Regional Portal

The North East Regional Portal is an e-business champion and its bold innovative approach is recognised nationally and internationally as driving the North East’s position at the leading edge of the digital revolution.

Through its portfolio of services and training courses it helps businesses adopt innovative internet and technology to sell and win business and deliver and retain business.

Chief services include online project management consultancy, e-procurement, broadband, PR and promotion, free directory listings for North East businesses, e-marketing and search engine optimisation, portal solutions, training courses, plus advice and support on ICT.

Online promotion/PR

The portal, which represents North East England online, through www.n-e-life.com, is a not-for-profit business fully owned by One NorthEast. It is an excellent promotional platform and enjoys over 80,000 visits a month. Our stats show that we have a loyal readership in the North East, and an ever-increasing audience from the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond, and Google News regularly links to our articles.  We also publish two online newsletters, one business and one lifestyle, and you can subscribe to receive them here

Click here to find out more about the newsletters and how to contribute.

Free directory entry

All businesses in the region can have a free entry in our online business directory. This is a free multi-page listing which gives businesses, organisations and community groups the chance to be represented online. It is a fully searchable directory and currently over 67,000 businesses are represented this way. Please click on the following URL and complete the online form - http://www.n-e-life.com/forbusiness/register.php

Online PR

Using specialist research tools we will create press releases and expert articles that are optimised for the web. We will distribute them online to our network of online publishers and news wires. We will feature it on high profile news website n-e-life.com. We will help you take your communications and PR to the next level. Please see www.onlineprservices.co.uk
 
Search engine optimisation 

Practical workshops

If you’re serious about driving traffic to your website you need to attend one of our search engine optimisation workshops. Hosted by online marketing expert, Pascal Fintoni, the interactive half-day course will give you a deeper understanding of how to work with search engines, drive traffic to your website and build a linking strategy. The workshop costs £149+VAT. Find out more about our search engine marketing workshops.

On-site consultation

Discovery and Recovery is a two-hour website review conducted by Pascal who will show you how your business website currently performs and will give you a set of recommendations to get your business website work harder for you – and make it easier for your users.

Project management

Training
Using one of the most widely respected project management methods discover how to manage projects to best effect with PRINCE2TM. The UK’s accepted ‘best practice’ project management method is available at two levels:

• Foundation – suitable for beginners and successful completion is rewarded with a certificate.
• Practitioner – perfect for experienced project managers.

Successful completion results in an internationally recognised qualification.

Find out more about our project management training.

For more information about the Regional Portal please call 0191 487 2002, email info@n-e-life.co.uk or visit www.n-e-life.com