This programme is co-financed by the European Social Fund
The New Enterprise Allowance is a national programme delivered by the Department for Work and Pensions and the European Social Fund to help those in receipt of benefits to start up new businesses.
Referrals to the New Enterprise Allowance ended in December 2021.
Providers
If you provide business support services like marketing, business planning, human resources or financial planning find out how you could register with us to offer a grant of up to £3200 to your clients for work that you do for them.
Our Support
Our unique support programmes can provide help no matter what stage your business is at.
How to access grant support to stabilise your business for the future
Established in 2001, NBSL has become the North East’s largest volume provider of funding to growth businesses, helping over 12,000...
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Grant funding 101 - Time to claim
As our series continues on how to get the best from grant schemes across the North East, John Atkinson looks at how we support you post...
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Grant funding 101 - Your funding contract
As our series on how to get the best from grant schemes across the North East continues, John Atkinson looks at how we manage our...
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Accelerate Ashington – growing and creating local businesses
Accelerate Ashington, part of the wider Ashington High Street Innovation Programme, is a new service providing support to local...
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Learn to Earn – NBSL’s wide ranging masterclasses provide a helping hand
With over 50 masterclasses and business skills sessions now available from a variety of programmes managed by NBSL, our support for you...
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External Assessment – is it worth it?
Is it worth the effort and the bother, not to mention the stress, to invite an outsider into the business to review how you do things and...
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