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.

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Retail and leisure offer

A shared ambition to transform the city centre’s retail core.

Ouseburn

The Ouseburn area of the city is undergoing a massive regeneration, with a number of projects at various stages of development. Next in the pipeline is Lower Steenbergs Yard on the west bank of the river.

Civic Centre

The Civic Centre refurbishment programme which has a target of £32m income over the next 25 years, is transforming the Civic Centre into an efficient and modern working environment, preserving this important building whilst also creating attractive space to generate income.

Forth Yards

Situated to the west of Central Station and south of Scotswood Road, Forth Yards provides a major development opportunity to deliver a vibrant mixed use gateway to the city centre.

East Pilgrim Street

Developing rapidly and with advanced plans to create one of Europe's leading innovation quarters, the site will bring together industry leaders, researchers and residents in new, high quality and sustainable development.

Stephenson Quarter

Adjacent to the Central Station and set to become one of the leading office and knowledge districts in the NE. New commercial development and a College will sit alongside the existing conference, 4* hotel and office buildings.

Newcastle Helix

Developing rapidly and with advanced plans to create one of Europe's leading innovation quarters, the site will bring together industry leaders, researchers and residents in new, high quality and sustainable development.

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.

Creating a strong and sustainable economic future

We know that many local businesses don't know about the support the council can offer or where to go for assistance. That is why we have produced this updated guide, listing in one place what we do and who to contact.

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.