Solutions

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

Talent and Skills (3)

ASPIRE
Helping attract the right talent, getting the right people in the right jobs, retaining key staff - spend less money and energy on hiring and firing and more on scaling your business.
Attracting & Developing the Right Talent & Skills
Helping you stand out above your competition - allowing your businesses to take control of recruitment in-house
Managing 4 Growth
Most scale-up companies experience skills gaps and leaders have to learn to cope quickly with changing demands and develop managerial and leadership style whilst continuing to build the company

Providers

General business support services that meet business growth needs.

11 providers found.

Robert-Carling

The solution I offer is to advise on how to scale up businesses...

Eliesha-Training

Eliesha has approved status to support both Levy and non-levy paying organisations

Mosaic-Partners

Mosaic provide customised support packages to meet the needs of scaling businesses

Northumbria-University-Newcastle

Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University works with more than 700 business leaders and managers offering learning experiences that enable s...

Protraining

PROTRAINING is a leading provider of international training and team building solutions

UNW-LLP

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

Gradvert-Limited

Gradvert's mission is to improve business performance by improving people.

Think-Eleven-Limited

At Think Eleven Limited we believe a competent workforce is an optimised and successful workforce. Competent People = Amazing Results

The-HR-Dept

Locally provided, unlimited advice and guidance in relation to HR and Employment Law

Mincoffs-Solicitors-LLP

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

HR2DAY

Any growing business faces challenges they have never dealt with before, add People to the mix and this becomes a minefield!

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.