Latest News and Events All news and events News Events A year of success for Invest Newcastle Posted on 27th May 2020 Despite a difficult end to the financial year, Invest Newcastle ended March 2020 with a record number of new investments and expansions. Between April 2019-March 2020 more than 900 jobs were created and safeguarded and 23 new businesses from outside the region choosing Newcastle as a base for their business. Invest Newcastle saw a rise Latest NEON letting takes Quorum deals to 39,500 sqft in two months Posted on 27th May 2020 An international engineering, architecture and consultancy company has completed the acquisition of new office space at Quorum Park, despite the challenges presented by Covid-19. Ramboll, which employs 16,500 people globally, is relocating its 30-strong Newcastle team from the city centre after spending the past six years located on Newcastle’s Quayside. The firm has signed a 5-year New building lights up Newcastle Helix Posted on 20th May 2020 A landmark city centre office building is open for business. Now complete, The Lumen offers 106,000 sq. ft of grade A office space and is surrounded by the innovative community on Newcastle Helix. The word ‘Lumen’ represents a light quarter and a vision that the building will spark innovation, ideas, and discoveries through connections. Growth during the doom and gloom of Covid-19 Posted on 14th May 2020 North East based pub management company speeds up expansion as it faces the post-coronavirus world with ambition and positivity In a world with headlines about huge unemployment, and economic headwinds to rival the Great Depression of the 1930s it’s easy to assume that negativity is the order of the day. Well this isn’t the case 60 per cent of Workers across Europe feel renewed energy as they prepare to return to work Digital Training Program Harnesses Skills Learned During COVID-19 Lockdown Posted on 12th May 2020 ● 6 in 10 people are ready to restart work with renewed energy ● 41% of people say they have acquired new skills through this period of crisis ● 83% expect their company to make room for change upon return from lockdown ● 82% agree that ‘lots of things must change’ ● 69% of employees National property firm invests £5m in Newcastle office Posted on 11th May 2020 A national property firm has placed a £5m investment into purchasing and creating new and modern office accommodation in Newcastle City Centre. SONA Estates purchased Hadrian House, which is set to be refurbished and rebranded as Hadrian Newcastle. Omar Parbani, director of the firm, said: “Newcastle is an exciting and attractive place to invest. It Unwritten Group talk about their future and how they are mitigating the impact of Covid 19 on their business Posted on 11th May 2020 Newcastle-based integrated communications agency, Unwritten Group, has been delivering marketing and PR services to a range of high-profile clients including Northumbrian Water, Newcastle University and NRG, for over six years. Like many businesses, in recent weeks the agency has been faced with a myriad of challenges associated with Covid-19. Lisa Eaton, founder and managing director, Vital cash injection for SMEs reaches £50m Posted on 7th May 2020 More than 4,000 Newcastle businesses have received vital cash grants totalling over £50m to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Launched just over five weeks ago, the council’s business support service has provided grants of £10,000 or £25,000 to businesses who receive small business rates relief or are in the retail, hospitality or leisure sector. Virtual running challenge launched in aid of NHS charities together. Posted on 5th May 2020 The Great Run Company has launched #GreatRunSolo, a brand new virtual running challenge encouraging the public to stay healthy, be active and run solo to raise vital funds for the NHS Charities Together COVID-19 Urgent Appeal. The organisers of the Great North Run, Britain’s biggest running event, have created the solo challenge to provide motivation Tenth Revolution Group Acquires Top AWS Solutions Provider, Rebura Posted on 4th May 2020 The acquisition will allow Tenth Revolution Group to further narrow the cloud technology skills gap, expand Rebura’s footprint, and provide leading talent for new and existing cloud projects Tenth Revolution Group, a global leader in cloud talent solutions, today announced the acquisition of Rebura, one of the UK’s fastest-growing Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions providers. Posts Navigation Older Posts The Catalyst Awarded BREEAM “Outstanding” Rating Posted on 30th March 2020 National architects, GSSArchitecture, are pleased to announce that following completion in October 2019, The Catalyst has become the first commercial office building in the North East to be awarded the certification of “Outstanding” by BREEAM under the current assessment criteria, a rating reserved for only the top 1% of new UK non-domestic buildings. Located on New grants launched to support North East SMEs Posted on 30th March 2020 A new set of grants are available for SMEs looking to drive innovation in the North East LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) area. The grants will cover up to 40 per cent of a project up to the value of £3,000 and will support SMEs looking to develop new products or services. Applications are sought from Newcastle City Council pledges support for businesses and employers who are affected by COVID-19 Posted on 27th March 2020 More than 450 businesses in the city will receive funding worth £8.4m from Newcastle City Council next week to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. Newcastle City Council’s business support service are ensuring that all eligible businesses get access to government funding as quickly as possible as well as help and advice during this difficult New tenants join Newcastle’s growing life sciences ecosystem Posted on 17th March 2020 A specialist lab facility tailored to the commercialisation of life sciences on Newcastle Helix has welcomed new tenants as the ecosystem continues to grow. The Biosphere is a high-quality building with office space and both chemistry and biology laboratories available. The new tenants, Biosignatures and Cognassist, add to the already impressive number of innovative Newcastle Helix success story: Connected Energy plugs into thriving global market from The Core Posted on 25th February 2020 This North East business is blazing a trail in the low carbon energy