Scheme details
Area: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Northumberland
Categories: Business support
Business stage: Start-up, Trading business
Contact email: bipcnewcastle@newcastle.gov.uk
Page last updated: 04 June 2025
Business and IP Centre North East’s Experts in Residence offer businesses the opportunity to meet online to discuss a wide range of business topics, ranging from finance and funding, marketing and communication, intellectual property and law and many more. The Experts are, in the main, small businesses themselves and are not paid to provide this service so meetings are limited to one only per Expert. Duration of the meeting can be 30 minutes, up to an hour, at the Experts discretion.
Meet the experts
You can view information about all of the experts and book an appointment on the website.
Businesses operating within some of the areas covered can also access up to 12 additional hours of free support from the Experts by applying through the Citylife Business Support Scheme. This grant is not available across all Council areas. To find out more and to check if your business is located in an eligible area please visit the Citylife Business Support Scheme page.