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BLOG: Durham University venue spotlight
29 August 2018
Event Durham provides a dedicated event management service, tailored to your specific needs, with a professional team working hard to ensure all your requirements are met. With a wide range of venues for meetings and seminars, overnight accommodation and formal b...
NewcastleGateshead to host major international technology conference, BIM Show Live, for third year running
20 August 2018
The industry-leading BIM Show Live conference is set to return to NewcastleGateshead for a third time in 2019, further cementing the city’s reputation as a leading technology hub and digital construction powerhouse. The announcement follows the success of the 2...
Obesity conference leaves a lasting legacy in NewcastleGateshead with public engagement event
6 August 2018
The Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) has announced that it will host a public engagement event in partnership with Café Culture, as part of its wider programme during the 5th UK Congress on Obesity (UKCO), which takes place on 6 – 7 September at Newc...
The AMA chooses NewcastleGateshead for 2019 annual conference
30 July 2018
The Arts Marketing Association (AMA) has announced that NewcastleGateshead will be the host destination for its 2019 annual conference after bidding against other cities across the UK, adding to the destination’s reputation for its strong arts, culture and heri...
NewcastleGateshead hosts Meetings Industry Association meeting during Great Exhibition of the North
10 July 2018
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) held its July Council Meeting in NewcastleGateshead yesterday (9 July), after being attracted to the destination thanks to its position as the host of England’s biggest event of 2018 – Great Exhibition of the North – ...
Exciting programme announced as the UK’s largest educational research conference heads to NewcastleGateshead
9 July 2018
The British Educational Research Association (BERA), which is set to host its 2018 annual conference in NewcastleGateshead, has announced its exciting programme and line-up of key speakers for the event – the largest conference of its kind in the UK. Following ...
NewcastleGateshead sees a boom in medical conferences in 2018
27 June 2018
As a city with a proud history in medical sciences and a top medical school at Newcastle University that’s ranked amongst the top 100 life science universities in the world, it’s no surprise that NewcastleGateshead has a strong track record for hosting medica...
BeaconHouse Events partners with Wayne Hemingway to produce the first Northern Powerhouse Business Summit
12 June 2018
Newcastle-based events management company, BeaconHouse Events, has teamed up with iconic Northern designer, Wayne Hemingway, and through his multi-disciplinary creative agency HemingwayDesign, will together manage the technical delivery and design of the first ev...
First Northern Powerhouse Business Summit set to be held this summer
16 May 2018
A 3-day summit to celebrate Northern innovation and discuss the future direction of the Northern Powerhouse will take place this summer, the government announced today (16 May 2018). The Northern Powerhouse Business Summit, part of the Great Exhibition of the Nor...
BLOG: Northumbria University venue spotlight
8 May 2018
Located in the heart of Newcastle, Northumbria University offers a diverse and flexible range of conference and event facilities for all occasions, as well as centrally located, high quality en-suite accommodation. The City Centre Campus offers a range of large l...