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North East Culture and Creative Investment - Equity

North East Culture and Creative Investment - Equity offers equity investment of up to £150,000 for cultural and creative businesses based in the North East Combined Authority area. This scheme has closed.

Run by Creative UK · funded by North East Mayoral Strategic Authority

Checked against the official page (wearecreative.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

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Equity investments of up to £150,000 in commercially viable, growth-minded cultural and creative businesses in the North East.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £150,000

Whole fund: £500,000, shared between applicants

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Businesses operating in the cultural or creative industries in the North East Combined Authority region (Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead, County Durham and Northumberland), registered on Companies House, and investment ready with a compelling case for return on investment.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups, Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Not confirmed on the official page

Sectors

cultural industries, creative industries

How to apply

Read the guidelines and FAQs, then apply through the Creative UK portal.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

North East Combined Authority

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

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (wearecreative.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Creative UK before you apply.

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