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Esports Business Cluster

The Esports Business Cluster (the first and only in the UK) aims to create and support businesses already actively working or seeking to work within the esports sector.
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Sunderland Innovate and Grow

Sunderland Innovate and Grow (SIG) brings together a range of complementary activities to catalyse and support innovation and business growth in the city.
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Wear Together Initiative

Wear Together provides social entrepreneurs in Sunderland with access to business support and grants assisting them with start, development, and growth of social businesses.
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AXA Startup Angel

Helping entrepreneurs make their business dreams a reality. Win £25,000 startup funding to kick-start your business.
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Local Women Local Enterprise Gateshead

Local Women Local Enterprise Gateshead, a project by The Millin Charity, provides specialist enterprise support for women in Gateshead.
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SONIC Labs -Technology Access Programme

SONIC Labs Technology Access Programme (TAP) is an 8-month structured programme developed by Digital Catapult in collaboration with Ofcom, running from June 2024 to January 2025.
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Durham Start-ups

Durham Start-Ups is part of the Enterprising Durham programme of support, ensuring start-ups, sole traders, social entrepreneurs, budding founders and freelancers in Durham get off to the best start with the right skills.
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Gateshead Business Innovation & Growth

Gateshead BIG is a brand new programme, delivered exclusively by Smarta, for established companies based in Gateshead that have ambitions to scale-up their operations.
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Gateshead Startup Skills

Delivered by Smarta, Gateshead Startup Skills is all about ensuring startups, sole traders and freelancers in Gateshead get off to the best start with the right skills.
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Enterprising Sunderland

Enterprising Sunderland is a project designed to unlock the potential of future entrepreneurs within our communities and to support businesses from all sectors to grow and innovate.
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Local Automotive Business Support - Sunderland (LABS-S)

Local Automotive Business Support - Sunderland (LABS-S) is a tailored package of support for Sunderland businesses wanting to grow and thrive within the automotive sector.
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Business with Purpose

Changemakers from Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland are invited to join NE BIC, Junction Point, PNE and Millin Charity to make a difference through enterprise.
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eBay for Change

eBay for Change is a free programme for social enterprises with products to sell.
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Scaleup North East

Scaleup North East works with businesses that can demonstrate both the hunger and potential to achieve high levels of growth.
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Rising Stars

Rising Stars is Tech Nation’s pitch competition for early-stage tech startups.
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Better Business Skills

The Better Business Skills programme provides fully funded business skills sessions and mentoring for North of Tyne residents aged 19+
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North of Tyne Culture and Creative Zone Programme

The North of Tyne Culture and Creative Zone (CCZ) Programme is a new programme that aims to establish a supportive and attractive environment for creatives and cultural businesses to locate, start-up and grow.
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Farming Advisory Service

Empowering Farm Enterprises: Specialised Support for Growth, Resilience and Diversification.
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Growth & Resilience Support

Specialist support for businesses located in rural Northumberland.
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Enterprise and Start Up Support

Support for new Northumberland businesses and residents looking to pursue a business idea
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Creative Enterprise Business Builder

The Creative Enterprise Business Builder is a grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries.
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Digitalising our Town Centres (DTC)

Digitalising our Town Centres (DTC) support is available to town centre traders from across Gateshead, aiming to increase and improve digital skills within businesses.
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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses UK programme is designed to provide high-quality, practical education and business support to leaders of high-growth small businesses and social enterprises across the country.
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Digital Tech Resilience Grant

The Digital Pathfinders Digital Tech Resilience Grant is now available to Newcastle-based businesses.
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Tech Startup Sunderland

Tech Startup Sunderland is a new programme of activity to help entrepreneurs across Sunderland to bring their tech and digital ideas to life through a wide range of expert-led support.
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Growth Track

Growth Track is a support service for high-growth businesses looking to increase market share, develop a new product or service, or enhance customer experience.
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UK Space Agency Accelerator

Start up and grow in space with the UK Space Agency Accelerator.
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North East Regional Cyber Crime Unit (NERCCU)

The NERCCU offer free advice and guidance to businesses in the North East, and provides a range of services to ensure organisations have the basics in place.
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North of Tyne Digital Skills Programme

A free programme offering Digital Skills, Leadership and Business Management to businesses across Northumberland, Newcastle and North Tyneside
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Scale-up Leaders Academy

Helping ambitious business owners to prepare for sustainable high-growth, the Entrepreneurs' Forum's Scale-up Leaders' Academy will enable you to scale sustainably with the support of your peers and a clear strategic plan.
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World Franchise Council

The World Franchise Council (WFC) is a non-political association of more than 40 national franchise associations from around the world.
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University of Sunderland – ways to engage