market through their electric vehicle battery innovations. “If you’re working in renewable energy and future mobility, then Newcastle is a good place to be right now.” I’m told by Matthew Lumsden, CEO and Founder of cleantech start-up Connected Energy, based at The Invest Newcastle launches plans for a return to MIPIM 2020 Posted on 12th September 2019 Invest Newcastle has launched their plans for a return to MIPIM, the world’s largest international property conference. A breakfast event was held at The Biosphere on Newcastle Helix where Invest Newcastle were joined by both the private and public sector. All attendees were interested in playing part in championing our region on a global stage. New figures show North East England outperforming most other areas of UK on inward investment job creation Posted on 11th September 2019 New figures released by the Department for International Trade show North East England is one of the most successful regions outside London in creating jobs from foreign direct investment. The latest figures show that in 2018/19 the North East created 125 jobs for every 100,000 people (working age population), placing it only behind London and Property consultancies merge to create regional market leader Posted on 11th September 2019 Two leading names in North East property are joining forces to create the region’s largest independent commercial property firm. Naylors and Gavin Black & Partners are coming together to form Naylors Gavin Black LLP. The new company will commence trading with immediate effect and boast a combined team of 38 staff. Gavin Black, Chris Pearson UK Smart City of the Year set to get smarter Posted on 2nd August 2019 Newcastle has been named as one of the fourteen cities to be included in the second phase of City Fibres full fibre roll outs. Building on Newcastle’s position as a recognised centre for tech and digital innovation, the city will become a ‘Gigabit City’ as it receives a share of the £500 million investment announced Pegasus Group growth continues with opening of Newcastle office Posted on 24th July 2019 National multidisciplinary development consultancy Pegasus Group is continuing its expansion with the opening of a new regional office in Newcastle. Based at The Corner, Mosley Street, it is the group’s 13th UK office and reflects an ambitious period of growth and expansion for Pegasus Group, particularly in the north of the country. The office is Posts Navigation Older Posts Webinar: Maintaining Employee Engagement and Furlough Posted on 2nd April 2020 Through the GX Project NewcastleGateshead Initiative is running the below webinar in partnership with Innovation SuperNetwork to support North East SMEs. Maintaining Employee Engagement and Furlough Monday 6th April, 2pm SIGN UP HERE Therese Liddle (Chief Executive, NRG) and Paul Scope (Partner, Ward Hadaway) will cover recruitment, employment and law to help companies understand how to maintain employee engagement and roll out Webinar: Furlough- Your Questions Answered Posted on 2nd April 2020 Through the GX Project NewcastleGateshead Initiative is running the below webinar in partnership with Innovation SuperNetwork to support North East SMEs. Furlough – Your Questions Answered Thursday 2nd April, 3pm SIGN UP HERE In the first of our webinars, Paul Scope, (Partner, Ward Hadaway) will talk through furlough, and help businesses understand how they can apply it in their A FREE event for Early Stage Investors Posted on 12th June 2019 A FREE event for Early Stage Investors Connected Investing Newcastle is a FREE event for early stage investors, delivered by UKBAA in partnership with Innovate UK. It takes place on 17th June 2019 at The Core will look at the major shift in emphasis towards regional funding support. The focus will be on educating and MIPIM: 12-15 March 2019 – Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Posted on 15th November 2018 Newcastle City Council and Invest Newcastle have led a private sector delegation to MIPIM for the past three years, demonstrating our region’s strengths as one of the UK’s fastest growing places in which to invest, develop or locate. MIPIM is a 4-day real estate exhibition, conference and networking event with more than 26,000 participants and more Legal Geek Conference: 17 October 2018 – London Posted on 24th September 2018 Legal Geek bring together 2,000 of the biggest names in LawTech at their annual conference held in Shoreditch, London. Steve Caughey, Director of the Innovation Centre for Data and Antony Vigneron, Director, Legal Technology Solutions from Clifford Chance will be taking part in a TedEx Style talk about the Power of Data and how legal tech firms who The Great Exhibition of the North attracts inward investment from international gaming firm Posted on 5th September 2018 An award-winning lottery and bingo games provider will be setting up a new games development studio in Hoults Yard, Newcastle. Gamevy – a leading licensed games supplier with offices in London, Berlin and Bilbao, Spain, produce a range of high-quality real-money games. This innovative start-up develops a range from keno and scratch cards to real skill Newcastle Startup Week Festival: 13-17 May 2019 Posted on 4th September 2018 Newcastle Startup Week is a 5-day (& night) festival that inspires and helps hundreds of people to start or grow their business in the North East of England. For more information visit https://newcastlestartupweek.com/ Amazon Academy Newcastle: 5 June Posted on 27th April 2018 Following the success of the Amazon Academy events throughout the UK in 2017, the second Amazon Academy of 2018 will take place in Newcastle. The Amazon Academy will provide free advice and practical support to help SMEs succeed in the digital economy. The event is open to businesses of all sizes and is being run Hate selling? Skills for an effective alternative: 24 May Posted on 18th April 2018 If you hate selling, and would like a softer – yet effective – way to grow your business, this course is for you. We will share details of how to: Hold sales meetings without being ‘salesy’ Grow revenue from existing client relationships Rescue difficult client relationships AND how to: Conduct client meetings in a structured, First Friday: 6 April 2018 Posted on 26th March 2018 Get down to The Core at Newcastle Helix for coffee and informal networking on the First Friday of the month from 8am – 10am. No need to register; just pop in, and grab yourself a coffee. Posts Navigation Older Posts
