North East Screen and Pact launch Future North East
Scheme looking for ten promising indies to join supercharged development programme North East Screen and Pact are today launching a joint initiative Future North East at this year’s Creative Cities Convention in Newcastle. Future North East is based on Pact’s successful Future30 scheme – which launched in 2021 as...
North East Screen announce recipients of the BBC Comedy Creator Fund, ahead of the Creative Cities Convention in Newcastle
North East Screen, the screen agency for the North East of England, has selected three stand up comedy creators who will each receive £1,000 in development funds to help prime them for the wave of opportunities coming into the region in 2023. Sammy Dobson, Raul Kohli and Scott Turnbull,...
Multiple promotions for Muckle LLP
Muckle LLP continues to reinforce its award-winning team with six new promotions, including three partners. Charlotte Patterson-Ryan, Sarah Barratt and Chris Hook have been promoted to partner, Alex Speirs becomes a senior associate, and associate positions go to Hayden Richards and Philippa Walker. Charlotte Patterson-Ryan is tipped as a...
£2.3m BFI National Lottery Funding awarded to Screen Alliance North to support development and training of the screen sector workforce across the North of England
Screen Yorkshire, Liverpool Film Office, Screen Manchester and North East Screen are announcing today that they have joined forces as a BFI Skills Cluster and have been awarded BFI National Lottery Funding to make the sector more accessible and representative and to build a skilled workforce across the whole...
BeaconHouse Events announce 2023 growth plans with a focus on sustainability
BEACONHOUSE EVENTS, a leading events agency based in Newcastle upon Tyne, has announced plans to grow its portfolio by 25% in 2023 following major client wins in 2022, including Fenwick, Bridgestone and a new delivery model with Great Run Company. The agency saw a 32% increase in turnover in...
North of Tyne Combined Authority launch event to support businesses to grow through doing good
NORTH of Tyne Combined Authority has worked with Newcastle-based BeaconHouse Events to launch ‘Good to Grow: Realising success and growth through better Business’, an event to empower businesses to grow through doing good. The event, which will be held on Tuesday 23 May at INNSiDE by Meliá Newcastle, will bring...
LNER launches named service to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is proud to launch a new named service to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May 2023. From 6 May, the daily 11:00 service between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley will be called the ‘Carolean Express’, with the inaugural...
Newcastle confirmed in UK & Ireland UEFA Euro 28 bid
Newcastle has today been named as one of ten host cities for the UK and Ireland’s joint bid to host the UEFA Euro 2028 football tournament. The joint bid would see the men’s tournament played across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Alongside Newcastle United’s...
BBC Eurovision Party coming to Times Square
A party atmosphere will be created in Newcastle as an exciting Eurovision extravaganza comes to the city. The city will be awash with sequins and colourful outfits as the Eurovision Song Contest party takes place on Saturday, May 13. Starting at 4pm, at Times Square, crowds will be able...
Fenwick’s rooftop restaurant Roof Thirty Nine launches reimagined al fresco spring menu
Fenwick Newcastle announces the relaunch of its Roof Thirty Nine restaurant for 2023, with the arrival of its new spring menu available from today. The new menu features a range of new and exciting dishes, carefully curated to compliment the al fresco rooftop setting. From light and refreshing salads,...