Thank You to Our Partners
Thank you to our partners, some of whom exhibit year after year, we really do appreciate your support and being part of our inspiring day.
Thank you to our partners, some of whom exhibit year after year, we really do appreciate your support and being part of our inspiring day.
Talentheads are a multi-site, award-winning talent business! They build high performing teams for growing businesses, with four key services that are integral to building talent success: Talent Strategy, Recruitment, Learning & Development and Coaching. Talentheads Recruit, Develop, Coach, Retain!
At Oculus HR, we’re redefining HR with a fresh, forward-thinking approach. We provide trusted HR support, advice, and expertise to businesses across all sectors. With a focus on clarity and practical solutions, we ensure that your business is compliant, secure, and equipped to thrive.
As a multi-award-winning consultancy, we offer real HR solutions, backed by legal expertise, designed to help you navigate risk with confidence. Our full suite of services make a tangible difference for both your people and your business.
UMi makes it easier for businesses to do more and go further, with the best information, expertise and finance.
Since 2007, we’ve helped more than 675,000 businesses, defrayed £330m in grants and loans, leveraged £660m of private investment, created or safeguarded 43,500 jobs and facilitated contract wins worth £200m.
Through our new Get Funding service, we're making it even easier to secure business grants, finance and investment.
Dedicated Business Funding Advisers will guide you throughout the entire journey, ensuring you get the right package from 400+ grant schemes, 180+ finance providers and a UK wide investment network. Meaning you can focus on what matters most, growing your business.
FW Capital manage a range of funds providing loans to help businesses achieve their growth plans. They have an experienced team with a track record in supporting business growth and work hard to find the right funding package. In the North East, they provide debt and mezzanine finance of up to £3m to help growing businesses reach their ambitions. FW Capital can support management teams to buy a business and they can help businesses to fund contract related bonds. FW Capital also offer short term loans for construction and property development companies. Loans are available of up to £3m for residential and up to £7m for commercial developments.
As a trusted partner to more than 14,000 customers across the UK and with a significant presence in the North East, Agilico makes work easy through its cutting-edge workplace technology solutions. Their product suite allows businesses to Automate – Communicate – Operate using a circularity first approach to supplying products and services.
Blu Sky is an award-winning chartered accountants supporting ambitious, scaling companies across the UK. More than compliance providers, Blu Sky acts as a strategic partner and outsourced finance function—helping startups, scaleups, and investment-ready businesses grow with confidence.
From day-to-day finance operations to board-level reporting, Blu Sky brings clarity, control, and insight to every stage of growth. Services include core accounting, R&D tax credits, strategic planning, and exit planning.
Whether preparing for investment, improving cashflow, or navigating change, Blu Sky helps business owners make informed decisions—because when a business grows, it’s not just the numbers that change.
With innovative and versatile event spaces in a beautiful location on the banks of the River Tyne, Hilton Newcastle Gateshead hotel offers an inspiring setting for corporate events, meetings and conferences.
With offices in Darlington and Newcastle, Maitland is a Creative & Digital Agency with a unique way of measuring a showing the value we generate. SEO, PPC, Paid or Organic Social or full brand and creative support, we take a holistic view of each client focussing our efforts and leveraging different skills to move the needle on the numbers that really matter.
North East Times are a fiercely independent media collective, which blends content, community and commerce to support our B2B community to share experience, pass on knowledge and build their network. They are a collective of storytellers, creatives and strategists, who transcend traditional media to engage their community with tales of resilience, discovery and progress. Through their unique, multi-channel approach, NET shine a spotlight on the organisations and individuals at the heart of economic, social and cultural change.
Northumbria is a research-intensive modern university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Working collaboratively with business, they conduct ground-breaking research, support the development of new and existing talent and provide access to world-class facilities.
RBC Brewin Dolphin is a leading investment management and financial advice firm working closely with the business community in the North East. They specialise in assisting business owners and entrepreneurs to grow, protect and make the most of their personal wealth, as well as advising on taxation, company exits and other fundamental business issues.
Ward Hadaway is one of the UK's Top 75 law firms and a long-time supporter of the Forum. With more than 450 staff and over 90 partners, they are a full service law firm with a reputation for quality, innovation and a partner-led commitment to client service excellence.
Newcastle University offer a world-leading, triple-accredited business school which is regionally rooted and globally networked. Newcastle University Business School's roots are firmly placed in the North East, and they have audiences, connections and partnerships across the globe. They are making a difference today and continuously looking ahead to the future and the impact they can make for future generations.
Northern Accelerator is an innovative collaboration between Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Sunderland, Teesside and York Universities. It has transformed research commercialisation in the North East, helping address regional imbalance and strengthening the region’s knowledge economy. We support academics and business leaders to create promising spin-out businesses from their world-leading academic research. These businesses create high quality jobs and raise significant investment in the North East and North Yorkshire. Northern Accelerator is funded by Research England’s Connecting Capability Fund and the InTUNE partnership which is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the North of Tyne Combined Authority and Durham County Council.
Tees Valley is the perfect package for businesses looking to invest or grow. A place that is high-growth and high-value with a supportive landscape where businesses can invest and succeed.
No matter what stage of your business journey, you can access support, advice, programmes and contacts to help you establish your business and make it thrive.
