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Two awards given for community work in North Tyneside
Two North Tyneside businesses have received awards for their community work and the way they have adapted to the COVID crisis in a YouTube virtual ceremony. The annual North Tyneside Business Forum Awards celebrate the huge contribution that businesses make to the...
Exit from the EU
Exit from the EU The following information is provided to assist North Tyneside businesses with the UK's Exit from the EU The UK left the European Union on 31st January 2020. We are now in a transition period until the end of 2020. During this time the UK and EU will...
Voting is open for the Heart of the Community Award
Three North Tyneside businesses have been recognised for their voluntary work which has had a major positive effect on their local community during the COVID pandemic. The Heart of the Community award, part of the annual North Tyneside Business Forum awards,...
Linking up with More Cobalt for Christmas
North Tyneside Business Forum has teamed up with the Cobalt Business Park to encourage sales to local traders rather than online or big chains this Christmas. Forum members have taken advantage of an offer from Cobalt Business Park to feature their business free on...
Kickstart Scheme – supporting a young person into work
Kickstart is a new Government initiative that provides funding to employers to create 6-month job placements for 16-24 year olds on Universal Credit. Additional funding is available to employers to ensure the young person is fully supported and leaves the scheme...
Housing Repair Works Opportunities
Wednesday 14 October, 6pm - YouTube event North Tyneside Council have some exciting opportunities to deliver housing repair work on the council's behalf, with contracts aimed at local businesses both large and small. A virtual event on October 14 will explain the...
Community Gets Splash of Colour to Banish Lockdown Blues
A North Tyneside Business Forum member has decided to splash out to help a Howdon charity - but it’s not with money, it’s with paint. Tynemouth Decorators Ltd in partnership with Newcastle based decorating centres (Johnstones, Brewers and Dulux) are delighted to host...
What finance is available?
As the UK adjusts to ‘the new normal’, businesses up and down the country are flexing their muscles, feeling out the pain points and readying themselves for striving towards recovery. To support our businesses in North Tyneside, we’ve done some digging around to find...
Netwalking for nautical charity
Businesses and volunteers socially distanced themselves and “net walked” along the North Tyneside coastline to raise much needed funds for a nautical charity. Members of the Northumbria Unit of the Maritime Volunteer Service (MVS) took part in their annual sponsored...
The “Rule of Six” – what does it mean for your business?
We know changes to laws and limits on numbers able to gather indoors and outdoors can cause a lot of uncertainty for business and we appreciate that some of the the information we pass on isn’t always what some businesses want to hear. We appreciate how frustrating...