Whether you are a local, national or international employer, Sunderland University will work with you to promote your organisation and its opportunities to our tomorrow-making students and graduates.
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UK Export Academy

The UK Export Academy (UKEA) from the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is a free training programme for UK businesses of all sizes looking to grow their international sales.
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Tuspark Newcastle

TusPark Newcastle works with Barclays Eagle Labs, the latest cluster of tech incubators in the UK, connecting UK companies directly to Chinese industries, universities and governments across the TusPark global network.
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Trade Remedies Authority (TRA)

Sponsored by the Department for Business & Trade, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) defends UK economic interests against unfair international trade practices,
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ToNetZero

ToNetZero gives employees and business owners access to training and one-to-one support to help them join the North East’s drive to reach net zero.
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The Skills Toolkit

Free courses to help you learn new skills or get a new job.
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The Family Business Foundation

The Family Business Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation founded by The Family Business Community to enable the UK family business sector to access educational and professional development support for both present and future generations.
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The Entrepreneurs' Forum

The Entrepreneurs' Forum brings together like-minded business owners to share experience and help each other grow their companies faster.
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Tender Opportunities

There are opportunities for UK companies to supply products and services to the international science facilities in which the UK is a member.
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Technology, Innovation & Green Growth for Offshore

A supply chain programme designed to boost supply chain growth and productivity in the North of Tyne and wider North East England region’s offshore wind and subsea sectors.
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Social Enterprise Start-up Support

Specialist advice services for those who want to start a new social enterprise.
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SME Information Hub - Durham University

The Durham University SME Information Hub provides information and guidance on how the Career Service can help you engage with students and harness the best talent to take your business forward.
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SME Climate Hub

The SME Climate Hub is a non-profit global initiative that empowers small to medium sized companies to take climate action and build resilient businesses for the future.
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Skills Bootcamps

Skills Bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for adults aged 19+ who are either in work or recently unemployed.
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Quality Franchise Association

Quality Franchise Association is a not for profit, trade association that assists both franchise businesses and individuals that are interested in franchising to start their own business.
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Produced in Northumberland

Produced in Northumberland is the only fully audited scheme that verifies businesses who are producing or using local Northumberland products.
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PNE Startup & Business Support

If your business has been running for more than 12 months, you can access 12 hours of expert business advice through the PNE Enterprise Business Hub programme.
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ORE Catapult

The UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy.
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Opportunities for business to engage with education

The North East Local Enterprise Partnership’s North East Ambition programme supports businesses and employers to work collaboratively with schools and colleges.
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Northern Accelerator

Northern Accelerator is an exciting collaboration between the North East’s universities, creating real-world impact from world-leading research, commercialising innovation and boosting the region’s economy.
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North East Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC)

NEPIC is an award winning membership organisation working with the chemical-using industries in the North East of England.
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North East England Chamber of Commerce

The North East England Chamber of Commerce are North East England's largest member organisation, representing around 3,000 businesses.
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North East Business Resilience Centre

The North East Business Resilience Centre are a police-led, not for profit organisation providing 24/7 support to small and medium businesses, our trusted Centre forms a partnership network to protect businesses from risk.
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North East Better Health at Work Award

The Better Health at Work Award recognises the efforts of employers in the North East and Cumbria in addressing health issues within the workplace.
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North East Automotive Alliance

The North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA) is an industry-led cluster group, established to support the economic sustainable growth and competitiveness of the sector in the North East of England.
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NOF

Business development experts for the energy sector. NOF work on behalf of their members and their network of partners to put companies of all sizes in touch with the best and most innovative supply chain businesses in the UK.
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Newcastle University Employer Support

Newcastle University provides a range of recruitment services to employers across the North East.
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National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD)

National Innovation for Data (NICD) helps organisations to unlock value in their data by helping organisations to learn new data skills to become more productive.
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National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA)

A world-leading organisation supported by an initial investment from UK Government and Newcastle University – to help co-develop and bring to market products and services which create a world in which we all live better, for longer.
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National Careers Service – support for businesses

National Careers Service can support employers to support staff progressing their career journeys.
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Made Smarter Adoption North East

Made Smarter Adoption North East helps manufacturers in the region increase profits, improve efficiency and grow by investing in smart technology.
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Locate North East England

Providing a search facility to search for commercial land and property in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Durham
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Learn with Start Up Loans

Start Up Loans has partnered with The Open University to create a range of free courses for entrepreneurs.
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Lawyers for Your Business

Lawyers For Your Business puts you in touch with a solicitor who can talk you through the legal issues you face and what you need to do next in a free 30-minute consultation.
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County Durham Productivity and Growth Programme

The Productivity and Growth Programme supports businesses in all sectors in County Durham.
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Social Enterprise Boost

