
Only weeks remaining for SMEs to secure Graduate funding
Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland are continuing to benefit from the funding available through Northumbria University to employ full-time a recent graduate (i.e. someone who graduated in the last 5 years).

The Newcastle Scaleup Summit - Thursday 23rd November 2017
Building on the success of the 5-day ‘Newcastle Startup Week’ festival in May, there's going to be a 1-day Newcastle Scaleup Summit at the Live Theatre on Thursday 23rd November 2017, to help people learn how to take their business to the next level.

Join us at Newcastle Startup Week (15-19 May)
‘Newcastle Startup Week’ is an exciting new 5-day festival taking place in Newcastle city centre between 15-19 May 2017 with the aim of inspiring and helping more local people to start or grow a business in Newcastle and the wider North East region.

Selling overseas - free workshops
Are you a business that would like to sell more overseas? Do you want to improve your digital marketing and / or understand more about selling online and social media? If so do not miss the opportunity to take part in free workshops from the Department of International Trade (previously UKTI).

Graduate Internship Scheme
Please visit https://www.nbsl.org.uk/news/427-graduate-internship-scheme-university-of-sunderland for current information on this programme.
The University of Sunderland’s Graduate Internship Scheme can provide regional SME’s (based within the NE Local Enterprise Partnership area) with a cost effective approach to recruiting graduate talent for a 12 month period.