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Scale-up North East: business support

Scale-up North East is a support programme offering coaching, mentoring, consultancy and workshops for ambitious businesses, including start-ups, based in Newcastle, Gateshead, the Tyneside boroughs or Northumberland. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Scale-up North East, RTC North

Checked against the official page (scaleupnortheast.co.uk) on 9 Oct 2026.

Bespoke coaching, mentoring, consultancy and workshops for ambitious businesses, including start-ups, that are scaling or can show significant growth potential.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Not stated

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Businesses, including start-ups, that are scaling or can demonstrate significant growth potential, based in Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne or the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough. Sole traders, SMEs or larger companies can apply. Digital, life sciences, low carbon, creative and advanced manufacturing sectors are preferred; agriculture, fishery and aquaculture, banking and insurance are not eligible.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

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

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Apply online through the Scale-up North East application form.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

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

Confirmed on the official page

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

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Things we could not confirm

  • Page last updated 11 June 2024; check current availability with the provider.
  • Grant Funding Investments are listed as an example of support but no amounts or terms are given.
  • Scheme is provided by RTC North; its own rules may apply.
  • Eligibility also lists a 'Based in' line that is partly blank; South Tyneside places are limited.

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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 (scaleupnortheast.co.uk) on 9 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 22 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Scale-up North East before you apply.

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