Funding & support resources

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

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.

Providing a search facility to search for commercial land and property in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Durham

Make UK champions and celebrates British manufacturing and manufacturers. Together, we build a platform for the evolution of UK manufacturing.

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

Lawyers For Your Business puts you in touch with a solicitor who can talk you through the legal issues you face and what you need to do next in a free 30-minute consultation.

Mentoring and support reimagined - for all small business

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) link forward thinking businesses with the UK's world class knowledge bases to deliver innovation projects led by inspired graduates

The heart of the engineering and manufacturing industries in the North East

Help to Grow: Management is a practical 12-week training programme for senior leaders in SMEs, providing key skills to help businesses innovate and drive future growth.

Innovate UK Business Growth is a key part of the UK innovation agency’s investment in the innovative businesses that drive economic growth.

The World Franchise Council (WFC) is a non-political association of more than 40 national franchise associations from around the world.

A not-for-profit organisation run entirely by volunteers, providing advice and guidance to women looking for a route into the franchise industry

Guidance for employers on cycle to work schemes

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, a project by The Millin Charity, provides specialist enterprise support for women in Gateshead and Newcastle.