NE1 Overview and Events
1,372
Number of hereditaments
1.5%
Levy rate
£2.2mn
Annual levy value
5 years
BID term (1st April 2024 - 31st March 2029)
93%
In favour of Renewal at the last ballot (Oct 2023) (up from 88% in 2018)
46%
Renewal vote turnout (Oct 2023)
330,000
Visitors attracted to events delivered by or supported by NE1 in 2023
£2mn+
Boost to business during NE1 Restaurant Week - putting on 2 events per year with over 100 participating restaurants
50,000+
Visitors to NE1's activities in Old Eldon Square in the summer of 2023
£8.2mn
Economic impact generated from Magic Weekend
£9.2mn
Economic impact generated from Northern Pride
180+
Free activities hosted on the Quayside during NE1's Summer in the City
Retail Core
![Grey Street - Artists Impression](/images/media/Grey Street Artists Impression 2.jpg?w=1000&fm=webp)
£37mn+
Funding secured for the City Centre Transformation Programme
Autumn 2024
Completion date for Grey Street works
8
Streets and areas in the Retail Core included in the CCTP
Marketing
![Marketing image](/images/media/Marketing image resized.png?w=1000&fm=webp)
210,000+
Followers on social media
4.1mn
Pages of content viewed on the Get into Newcastle website in 2023
4.2mn
Social Media video views in 3 months
50,000
Copies of the NE1 magazine printed annually
Bigg Market
![Bigg Market](/images/media/Bigg Market image resized.png?w=1000&fm=webp)
£1.6mn
HLF allocated funding
£3.2mn
Total project value
£60mn+
Private sector investment
330+
New jobs created in the area
NE1 Street Rangers and Clean Team
![NE1 Street ranger](/images/media/BHP_0462.jpg?w=1000&fm=webp)
7,000
Black bags of litter removed from the city's streets per annum
4,500
Rapid response Clean Team jobs completed per annum
700
Graffiti-removal jobs in the last 12 months
5,500
Business interactions annually
NE1 Can
![Two people viewing a laptop](/images/media/AboutUs/KeyFacts/ne1-can.jpg?w=1000&fm=webp)
853
Young people worked with in 2023
40
Employer-led events in 2023
150+
Attendees to NE1 CAN's Entrepreneurial Insights event
7,960
Young people worked with since 2016
Newcastle City Marina
![Marina](/images/media/AboutUs/KeyFacts/marina.jpg?w=1000&fm=webp)
5,000
Boat visits per launch
5 x
The marina has paid for itself five times over since launch, in visitor spend
£250,000
Visitor economic impact in 2016/2017 season
1,000 sq ft
World's first floating nature island installed adjacent to the Marina
Central Station
![Central Station.](/images/media/AboutUs/KeyFacts/central-station.jpg?w=1000&fm=webp)
£24.5mn
Combined total value of the project
7.5mn
Total annual station visitors
1,845
Jobs created (166 direct and 1,679 indirect)
£5mn
Value of RGF awarded to NE1