Funding & support resources

Support for businesses looking to expand or establish new operations in the North East Combined Authority areas.

The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund supports businesses investing in life sciences manufacturing projects in the UK.

Franchise Angels is an investment initiative to assist the rapid growth of proven businesses via franchising.

A funding initiative aimed at supporting UK-based artists working with immersive technologies.

Investing in... Your social mission. What makes you different. Growing your organisation.

DASA is seeking fast paced scalable proposals across five challenge areas

QEST offers three grants to support makers and conservators at various career stages, strengthening the pipeline of talented craft professionals in the UK.

Flexible business loans to start and grow your business

Elevating Female Founders

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

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

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.

Creative Enterprise Scaling Up is a brand new 5-month business development programme, to support companies working in the screen sector.

Help to Grow: Management Essentials is a free, online course that explains the essential business concepts required for growth.

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.

Digital Catapult has launched this state-of-the-art 5G Immersive Lab in partnership with the North East Combined Authority to break down the barriers to digital adoption in the North East.