The North East BIC’s business advisers have a wealth of experience and have helped many on their path to self employment. See below for some examples of our most recent success stories.
A high-end beauty salon in South Tyneside has been taken over by experienced beauty therapists. With over 60 years of combined experience in the beauty sector, Beverley Brown and Tracey Lilburn have launched Cleadon...
A group of experienced engineers have capitalised on redundancy to launch a high-end manufacturing business. The new Washington-based firm, Triotec, was recently born out of 70 years of combined experience from its directors: Andrew...
A new business in Sunderland is working with high-profile authors from across the globe to help publicise their work. Born out of a passion for reading, Confessions Publicity was launched by Nev Murray...
A scientist has recently launched a pet-sitting service with a difference. Helen Glenwright has created Cosy Chameleon, a pet-sitting and boarding service in Sunderland which not only cares for common household pets like cats,...
Meditation and mindfulness changed Rob Charlton’s life, prompting him to launch his first business. Rob turned his passion into a business by creating Nu Yu Plus, a holistic natured firm that encourages individuals to practise meditation...
We are a Delivery Partner within the Enterprise Support in the North East project. This is a business start up project being delivered across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to assist potential entrepreneurs to become enterprise ready and ultimately self-employed. This is part funded by European Regional Development Fund.
