Impacts of Business Northumberland celebrated at Horton Grange Country House

Over 70 local businesses came together at Horton Grange Country House to celebrate the end of successful business support programme, Business Northumberland.

Those in attendance at the event called Your Digital Future, were taken through a timeline of digital marketing, looking at how far it has come, where it is now and where it is expected to go as well as hearing from a guest panel with local legendary host, Justin Lockwood.

Over the past four years, Business Northumberland has supported over 1200 small to medium sized businesses in the North East helping them to grow and get their business online. The programme has been a “lifeline” for many businesses especially during the pandemic.

Business Northumberland provides support to small and medium enterprises across the North East who are looking to sustain and grow their business online. The fully funded support programme is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Advance Northumberland, so there is no cost to eligible businesses when accessing the support.

The special event was also a valuable opportunity for businesses in attendance to network with other business and continue to build relationships within the Northumberland business community.

As well as a day of successful networking, informative seminars from programme trainers, Scott Goodacre and Steven Walker, six small business owners also joined Newcastle United host, Justin Lockwood to talk about how the programme helped transform their respective businesses.

Tom Hardy, founder of Twelfth City Cyclery, Teresa Peters, CEO of Accelerator Coaching and Amie Nevin Founder of Ivy & Rigg. The business owners were invited to talk about how Business Northumberland had supported their business with its growth journey so far, including an insight into Teresa Peters unique experience of not only receiving the support but also delivering support to businesses on the programme.

Justin then invited guest panellist’s Jane Sherwood-Eames founder of Sherwood Canine Behaviour & Training, Fiona Gregory founder of Love Fiona Rose and Avril Matthews director of A Liberty Life to talk about how the support from Business Northumberland changed the trajectory of how they run their business day to day.

Guest speaker, Jane Sherwood-Eames said: “I just wanted to thank Business Northumberland for everything you have done for me and my business, I really meant it when I said it’s been a life changing process.”

The day closed with programme manager Lucy Evermore thanking the many contributors to the programme that helped make it such a success over the last 4 years.

She said: “Business Northumberland has been a real team effort from the team to the suppliers, and businesses on the programme. Your Digital Future was the perfect way to close the programme, as we look forward to the future for small businesses and new support offerings yet to come.”

By Mark Adair – Correspondent, Bdaily

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