North East England

United by its seven bridges and spectacular riverscape, NewcastleGateshead is an important business centre with ample opportunities for career advancement.

NewcastleGateshead has it all: a vibrant nightlife, shopping, world class theatres and art galleries, regular music festivals and high profile sporting events like the Great North Run – not to mention breathtaking countryside and stunning coastline on the doorstep. Newcastle has also been chosen as a host stadium for England s 2018 World Cup bid.

Newcastle is a key hub for the rapidly expanding healthcare and life sciences sector, with world-leading genetic research at the International Centre for Life plus business support through Science City.

A vibrant nightlife, shopping, world class theatres and art galleries, regular music festivals and high profile sporting events.

It’s also a long established centre for major law firms. The big six regional heavyweights – Dickinson Dees, Ward Hadaway, Sintons LLP, Eversheds LLP, Muckle LLP and Watson Burton LLP - are all based in the city.

Other significant businesses include The Sage Group in Newcastle, which is the world’s largest producer of financial management software and Japanese industrial vehicle maker Komatsu in Birtley, Gateshead, which employs around 700.

Here you can choose from every kind of world cuisine, have a laugh at our renowned comedy clubs or enjoy International acts at the Metro Radio Arena or City Hall.

For shopping, NewcastleGateshead is home to one of Europe’s largest shopping centres, The Metro Centre in Gateshead with 330 stores and free parking. In Newcastle, Eldon Square is also a popular shopping destination attracting over 25m shoppers a year.

Gateshead on the south side is equally welcoming and offers an enviable quality of life with one of the best preserved Victorian Parks in the country, Saltwell Park, and one of Europe’s largest shopping centres, The MetroCentre.

With two excellent universities - Newcastle and Northumbria - it’s no wonder Newcastle was voted the UK’s Best University City by MSN Travel.

Further education is provided by Newcastle College, England’s best performing general FE college for 16-18 year olds in 2008/9, and Gateshead College which was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 2009.

A diverse range of housing is on offer throughout NewcastleGateshead from Quayside loft apartments to Victorian terraces. And getting around is easy with regular buses and an efficient Metro system, which also connects with Newcastle International Airport.