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BBC News
10-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Former Newcastle Brown Ale site golf plan approved
The former home of Newcastle Brown Ale production is to be transformed into a £40m multi-storey golf and entertainment complex after plans were unanimously old Federation Brewery site in Gateshead will be turned into a three-storey leisure facility with 102 hitting bays alongside event spaces, a bar and restaurant, rooftop terrace and lounge Topgolf UK says the development near the Metrocentre will create 300 construction jobs and up to 400 roles once the attraction is numbers are projected to be 450,000 per year with Topgolf also predicting the scheme will bring in up to £250m over a 10-year period. Councillor Kathryn Walker told a meeting of Gateshead Council's planning and development committee she believed it was a " really exciting opportunity" for the area and that concerns over traffic and potential surface flooding were sufficiently dealt with within the authority's own planning council's assessment stated that while the scheme did not adhere to a draft area plan on account of reducing future home developments and open space, the economic and regeneration benefits outweighed those found the site's location "makes it uniquely suited to a large-scale leisure use, without direct conflict with existing residential areas". Since the Local Democracy Reporting Service initially reported on the scheme last week, the proposal received an additional letter of support describing it as "a fantastic idea and something the area is in desperate need of".Newcastle Brown Ale was produced at the site from 2005 after being moved from it switched to the Yorkshire town of Tadcaster five years later when Heineken closed the was demolished in to create a leisure venue were announced in 2022 after the Metrocentre Partnership bought the land. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
CBS News
11-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Ohio voters approve ballot issue authorizing $2.5 billion in bonds over 10 years for infrastructure
Ohio voters voted on Tuesday to reauthorize a program that will provide $2.5 billion for roads, bridges and other needed local infrastructure projects over the next decade. State Issue 2 called for the renewal of the Ohio Capital Improvement Program, which was first authorized in 1987. Administered by the Ohio Public Works Commission, it relies on existing state revenues as opposed to raising taxes. Under the measure, up to $250 million of the total general obligation bonds authorized can be issued each year over 10 years, creating an estimated 35,000 construction jobs. The Strong Ohio Communities Coalition, a gathering of business, labor, agriculture and civic organizations, supported the measure, which attracted no significant opposition. Coalition spokesperson Sam Rossi thanked voters and the Ohio General Assembly, which placed the measure on the ballot. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce said in a statement that it looks forward to witnessing all the improvements roll out and the jobs they create, saying voters recognized "the importance of modern, reliable infrastructure to Ohio's quality of life and its economic outlook." Though it was listed on the ballot as Issue 2, Tuesday's ballot measure was the first and only statewide issue to appear. That's the result of a new numbering system approved by state lawmakers after the elections of 2023 and 2024 featured several ballot issues timed close together and called either Issue 1 or Issue 2. Ohio's next statewide ballot question will be labeled Issue 3.