Boost your skills and get the knowledge you need to start a social enterprise in this exciting new programme.
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Make UK

Make UK champions and celebrates British manufacturing and manufacturers. Together, we build a platform for the evolution of UK manufacturing.
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) link forward thinking businesses with the UK's world class knowledge bases to deliver innovation projects led by inspired graduates
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Invest North East England

Invest North East England is the first point of contact for businesses looking to locate and invest in our region.
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Internet of Caring Things

With our rich history of inventiveness and community spirit, we aim to combine citizen insights, business knowledge and design thinking to establish the North of Tyne region as an international leader in innovation for the Internet of Caring Things market
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Innovation Pathway

Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC) has developed The Innovation Pathway. A vehicle for articulating the bespoke services that can be provided to NHS organisations and industry.
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Innovate UK EDGE

Innovate UK EDGE is here to help you grow your business by protecting and harnessing IP, improving innovation management and connecting to the innovation ecosystem globally.
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The Good Work Pledge - Calling for Businesses to be a ‘Force for Good’

The North of Tyne Combined Authority has launched the Good Work Pledge to allow organisations of every type and size to be recognised for providing, or working towards providing, ‘good work’.
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ICAEW Business Advice Service

The ICAEW Business Advice Service (BAS) provides a free consultation to businesses seeking trusted business advice.
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Help to Grow: Management

Help to Grow: Management is a practical 12-week training programme for senior leaders in SMEs, providing key skills to help businesses innovate and drive future growth.
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Health Innovation Network

Transforming lives through healthcare innovation
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Grow Your Business Overseas

Department for Business & Trade (DBT) is the UK Government Department that supports companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas organisations seeking to locate in the UK.
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Graduate Recruitment Support - Services for Employers

Working with local employers to help promote suitable paid opportunities to our students.
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Going Green Together

Supporting the North East and Cumbria’s VCSE sector towards Net Zero
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Generator Union

Generator Union is a cross-sector membership network, bringing together freelancers & founders, students & start-ups and everyone in between.
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Food and Drink North East

Food and Drink North East (FADNE) is a community interest company (CIC) made up of local business owners and experts who understand the challenges the food, drink and hospitality sectors face and are working together to address them.
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FIRST

We are an accredited learning and development agency specialising in empowering enterprise skills for students, graduates, jobseekers, early stage founders and entry level staff.
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Experts in Residence

The Business and IP Centre’s 'Experts in Residence' offer businesses the opportunity for one to one appointments to discuss a wide range of business topics.
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European Franchise Federation

The European Franchise Federation is the leading advocate for the franchise industry in Europe, whose goal is to develop and promote the franchise business model.
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Engineering and Manufacturing Network

The heart of the engineering and manufacturing industries in the North East
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Encouraging Women into Franchising

A not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers, providing advice and guidance to women looking for a route into the franchise industry
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Dynamo North East

Dynamo was established in 2013 and is an industry led membership organisation with the core mission to ‘Grow the North East Tech Economy’ through collaboration, innovation, skills.
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Digital Pathfinders

Digital Pathfinders helps SMEs, charities and social enterprises across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland become more successful and resilient by adopting digital technology.
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Digital Cluster North of Tyne

Digital Cluster North of Tyne is a new programme to support innovation in tech and digital businesses across Newcastle, Northumberland and North Tyneside.
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Digital Business Pipeline

Do you have a digital business idea and would like to explore it? Access fully-funded support if you are a resident of Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland.
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Digital Boost

Free Mentoring, workshops, courses, and content to help you understand digital better.
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DBN - The Do Business Network

'Do Business' Network (DBN) is a dynamic business network that gives hands-on, practical support to small businesses across the north east.
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Cycle to work - guidance for employers

Guidance for employers on cycle to work schemes
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Women Business Leaders’ Mentoring Programme

The Santander Breakthrough Women Business Leaders' Mentoring Programme is a mentoring scheme is for the next generation of fast-growth female entrepreneurs.
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North East Screen

Funded by North East Screen Industries Partnership, North East Screen is a regional screen agency for filmmakers, producers and creative professionals looking to start and grow their careers in the industry.
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Digital Track Programme

Explore the next steps for your business with the support of business and digital experts on this fully-funded short course.
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Start Up South Tyneside

As a South Tyneside resident you have access to hundreds of free resources, plus support, to help you explore and start your own business.
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North East Create Growth Programme

Delivered in partnership with Creative UK and Innovate UK this programme is designed to support creative businesses with high-growth potential.
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TEDCO Business Support LTD

North East business support that works for you Join the thousands of people who have experienced business support the TEDCO way. You too can start, grow and achieve sustainable business success.
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