Business Support

ELITE Programme (UK)

ELITE is a three part service of education, business support, mentoring and access delivered in collaboration with Imperial College Business School

ELITE UK

Scaleup

Employer Support

We can help you: build the best HR and L&D teams to deliver your people strategy, improve performance and engagement to meet your business objectives & professionalise your team through training, qualifications and membership.

CIPD North East Branch

Enterprise & Innovation, University of Sunderland

Access to a variety of services and benefits such as research, training, business advice, graduate and student interns and world class facilities.

University of Sunderland

Enterprise Europe Network

Enterprise Europe Network is the world’s largest business network and a great platform on which to promote your business, technology or ideas across Europe and beyond.

RTC North

Export

Enterprise Programme

We work with 18 to 30-year-olds to turn big ideas into a business reality through our Enterprise programme. Find out more.

Prince's Trust

Mentor

Enterprise Support in the North East 2

One to one mentoring, coaching, business planning and an extensive range of workshops covering all the essentials to starting a business.

North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL)

Startup

Entrepreneur Accelerator

The NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator gives businesses like yours the power to start, scale and succeed.

Natwest

Scaleup

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

A European exchange programme which offers young entrepreneurs the opportunity to spend 1-4 months in a European business. 

North East Business and Innovation Centre

Startup

ERDF Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing SME Support Programme

Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Project is a £5.1M ERDF project to support the implementation of product and process development and the introduction of technology within the SME manufacturing base within the NE LEP area.

Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing (SAM)

Manufacturing, Funding

EU Settlement Scheme: Employer Toolkit

Download the employer toolkit to access the right tools and information to support EU citizens and their families on the EU Settlement Scheme.

Gov.uk

Expanding North East presence in international markets

This service has been created to help eligible SMEs sell their products and services to overseas markets and assist with the costs of export promotion.

Department for International Trade - North East

Scaleup, Export

Export Guarantees, Insurance, Loans and Support

UK Export Finance (UKEF) helps UK companies selling abroad by sharing the financial risks of selling overseas, with support such as insurance and credit guarantees for their banks.

UK Export Finance

Export, Finance, Funding