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North Tyneside Council's enterprise programme to celebrate 1000th startup

The Business Factory, North Tyneside Council’s enterprise programme, looks set to celebrate its 1000th new business start-up in October.

To mark this major milestone The Business Factory is offering its 1000th start up an array of additional business support and equipment to support their new venture and is urging people in the borough who are thinking of setting up on their own to get in touch.

Its team of experts are offering its 1000th start-up the choice of either a purpose built company website and an initial online marketing campaign or alternatively a suite of marketing materials together with free press advertising.

Over the past 28 months at least one new business has been established daily with the help and support of a dedicated team of advisers and specialists at The Business Factory.

As well as traditional enterprise support, The Business Factory has recently introduced a range of bespoke support for individuals looking to set up high growth businesses across the borough and its impact has been phenomenal, with more than 200 new businesses benefitting from the specialist advice so far.

A number of new businesses have also received intellectual property and patent advice from The Business Factory’s Ideas to Market team, and the Social Enterprise division has helped to establish a staggering 15 new social enterprises, businesses which give back to the community across the borough.

The Business Factory’s 1000th start up will receive either a purpose built company website and an initial online marketing campaign or alternatively a suite of marketing materials together with free press advertising.

North Tyneside Council’s Cabinet member with responsibility for Business Support, Cllr Frank Lott, said: “We are totally committed to supporting and encouraging enterprise across the borough, and The Business Factory continues to be instrumental in doing this.

“It is quite phenomenal to think we are about to reach our 1000th milestone – that is an awful lot of new businesses, many of whom are now employers themselves.

“In addition to this, the introduction of specialist support for potential high growth businesses and those operating in the business to business sector has changed the landscape for business start-ups in North Tyneside and this is evident in both the quantity and the quality of the businesses that are being established.”

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