Tees Valley is rapidly cementing its position as one of the UK’s most dynamic digital and creative powerhouses. Here, Sarah Walker explains how TVCA are turning ambitions into action by creating jobs, attracting investment and providing the right environment for businesses to innovate, collaborate and grow.
Fozia Saleem chats to Forum about life at the helm of Magnitude Biosciences – a North East early drug discovery business working to revolutionise healthy ageing and neurodegenerative disease research.
UMi believe that when businesses thrive, communities do too. Nicki Clark OBE, Chief Executive, shares why reaching the incredible milestone of over £1billion in investment for UK businesses feels so much more than a statistic.
Earlier this week, Forum members came together for a practical, peer-led conversation about how they are actually using AI in their businesses. Rather than chasing hype or theoretical use cases, the focus was on real experience: what’s working, what isn’t, and where AI is genuinely improving productivity.
How well do you know your fellow members? In this feature, we shine a light on some of the Forum’s longest standing members, exploring their business journey, their connection to the North East and what makes it such a special place to live, work and grow a successful business.
A new year is just beginning, and that means strategy should be moving to the top of your priority list. Year-end can be hectic, especially for founders juggling multiple priorities. But carving out time for planning now is worth every minute. Jon Dudgeon, co-founder at Blu Sky, explains how, with a clear strategy in place, you can enter 2026 with the focus, energy and confidence needed to make it your best year yet.
For more than seven years, RTC North and the Entrepreneurs Forum have played a central role in supporting ambitious businesses to scale across the region. New research from Durham University Business School provides fresh insight into the region’s scaleup landscape, reinforcing the importance of coordinated, place-based enterprise support and strengthening alignment between RTC North and the Entrepreneurs’ Forum.
In our One Thing I've Learnt series, Entrepreneurs’ Forum ambassadors and honorary members reveal the one game-changing lesson they’ve learnt in their entrepreneurial journey. Providing a source of inspiration for anyone pursuing a similar path, our guest editors will share some of the critical business challenges they’ve faced and how they overcame them.
Jimmy Dodgson of Maitland shares why a focus on outcomes, not activities, is the only way to GROW in 2026 and beyond. For decades, business leaders have been sold a version of marketing that is fundamentally broken. You pay for activities, four blogs a month, twenty social posts, a monthly newsletter, then wonder...
We chat to husband-and-wife team Paul and Sam Blake – the duo behind British basketball’s most successful franchise – about building a club with purpose, powering community change and why, for them, the biggest wins happen off the court…
