Christmas Message From Sarah Pavlou
06th December 2021
It’s been a whirlwind… back-to-back teams’ meetings, zoom fatigue, kids, dogs, lockdown, masks, change, stress, mental health, and ...
Bold Brands Bounce Back Better - Be Brave
14th October 2021
Craig Huntingdon is a successful entrepreneur, who has founded, scaled and exited a number of ventures in addition to a decade at Aldi where, as tradi...
Creating An Olympic Level Business
14th October 2021
Angelina Bell is an executive business coach and dedicated Scaleup North East partner. Here, she shares five top tips that will allow you to have an O...
Scaleup Spotlight: Tony Brooks
17th August 2021
What is your role within Scaleup North East? Scaleup Partner Tell me about your career to date Started working life as an app...
Scaleup Spotlight - Jon Symonds, Scaleup Partner
04th August 2021
Tell me about your career to date My career spans 30 years with some epic successes but also lessons learnt from not always getting things right al...
Scaleup Spotlight: Nicola Jackson
22nd July 2021
What is your role within Scaleup North East? Scale Up NE Project Coordinator Tell me about your career to date Much of my career was spent at...
Scaleup Spotlight - Sarah Pavlou
15th July 2021
1. What is your role within Scaleup North East? Head of Scale Up North-East 2. Tell me about your career to date. 20 years in retai...
Dragons Den Star Super U Target International Expansion
02nd July 2021
Founded by Charlotte Bailey and Sean Ali, Super U was created to pursue the couple’s mission to make superfoods more accessible for everybody. ...
Aura Infection Control Complete Management Buyout
06th May 2021
County Durham’s Aura Infection Control have recently undergone a Management Buyout that has seen Laura Edgar take total ownership of the busines...
Industry Leader Joins the Seaweed Revolution
04th May 2021
Founded in 2015 by marine biologist Dr Craig Rose, Seaweed & Co. has created multiple signature seaweed products and brands, and is now a leading ...
Helped Local Business To Evolve And Survive Pandemic
29th March 2021
The Scaleup North East programme has been working closely with local SMEs to help navigate and overcome many of the pandemics business challenges. ...
Nourish Bud Wins NEL Investment Backing
24th March 2021
A young couple who have turned their passion for vegan food and healthy living into a successful small business are set to spread their wings with the...
Brand purpose: Is your company a bad date?
17th March 2021
We’ve all been there. You’re at a dinner party or on a date and the person you’re with does nothing but talk… At you. About t...
Harnessing Your Size And Agility As An SME
15th March 2021
Despite the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, SMEs can continue being successful if they channel their agility and flexibility, says Scaleup...
Make Human Intelligence Your Competitive Advantage In 2021
15th February 2021
Your brand’s purpose should illustrate why your organisation exists, what problems it aims to solve, and who it wants to be to each person it pr...
Cooking Up A Successful Business
12th February 2021
An entrepreneur famed for his journey from Reggae musician to successful business owner will be visiting the North East in the New Year to speak at an...
Keeping Wheels Turning Just To See Them Turn
11th February 2021
In recent weeks I seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time discussing and debating the difference between growing and scaling a business, along...
5 Steps to Scaleup Success
01st February 2021
You thought the hard part was over once you established your business, but scaling brings new challenges and different dynamics that business leaders ...
Eduk8 Worldwide expands internationally
11th December 2020
The Scaleup North East programme has helped Eduk8 Worldwide increase its global presence. Here, Christine Lawson, the company’s co-founder, owne...
Chronicle Sunshine Fund
02nd December 2020
What we do... Its very simple really, we provide specialist and adapted equipment to babies, children and young adults living with d...
Lockdown In The North East
20th October 2020
Lockdown In The North East by Alex Wardle Rec the Lockdown - Trailer from Alex Wardle - Artifact Media on Vimeo. &...
Adapt and Thrive
06th October 2020
Scaleup North East is supporting the region’s businesses to assess their operations and make the necessary changes to succeed in these challengi...
The future lies in habits not 'horror-scopes'
23rd September 2020
Horizon Scanning is used to describe the business process of applying accepted norms to future trends to identify a competitive advantage, but what if...
How Scaleups Can Attract And Retain Top Talent
09th September 2020
“I can’t find the talent and skills I need!” - this is one of the most common comments we hear from business owners on the Scaleup N...
Online wish-list platform Swishforit supports independent brands
03rd August 2020
Swishforit is a recently established global wish-list website and app that allows consumers to shop and share gift ideas through one online platform. ...