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

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.

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.

Local Women Local Enterprise Gateshead, a project by The Millin Charity, provides specialist enterprise support for women in Gateshead.

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

Support for businesses looking to expand or establish new operations in Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Council, Northumberland County Council and Sunderland City Council areas.

Scale-up North East works with businesses that can demonstrate both the hunger and potential to achieve high levels of growth.

Save energy and money with free energy guidance and support from BEST.

Citylife Business Support Grant is available to businesses within Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland to support businesses to grow and adapt to the challenging conditions that many are currently facing.

An impressive collection of on-site resources to help when researching a business idea, find competitor information and analyse markets.

Support designed to help individuals looking to start their own business or in the early stage of trading. To access the support your business needs to be based in Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside or Gateshead.

Discover more business support, finance and funding schemes available to Gateshead based businesses by visiting our resource page.