Angry birds adventure golf course prepares to tee off at Intu Metrocentre
Prepare to swing into action when a huge 36 hole indoor golf course opens at intu Metrocentre on Monday 14 October. A world first, the 18,000 sq ft site will stretch across the upper and lower mall levels at the Gateshead shopping centre and will be reached through the...
Santander internship scheme leads to perfect placement
Tourism and Events Management student Rachel Dickinson has joined BeaconHouse Events on a year-long salaried position. The 21-year-old’s successful placement with BeaconHouse Events follows an earlier internship with the Newcastle-based company, funded as part of a long-standing partnership agreement between Northumbria and Santander to support small and growing businesses....
Great North Run firm races to £20m turnover as growing numbers take part in events
Great North Run organiser Nova Marketing toasted a strong performance last year thanks to rising numbers of participants in its events all over the UK. The Newcastle firm, which trades as the Great Run Company, is famed for staging the world’s largest half marathon in the North East, which...
New Non-Executive Director Joins Port of Tyne
Julia Prescot joins the board at the Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports in North East England – an acknowledged expert in managing global infrastructure investments in energy, transport and social infrastructure. Julia is Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Meridiam, a global long term...
A Royal Return to Bishop Auckland
A member of The Royal Family has returned to County Durham to see how work is progressing on the revitalisation of a historic market town. His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO, spent this afternoon (17 September) exploring The Auckland Project, charity and visitor destination in Bishop...
North East gallery crafts new festive away day experiences
The Biscuit Factory – the UK’s largest independent commercial art, craft and design gallery – is toasting the festive season with new Christmas-themed experiences. Combining a hands-on workshop with lunch and fizz, The Biscuit Factory’s creative away days are designed to inspire and motivate employees, while giving staff the...
Young Artist Award winner unveils largest solo show to date at North East gallery
The winner of a national prize aimed at profiling young emerging artists has unveiled a new solo exhibition exploring perspective, composition and structure. Olivia Turner, who graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2015, won last year’s Open Contemporary Young Artist Award. The annual arts prize was created by...
AEG Facilities and SMG complete transaction to create ASM Global
Los Angeles, CA, West Conshohocken, PA, – Oct 1, 2019 — AEG Facilities, LLC (“AEG Facilities”), the venue management affiliate of Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc. (“AEG”), and SMG, a portfolio company of Onex (TSX: ONEX) and its affiliated funds, today announced they completed their business combination to create a...
McFly: The 2020 Tour
Having sold out the O2 in a matter of minutes, McFly are now announcing an eleven-date arena tour of the UK for April-May 2020. ‘The past week it has been incredible to feel so much support for our band after being away for so long. Selling out the O2...
Barry Manilow UK 2020 Concerts
Following his headline ‘sold out’ performance at the BBC Proms in the Park in London and 17 ‘sold out’ concerts on Broadway, Barry Manilow has announced that he will return to the UK in 2020 for a limited number of arena concerts including a magical evening at Utilita Arena...