Hub for Business – North East Brewing up Success
Newcastle Brown Ale is as synonymous with Newcastle as United, the Tyne Bridge and the Geordie humour. Originally brewed and bottled in the city’s Tyne Brewery on Corporation Street, operations were moved across the big river to Gateshead’s Federation Brewery…
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Hub for Sport – North east still has international pull
It may be more than three years since a north east team represented the region in Europe, but recent transfer and managerial talk has kept the areas sporting exploits in the news. It was during the 2013 season when Newcastle…
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Hub for Business – The north east is hard wired for digital success
The north east may be well known for its manufacturing and industrial heritage, but its technology sector is here – and is even influencing the other side of the Atlantic. The region is home to Sage, a FTSE100 company, based…
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Hub for Business – Ten north east firms in the UK’s most inspirational companies
The north east’s position as a hotbed of business has been strengthened with the London stock exchange listing nine companies among 1,000 who inspire Britain, with another among the 100 most innovative firms in the country. Businesses as diverse as…
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Hub for Sport – Eurovision from across the channel
June sees the European football championships kicking off, with four of the five home nations hoping to end the reign of Spain on the south side of the channel. England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales will turn crusaders as they…
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Hub for culture – European heavyweights, USA vital for north east
Germany, France and the USA are integral to the north east’s arts and heritage industry a report has revealed. The survey from the North East Cultural Partnership, says that regional cultural organisations “trade with one third of the planet”, with…
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