Solutions

Bespoke and tailored products and services that directly address specific challenges faced by companies that are growing at pace.

Access to Finance & Risk Capital (5)

Business Owner Finance Programme
Do you really understand the numbers behind your business? Providing business owners with a grounding in business finance to support growth 
Digital Drive Durham
UP TO 40% FUNDING FOR DIGITAL PROJECTS, DIGITAL CONSULTANCY, EQUIPMENT, WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT OR BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE for companies in County Durham
Finance Camp - Connecting business with finance
Seeking Investment for Scaling
North East Funds
Range of Investment Funds for Growing and Innovative Businesses
The Finance Hub
Understand the finance options for your business with the British Business Bank Finance Hub

Providers

General business support services that meet business growth needs.

9 providers found.

Barrie-Hensby-Consulting

I am offering 30 years of experience as a Chief Executive in 3 separate companies, all of which had there own scaling challenges.

Catax

We are a well established specialist in providing advice, guidance, and long term support for companies

Finpoint-Ltd

The Finpoint Business Finance Finder is an innovative online platform that empowers SMEs to get in front of hundreds of traditional banks, challenger ...

Haines-Watts-North-East

Research and Development (R&D) tax relief is aimed to encourage companies to invest in innovation.

Harlands-Accountants

As part of the finance director service we are top of the tree when it comes to helping a business make financially related business decisions. ...

Rangewell-Ltd

Rangewell supports ambitious, growing businesses in the North East by working with them to find, compare and apply for business finance.

UNW-LLP

Our cross-department working ensures that businesses looking to scale up can utilise expertise.....

Ward-Hadaway

As a full service, top 100 law firm, Ward Hadaway provides a full range of legal services to support growing businesses

Mincoffs-Solicitors-LLP

Our Scale-Up team has extensive experience in helping many ambitious businesses achieve their commercial objectives in a variety of sectors

Categories

Access to Finance & Risk Capital
The shortage of capital available in the UK is well-documented with a wide range of initiatives and programmes established nationally and locally to address this.
Access to Markets
Scale-up companies seek to develop new products and services and their domestic and international customer base, as quickly as possible. In the UK, many report difficulties in supplying to large corporates and the public sector and developing new markets takes time and money without immediate ROI. Making the leap into new markets given the risks can be challenging.
Infrastructure
Scale-up companies cite numerous pains with regard to infrastructure in the North East, particularly in relation to digital transformation and establishing scalable systems and processes that support rapid growth across the business. Planning laws, lease terms and the availability of fast broadband are also cited as major challenges in addition to access to cutting-edge research facilities.
Innovation
Successful and scaling businesses keep moving forward, developing new products and services to serve the needs of existing and future customers. Companies that do not innovate, are less likely to survive and grow.
Leadership
Leaders in rapidly scaling companies need to learn to cope quickly with changing demands and may need help to develop their managerial and leadership talent. An important factor cited by scaleup leaders is lack of capacity and experience in the senior leadership team. It is hard to grow a company hundreds of times faster than is 'normal' without the right training and support.
Talent and Skills
The North East has a major skills gap that holds back scale-up companies. Scaling companies have particular issues recruiting people with technical and business skills, whether taking on young people straight from education or attracting those with more experience from outside the region, enabling them to develop new products and services, navigate new markets and develop their business structures.