven years, with London winning silver....
Juice Festival’s Mapping the Future project receives funding
Juice Festival – NewcastleGateshead’s festival for families and under 25s – has been awarded £4,500 by The Exchange Collaborative Awards programme to fund an exciting project that brings together young people from the region and academics at Northumbria University in a bid to understand young people’s participation in urban...
Great Exhibition of the North announces Creative Team
Tuesday 14 March 2017 NewcastleGateshead Initiative has today announced the creative team behind the Great Exhibition of the North, which is set to be one of the largest cultural events to take place in England in 2018. Three of the cultural industry’s leading figures are now in place to...
Business Rates – your views
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is seeking the views of tourism businesses regarding the impact of the Business Rate re-evaluation. DCMS would like to get as broad and true an impact on the tourism sector as possible, so are inviting businesses to submit any evidence or...