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PNE Start-up & Business Support

PNE Start-up & Business Support is free advice, workshops and coaching for aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses in the North East Combined Authority. Open, no fixed deadline.

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Business support and guidance for aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses, including confidential 1-to-1 advice, workshops, masterclasses, coaching, mentoring and CMI management and leadership qualifications.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and established businesses within the region can receive free business support, advice, workshops and coaching from PNE Enterprise.

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Business size

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

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How to apply

Contact PNE on 0191 691 4901 or enquiries@pne.org. New businesses can start from PNE's Start a Business page, and established businesses from its Business Support page.

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Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

North East Combined Authority

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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

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Things we could not confirm

  • Page does not give costs or funding amounts for support.
  • Some funded programmes may have specific eligibility criteria; details not given.
  • Page does not name a deadline; support appears to be available on an ongoing basis.

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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 (pne.org) on 10 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 15 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 9 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with PNE before you apply.

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