Sunderland City Council
Sunderland is a vibrant city by the sea with a vision to create a connected, international city with opportunities for all.
Our city's ambitious regeneration programme has created new opportunities across our key sectors, including advanced manufacturing, financial, professional and business services as well as digital, creative and screen industries.
We are a developing a dynamic and smart city, creating more and better jobs and a low-carbon economy, deploying smart and sustainable technologies to benefit residents, businesses and visitors.
The city's people and communities are at the heart of our plans as a city, which are being delivered at pace, with significant investment coming into key developments sites across the city. Sunderland is a city of achievements and potential; a great place to work, live and invest.
Schemes provided by Sunderland City Council
Business Growth Fund
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.
Enterprising Sunderland
Enterprising Sunderland is a project designed to unlock the potential of future entrepreneurs within our communities and to support businesses from all sectors to grow and innovate.
Sunderland Innovate and Grow
Sunderland Innovate and Grow (SIG) brings together a range of complementary activities to catalyse and support innovation and business growth in the city.
Tech Start-up Sunderland
Tech Startup Sunderland is a new programme of activity to help entrepreneurs across Sunderland to bring their tech and digital ideas to life through a wide range of expert-led support.
Wear Together Initiative
Wear Together provides social entrepreneurs in Sunderland with access to business support and grants assisting them with start, development, and growth of social businesses.
Sunderland Skills and Inclusion Programme (SSIP)
The Sunderland Skills and Inclusion Programme (SSIP) offers Sunderland businesses and employees the opportunity to access fully-funded courses spanning a range of subject specialisms and disciplines.
Esports Business Cluster
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.
North East Screen
Funded by North East Screen Industries Partnership, North East Screen is a regional screen agency for filmmakers, producers and creative professionals looking to start and grow their careers in the industry.
IP: Research, Protect & Commercialise
An impressive collection of on-site resources to help when researching a business idea, find competitor information and analyse markets.
Additional Funding & Support Resources
Discover more business support, finance and funding schemes available to Sunderland based businesses by visiting our resource page.