Business Support

Consultancy Services

Consultancy services to help with various business issues, from finding innovative ways of working, to identifying the simplest and most effective routes to cost savings.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Contracts Finder

Contracts Finder lets businesses search for information about contracts worth over £10,000 with the government and its agencies.

Gov.uk

Procurement

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Advice and guidance for small businesses and the self-employed

With how rapidly everything out there is changing at the moment, FSB are collating everything together for you to keep up to date.

Federation of Small Businesses

Coronavirus, Covid19

Coronavirus Advice and Guidance

If you are an employer or a business owner we encourage you to read and follow the official guidance for employers and businesses. This Growth Hub guidance will assist employers and businesses in providing a

North East Growth Hub

Coronavirus

Creative & Cultural Skills Apprenticeships Advice

This scheme offers information and guidance on all apprenticeship matters, from Government policy through to the employment and management of apprentices.

Creative and Cultural Skills

Creative Fuse North East

Creative Fuse North East offers several strands of business innovation support, tailored to digital businesses, creative enterprises, artists, freelancers and beyond.

Creative Fuse North East

Creative Fuse North East

Delivered through a truly unique partnership between the North East’s five universities – Newcastle, Durham, Northumbria, Sunderland and Teesside. Academics will work alongside industry, cultural organisations, ch

Creative Fuse North East

DCO Suppliers - MOD Contracts

MOD-DCO is the official source of UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts.

MOD-DCO

Degree Apprenticeships

Attract fresh talent and develop graduate-level expertise in your organisation to grow/create your pool of highly skilled employees

Northumbria University

Apprenticeships

Design for Business

Workshops and research methodologies to help business owners design better products and reach new customers.

Design Network North

Scaleup

Digital Catapult

Digital Catapult is the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre. It drives the early adoption of digital technologies to make UK businesses more competitive and productive to grow the country’s econo

Digital Catapult

Digital Catapult Centre North East and Tees Valley

UK's leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, driving early adoption, making UK businesses more competitive and productive.

Sunderland Software City