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Successful outcome at business fair

The North East Regional Business Fair ran on 25 and 26 February and has been hailed a great success by all involved.

Over 2,000 people participated in the event at Newcastle Racecourse & Conference Centre. The seminar programme proved to be very popular, with hundreds turning out to learn about plans for the second Tyne Tunnel and to hear an Economic Outlook discussion hosted by David Buffham of the Bank of England.

Alastair MaColl, chief executive of Business Link, said: “This was quite simply the biggest and best event of its kind ever held in this region. Over the two days we brought together over 140 buyers from across the UK with over 2000 North East based businesses.

“The feedback has been really positive and, if the number of businesses attending the fair is a barometer of business activity, then it’s a great reminder that we are a region packed with great businesses, producing great products and delivering great services.”

Paul Butler, customer services manager from the North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) said: “We work closely with Business Link and saw this event as an opportunity to promote NEPIC, the NEPIC buying group and individual members. Thanks to the meetings that we held, there is a real possibility that we will soon be signing up scores of new members, which is really encouraging.

“I was really impressed by the scale and quality of the event. I have spoken to several NEPIC members who attended and they have all stated how useful the event was for them. I’ve attended numerous business events of this type in the past and they pale in comparison to this. In short, I have been very impressed.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .