Record figures released this week show that January’s NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week surpassed all previous events and delivered a major boost to business worth over £1/2 million.

Award winning Business Improvement District Company, NE1 Ltd has launched NE1 CAN, a new initiative to create employment opportunities and improve skills and education training for young people aged 16 – 19 in the Tyne and Wear region. By using NE1’s unique contacts and relationships with the city’s business community, NE1 CAN provides direct links between 1,400 business members and young people in the North East.

ONE of the UK’s largest free LGBT festivals will return for the tenth year this summer, thanks to festival sponsor NE1.

The Northern BIDs Group, the industry body for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in the North of England has welcomed the inclusion of Property Owner BIDs in the Government’s legislative agenda for 2017.