A place to grow your business and prosper

Newcastle is an ambitious city, always has been. From our city leaders, to support services on the ground, we’re all about making success happen, faster and better than anywhere else. Here you can find all the services that the council and its partners offer to help businesses start, develop and thrive in our city.
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Business support

Our business offer is all about ideas, energy and the brave new world of data. Our industries are fuelled by knowledge. From sub-sea engineering to life sciences and digital. Each is hardwired into our strong local talent base, centred around our two great city centre universities. And that’s because we know that people are our most important asset.

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We want Newcastle to be the best place to do business. It is a city with a proud tradition of enterprise.

Invest in Newcastle

Newcastle offers major advantages as a UK base for global businesses, including:

  • world-class universities
  • access to a labour market of over one million people
  • a talent pool of 50,000 students
  • a range of versatile office locations
  • ultra-fast broadband networks
  • excellent transport connections
  • an enviable quality of life

Invest Newcastle champion the city region on a national and international stage, supporting businesses to establish themselves in the city - partnering with businesses throughout their investment journey and beyond.

Whether you are looking to relocate or grow, Invest Newcastle offer free and impartial advice to make the process of investing in and moving to Newcastle a simple process, and support businesses to thrive and grow once here. 

Find out how Invest Newcastle can help you and your business

 

Find a commercial property

View the latest council properties that are available to let/for sale.

Growing the digital sector

From data to beta, to making the future, we boast highly-skilled software programmers and amazing digital entrepreneurs. Newcastle is a great home to many digital start-ups who share our ambition for the city.

Our businesses succeed with strong leadership and great partnership within the city.

We always strive for something better and have an eye on the horizon and just beyond.