Dave Stopher

Restaurants and retailers can use a winter pop-up to add trading space and attract seasonal custom without taking on a permanent lease. Colder weather and shorter days make people choose more carefully where they spend an evening or a gift budget, so a temporary offer needs a clear reason to visit, be that a festive menu, a gift range or a warm place to sit. The versions that work best are planned early, priced realistically and built around what the business already does well.

A NEW Tyneside restaurant which is already proving a hit with diners is now showing it’s good to go.

TWO Little Ducks and a Baker’s Bun – it’s Time For Fun, as Barmy Bingo turns STACK Seaburn into Sunset Strip.

Bay View House – which started life in 1907 as The Waverley Hotel and later became the Rex Hotel – opened last year following a £12m renovation and refurbishment by owner Prestwick Care Group.

Bands from as far afield as Canada and California are heading to Tyneside in the coming weeks to perform at a leading alternative music venue.

The Halloween spectacular is currently running at weekends at Lintz Hall Farm, Burnopfield, with just four dates left on Saturday 24 October, Sunday 25 October, Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October to enjoy the experience.

A COUNTY Durham hotel is offering the ultimate festive getaway for a family or group of six, with all of the fun and none of the hard work.

The Fed at Gateshead has unveiled its Christmas programme with parties for families and young people and spectacular themed nights for everyone from friends to colleagues to staff wanting to organise a get togethers.

The history buffs, who live at Royal Hampton Care Home, Ponteland, had gathered to hear a talk by The Northumberland and Newcastle Society – which works to preserve the heritage, culture and landscape of the city and county.

AN AUDIENCE with The Grinch, the best of K-Pop and a unique Christmas experience featuring every character from Bluey to Elsa, are on offer to bring some