Banks Group Take a Seat at Beamish Museum in Beamish Museum’s 1950s Cinema
Property development and energy company, the Banks Group, has become the first business to sponsor a seat in the 1950s cinema being recreated at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North. The County Durham open air museum has built a recreation of the Grand, from Ryhope in Sunderland, as...
Local Newcastle artist Jennifer Opie to showcase ‘Creatures of the Jungle’ collection at INNSiDE Newcastle
INNSiDE Newcastle, part of Meliá Hotels International, has announced that it will display the ‘Creatures of the Jungle’ collection by local artist Jennifer Opie this summer, launching at the hotel on Friday 31st May. The showcase of Jennifer’s latest artwork in the urban lifestyle hotel, which overlooks the River Tyne, is part...
Leading law firm appoints Executive Partner for Newcastle office
Leading Northern law firm, Ward Hadaway, has appointed a new Executive Partner for its Newcastle office. Nick Gholkar has joined the executive partner team, in a newly created role, mirroring the positions already held by Emma Digby and Liz Bottrill within the firms’ Leeds and Manchester offices. The move...
HITS Expo 2024 delivers a dynamic showcase of the North East’s food and drink, hospitality and tourism industries
Showing an appetite for growth, innovation and collaboration in the North East, the HITS Expo 2024 highlighted the vital roles the food and drink, hospitality, tourism and supply chain sectors play in forging the North East’s identity and offer, as well as providing opportunities for businesses to make valuable...
Northern Pride announces local artists comissioned for this year’s Pride in the City
FOLLOWING a commissions call out in partnership with Creative Central NCL and Curious Arts, Northern Pride has announced Azula Bandit and Chris Fleming (IDa4) as the two artists selected to receive full creative commissions for this year’s Pride in the City. The call out challenged artists to respond to...
Newcastle Airport celebrates strong progress on sustainability goals
Newcastle Airport has announced it has made strong progress on its key environmental and social objectives over the past 12 months. Having set stretching targets in early 2023 within its first Corporate Sustainability Report, today marks the publication of the company’s second CSR Report. Committed to being a responsible...
Solicitor qualifies into Muckle LLP’s renowned construction and engineering team
A newly qualified solicitor with a passion for development and construction law has qualified into Muckle LLP’s construction and engineering team. Kieran Woonton, who is originally from the Brighton area and graduated from Northumbria University with an M Law degree in 2021, will be working with a spectrum of...
Registrations now open for IVCO 2024 in Newcastle
Delegates can now register for the prestigious annual International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference, which is being hosted for the first time in Newcastle upon Tyne by Northumbria University and Comhlámh, the Irish Association of Development Workers and Volunteers. Organised annually by the International Forum for Volunteering in Development, known...
Striking contemporary murals unveiled to celebrate the opening of £8.7m The Pattern Shop
Two eye-catching murals – including one 80-metre expanse – have been unveiled to mark the official opening* of the recently restored The Pattern Shop in Newcastle city centre. Led by igloo Regeneration in partnership with Newcastle City Council and Thriving Investments, the £8.7 million restoration project has revitalised the...
Michelin-starred restaurant Hjem is coming to Fenwick Newcastle
From 31 May to 4 August, Restaurant Hjem at Fenwick Newcastle gives foodies the unique opportunity to experience Hjem’s famous traditional Scandinavian flavours and signature cooking style created using the finest seasonal Northumbrian produce in the heart of Newcastle city centre. Founded by husband and wife, Scandinavian-born Alex Nietosvuori...