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IP: Research, Protect & Commercialise

IP: Research, Protect & Commercialise is a free support programme for start-ups, existing businesses and inventors in the North East, helping them research, protect and commercialise their ideas. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by North East Growth Hub, Business & IP Centre North East

Checked against the official page (growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk) on 9 Oct 2026.

Free on-site research resources, free one-to-one intellectual property surgeries and free business workshops and advice to help start-ups and existing businesses research, protect and commercialise ideas.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with North East Growth Hub before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Start-up businesses, existing businesses and inventors in the North East can use the free research, IP protection and commercialisation support.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups, Sole traders, Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

For further information, including how to apply, visit the provider website; the contact email is bipcnortheast@newcastle.gov.uk.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Northumberland

Confirmed on the official page

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead.

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Things we could not confirm

  • The page does not say how to apply beyond visiting the provider website.
  • Business sizes are not stated; listed as included because the scheme is for start-ups and trading businesses.
  • Page last updated 26 July 2024; check current availability.
  • Provided by Business & IP Centre; the Growth Hub page lists it as a resource.

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Source and last checked

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