room501 publishing

A leading media and contract publishing group in the North East has been announced as the new publisher of the region’s leading monthly business magazine. The North East Chamber of Commerce has announced that room501 publishing Ltd has been awarded the contract for the production of its flagship publication, North East Contact Magazine. The Tyne & Wear based media group, which produces titles such as Business Quarter (BQ) magazine and Food Quarter (FQ) magazine, is due to begin production of North East Contact immediately, in order to launch the new look magazine in May.

Julie Underwood, NECC’s head of member services said: “NECC is delighted to be working with room501 on the production of North East Contact Magazine. “Room501’s reputation for producing publications of the very best quality is widely known across the North East. “NECC expects this new partnership will provide not only its members, but the region’s business community as a whole with a unique and more compelling insight into the business climate and the efforts that NECC makes for the North East.”

Chris March, managing director of room501 said: ”At room501 publishing we are extremely pleased to have been awarded the contract to produce North East Contact magazine. We will bring to it our high standards of design, production and editorial to create a publication that will give the NECC’s membership an informative, entertaining and incisive monthly business magazine. It will sit alongside our quarterly BQ magazine to provide the widest possible coverage of the North East business scene.”

To find out more about North East Contact Magazine and how to subscribe, contact NECC on 0300 303 6322 or email enquiries@necc.co.uk