Latest News and Events All news and events News Events Leading North East companies to share best practice on gender balance in the workplace Posted on 19th September 2019 Supported by the GX Project, Invest Newcastle has teamed up with 50:50 to share best practice on gender balance in the workplace. This free event is set to take place at Bamburgh House, Newcastle on Thursday 26th September from 10am-1pm. This event is open to all businesses who want to learn more about creating an Planning granted for Newcastle’s 140m tall ‘Whey Aye’ Observation Wheel and £100m Giants on the Quayside Development Posted on 19th September 2019 Planning has been granted for a £100m leisure, sport and food and drink development on Newcastle Quayside, which will feature a 460 ft (140 m) tall giant observation wheel dubbed The Whey Aye. Creating up to 800 jobs, the Giants on the Quayside development will span 344,445 sq ft (32,000 sq m) and will be Invest North East England shines spotlight on gaming sector Posted on 19th September 2019 The North East’s vibrant gaming industry has been showcased to international visitors. On the 11th and 12th of September. Invest North East England welcomed an overseas delegation of experts to the region to learn about the thriving gaming sector and explore opportunities for expansion. Invest North East England organised the visit in partnership with Gateshead Work underway on Bellway HQ at Airport Business Park Posted on 19th September 2019 Development work on Newcastle Airport’s Business Park is now underway – as construction has started on Bellway PLC’s new headquarters. The North-East-based housing developer is to be the first business to the Airport Business Park site, with the building set to be completed in June 2020. Bellway has designed the new office on the Airport 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. Chris Ramsey to host revamped North East England Tourism Awards Posted on 12th September 2019 Local Geordie and critically acclaimed stand-up comedian and TV host Chris Ramsey has been announced as the compere for the 2020 North East England Tourism Awards. Alongside hosting the Awards ceremony on Tuesday 24 March, he will be doing a short stand-up routine. Tourism businesses in the North East are now being encouraged to enter 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 Bloom appointed to deliver the multi-billion-pound NEPRO³ public sector procurement solution Posted on 9th September 2019 05 September 2019 Award-winning Bloom Procurement Services has been appointed by NEPO (the North East Procurement Organisation) to deliver the multi-billion-pound NEPRO³ public sector procurement solution for up to eight years. NEPRO³ is a compliant procurement framework, available to every public sector organisation in the UK. Bloom provides a full end-to-end marketplace solution for the International video games conference shines a light on North East England’s thriving gaming sector Posted on 9th September 2019 David Pattison, Inward Investment Manager at Invest North East England, explains why Mortal Kombat and Fortnite are helping put North East England on the map One of the earliest video games ever made was a simple 2D tennis game called ‘Tennis for Two’. Created as part of a science experiment by William Higinbotham in 1958, Posts Navigation Older Posts 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 Recent investments deliver anticipated growth for recruitment specialist, NRG Posted on 27th June 2019 The investments made in launching NRG’s recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and project solution, greenbean by NRG, coupled with ongoing investment in technology and people has resulted in the successful year-on-year growth anticipated by the business. In its financial year ending December 31 2018, the Newcastle-based recruitment specialist delivered against its plan of aligning with key Newcastle named Smart City of the year Posted on 24th June 2019 Newcastle has been named as Smart City of the year for its innovative approach in using technology to help transform services and improve the lives of residents. The digital leader award recognised Newcastle for its collaborative approach to innovative use of technology across the city to deliver services more efficiently and make life more liveable Startup competition partners with leading regional businesses as it returns for 2019 Posted on 13th June 2019 North East-based competition, the If We Can You Can (IWCYC) Challenge, has unveiled its regional business partnerships for 2019 as it launches the 11th year of its annual startup challenge. Amongst the partners is Mincoffs Solicitors, who joins the competition for the second year running as legal partner, Inspirational Bus Tour partner Go North East and accelerator Newcastle Helix is proud to support Elmer’s Great North Parade Posted on 12th June 2019 NEWCASTLE HELIX is ‘joining the herd’ by sponsoring a sculpture in Elmer’s Great North Parade, delivered by St Oswald’s Hospice. Newcastle Helix is proud to be part of this spectacular art trail that will feature more than 50 large individually designed sculptures and 115 little sculptures, based on the much-loved children’s character, Elmer the Patchwork Great Exhibition legacy project unites SMEs with academic expertise to drive innovation Posted on 7th June 2019 16 ambitious SMEs within the North East LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) area have been successful in securing funds to access university expertise and drive forward ground-breaking projects. Collaborate is the research and development strand of GX, a two-year business innovation programme forming part of the Great Exhibition of the North. GX was developed to engage Posts Navigation Older Posts 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. Newcastle Startup Week: 14-18 May 2018 Posted on 26th March 2018 Newcastle Startup Week is a 5-day (& night), citywide and multi-venue festival that inspires and helps more people to start or grow their business. From the world’s first lightbulb to business software & smart data, the ‘test bed city’ of Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England has been inventing the future for Thinking Digital: 16 – 17 May 2018 Posted on 26th March 2018 The 11th Annual Thinking Digital Conference takes place on 16 & 17 May 2018. Attendees will learn about new technologies, hear innovative ideas and begin to understand how our future is being shaped by them. Enjoy two fabulous days of insight, camaraderie and inspiration all along the banks of the legendary River Tyne. For more Posts Navigation Older Posts
