We've worked with thousands of North East businesses.
Friendly one to one start-up mentoring - grants and masterclasses for new and established businesses - training for businesses and individuals.
We've helped over 9000 people to explore their business idea.
Over 3000 of them have gone on to plan their business start-up with us, leading to almost 2000 new business starting up.
85% of businesses started with our help are still trading after one year.
We've supported over 12,000 businesses to grow and develop.
More than 8,500 businesses have accessed our funding programmes - between them, they've received £7.3m of grants.
North East businesses have created 3,300 jobs as a result of our support.
Our team have identified the skills needs of over 2,800 businesses.
And over 1300 businesses have trained their staff with NBSL - that's almost 5000 people who've developed their business skills.
Our training has helped 1,000+ individuals achieve accredited qualifications.
And our help makes a real difference.
We get unbelievable feedback from our clients and our customer satisfaction rating is over 97%.
"NBSL make the process as straightforward as possible, staff are friendly and helpful with a genuine desire to help small businesses."
"Once you've applied, they do what they say they will do and are prompt, experienced knowledgeable and friendly."
"Supportive and friendly staff provide guidance and understand the pressures of business and time management."
We're also supported and accredited by a number of key organisations:
