Our members

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations.

Digital and Agile Consultancy, providing consultancy services. training on Lean, Kanban & Scrum. Digital Transformations including GDS Standards.

We combine a wide portfolio of products and services into a single solution designed to simplify your IT, communication & security procurement.

International hi-tech executive and business coach & mentor. Experienced board director for businesses and community organisations.

We help companies optimise their digital strategy & services, by focusing on customer experience (UX & CX) to drive business performance, using a robust data-driven approach.

Management consultant with 25 years international Financial Services knowledge in Compliance, Risk, Efficiency & Effectiveness, Outsourcing & Development of People & Businesses

We support a range of businesses from SMEs to local councils to large enterprises across the UK, with services including communications (connectivity and voice), cloud services, infrastructure and technical support.

IT for the Modern Workforce. Atlas Cloud is a UK Managed Service Provider helping companies minimise risk and maximise productivity with leading cloud technology solutions that enable teams to work remotely.

Savings, Mortgages and Business Loans. Discover app-only banking and top-rate customer service. The UK’s #1 rated bank on Trustpilot.

Baltic are a specialist training provider offering apprenticeships in IT, Software Development and Digital Marketing. We are dedicated digital experts, who are passionate about changing the futures of young people.

Bede Gaming provides pioneering gambling operators in regulated markets with innovative and responsible gambling solutions to achieve significant digital ambitions. Bede’s platform powers some of the market’s biggest brands.

We help companies improve their conversion rates, lower acquisition costs and increase revenue through a/b testing and improved data collection.

Specialist accountancy firm helping digital, creative and tech focused businesses. No scary suits, no surprises and straight-talking advice.

Effortless digital payments. We are unlocking access to the financial infrastructure of the future.

Assisting clients in the private and public sectors to identify exactly who their target audiences are and to ensure that they are communicating clear and precise messages to these groups.

Bright Group is unique management consulting, recruitment and talent development company.

BT Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications holding company. It is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the UK, and also provides subscription television and IT services.

We support businesses in County Durham, providing guidance, funding, property and more.

A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms.

CGI is a global business who provide end-to-end IT and business process services that facilitate the ongoing evolution of our clients’ businesses. Our aspiration is very simple: to be the best at what we do and help our clients to succeed.

Co-Founder, FIRST – I am passionate about ensuring young people, startups and professionals have meaningful connections to their wider business community.

Cheviot Insured provide keenly priced insurance with the necessary support and risk consultancy services for local firms. Our mission is to help you survive in the sometimes tough North East business climate with help from a hardy partner!

Codification helps businesses containerise applications, adopt microservices, scale Kubernetes and automate IT infrastructure.

Our passion is technology, our motivation is to enhance your business experience.

Concise Consulting works with business leaders to identify and create value in their Information Privacy, Security and Governance processes

Connect Health is the largest, independent provider of integrated community MSK (musculoskeletal) and physiotherapy services in the UK serving over 350k NHS patients per year across 26 CCGs and 100+ businesses.

Consult and Design is a software development company and technology consultancy working on projects that are improving people’s lives across the world.

Brandable charging shelves made in Britain, featuring wireless charging pads and customisable socket modules to suit an array of users and uses. Increase connectivity, customer satisfaction and dwell time.

We focus on “Enabling Continuous Delivery” within “digital-izing” organisations (commercial and public sector) through Agile and DevOps approaches.

Experts in Ethernet Network Solutions, Fabric Networks, SIEM Security, Hybrid Cloud, Data Storage and Backup, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity, Surveillance & Personal Security Equipment, Professional Services, Consulting, Managed Services.

Award winning production company, producing engaging films using digital content, motion graphics & animation

The Department for Work and Pensions is a British government department responsible for welfare and pension policy.

Derwentside College is a further education college based in Consett, County Durham, England. It is the major provider of vocational post-16 education and training in the former district of Derwentside.

Digital First helps ambitious clients on their digital journey, providing insight and design on their strategies and investment cases for transformation and the wider place, including fibre and 5G infrastructure.

Digital Union seeks to build, represent, and lead the North East digital and tech sector.

The Big Idea, The Story, The Words, that gets your Business to stand out starts right here! This is real Marketing from a Marketer who knows his stuff.

A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, a unique and historic setting – Durham is a university like no other.

Established in 2007, the practice specialises in the design and delivery of bespoke residential, commercial and leisure projects. The practice also offers consultancy services to developers and property professionals. 

Regional Manager at Concept Personnel.

Software development, Business Intelligence, System Design and IFS Technical Consultancy.

3,000+ companies depend on Cloud, IT and Network services from Exponential-e. Our fusion of complementary technologies means we can deliver enterprise applications at wire speed for a superior end-user experience.

Fatgreen Consulting structure business protection solutions for SME’s, safeguarding them from financial liabilities including death or critical illness of Key Persons or Shareholders.

An open and collaborative platform for sharing ideas, challenges and best practice, for showcasing innovative start-ups and scale-ups and for facilitating connections and collaborations.

The top performing college in England, offering the highest standards of education and real world skills. It’s a combination we call employment edge and it’s totally unique to Gateshead College.

Use your data to make better business decisions. We are experts in helping businesses to grow and become more effective by unlocking the insights in your data.

Geek Talent helps make recruitment, career guidance and labour market intelligence better through data science.

gliff.ai is dedicated to creating simple and powerful open source tools for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, life science and beyond.

globalbridge is a pioneering EdTech platform that connects young people & education with employers, apprenticeships and universities.

GP Bullhound is a leading technology advisory and investment firm, providing transaction advice and capital to the world’s entrepreneurs and founders.

Gray Fox was founded by Alistair McLeod, an experienced business and digital leader. He is passionate in the belief that we can build a future that is full of enterprises who do amazing things with their customers, are great places to work and serve the interests of all stakeholders

Guerrilla Worker, strategic thinker, occasional maverick and reluctant over-achiever with an interest in culture change, creative opportunities and regional development.

With deep roots in technology recruitment, we partner with people and organisations, unlocking their potential. Whether you’re looking for a new adventure or have a talent headache blurring your vision, we’re here with you.

Hays is a leading global professional recruiting group, the expert at recruiting qualified, professional and skilled people worldwide, being the market leader in the UK and Asia Pacific and one of the market leaders in Continental Europe and Latin America.

Employee voice made easy. Hive helps you harness employee feedback to navigate change and make data-driven decisions about the future of your organisation

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support and the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage and the issuance of national insurance numbers.

We’re a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of over £367m and one of the UK’s largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care.

honcho is the world’s first reverse auction marketplace for financial services. Launched in autumn 2019, we are taking on the outdated insurance distribution market to give consumers a better way to search for, and buy, motor insurance.

iamproperty offers end-to-end services to Estate Agents including auction, conveyancing, compliance and moving all under one roof.

Indigo is a leading warehouse management software solutions provider. As a Global warehousing and logistics supplier, we provide WMS software either on premise or in the cloud to customers across a variety of industries

Invest North East England is the first point of contact for businesses looking to locate and invest in our region. Working alongside the region’s seven local authorities, our aim is to support new inward investment and promote the region as prime location for businesses to locate, grow and prosper.

In business today, IT teams are expected to contribute to growth by innovation. We help by understanding your technology challenges in the context of the commercial objectives. Working collaboratively, we help define your strategies to deliver effective, practical and creative solutions.

Experts in global executive research and strategic market insight. We offer a full range of bespoke research services, ensuring the right people are put in front of the decision-makers. This can be for talent management purposes or for strategic market insight and client acquisition.

A SaaS platform provider for FinTech companies. Our aim is to build a comprehensive back office platform, so our clients can focus their attention on building innovative products and services.

Professional business coach committed to being the best and most results-focused business coaching team in the world.

Delivering high performing sales consultancy and sales coaching to unlock your businesses hidden potential. Langdon Hamblin is a modern sales consultancy that works with businesses to provide a high level of consultative solutions to improve sales teams’ effectiveness and ultimately, the bottom line of a business

Learning & Development professional, with 20+ years experience in Banking. Specialising in Training, Learning and Change Management, based on IT related change.

Deal Advisory Tax Senior Manager at KPMG UK

At Marketai, we believe that the customer-sales experience is the route to revenue growth. We help you connect every stage of the sales cycle with your customers in the pursuit of new opportunities and rapid return on investment.

We provide regional fast-growth SMEs with the capital crafted to help them scale; flexible funding to meet their immediate needs and the insight, experience and commitment of a team of great people to ensure that everyone invested in this journey grow, together.

We solve manufacturing process problems. MSP deliver part process solutions that result in perfect parts, every time. We use machine-tool metrology and inspection to find the answers to part production issues you’ve previously thought were unsolvable.

Mincoffs Solicitors is a leading commercial law firm in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, providing expert legal advice to businesses throughout the North East region and nationally.

Modular Law are a specialist IT law firm providing quality legal advice to businesses supplying or procuring technology, outsourcing and digital projects.

A highly successful Commercial Law Firm based in Newcastle upon Tyne. From our home here in the wonderful North East of England we have built a national reputation.  Not only for providing the best advice and service we possibly can, but also for doing it with a personality, enthusiasm and attitude that’s very much our own.

NBS is an integrated global platform for everyone involved in the design, supply and construction of the built environment.

NCFE is a leading provider of educational services and as a not for profit organisation we have a strong heritage in learning and have been at the forefront of technical and vocational education for over 170 years.

An award-winning software house, specialising in engineering-driven mobile app development and web platform development for startups, SMEs and government organisations.

NEICT provides a safe environment for sharing and developing expertise, best practice, learning, skills and experience. Developing new, and exploiting existing ICT infrastructure, applications and developments. Working together to support efficiency, modernisation and shared services agendas, maximising opportunities for jointly procuring ICT goods and services. Working with other organisations to ensure a co-ordinated approach to regional ICT developments and to help shape the use of ICT in the North East for the benefit of the residents, people who work here and those who visit the region

Welcome to our great city! Our Newcastle is a great city, one that never stands still. A city that makes history and shapes the future

Newcastle College is a further education and higher education college in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the North East of England. Newcastle College is the largest college in the North East of England, with over 16,000 students. The College specialises in vocational education.

The UK’s leading savings management platform. We offer a fully managed, end to end savings service or a flexible systems only solution.

Newcastle University is a public research university in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. We’re transforming the world through our students, graduates, staff, research and collaborations. Find out more about who we are and what we do.

NHSBSA is an Arm’s Length Body of the Department of Health and Social Care. We manage over £35 billion of NHS spend annually delivering a range of national services to NHS organisations, NHS contractors, patients and the public. Our purpose is to be a catalyst for better health and our vision is to be the delivery partner of choice for the NHS.

Nigel Wright Group is the leading specialist recruitment agency based in the North East of England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Durham, Darlington and London.

Nomad Digital is the world’s leading provider of passenger and fleet connectivity solutions and trackside networks.

We prepare our students for the world of work, through business hours and a tailored unique insight into the STEM industries. North East Futures UTC has an incredible Careers Programme that allows our students to liaise with industry mentors, work on professional projects and gain first-hand workplace experience.

The North East LEP is a public, private and education sector partnership. We are one of thirty-eight LEPs in the country and are responsible for promoting and developing economic growth in the local authority areas of County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

North is a leading global marine insurer with over 160 years of history in the industry. Our purpose today remains as it was on our inception in 1860; to enable our Members to trade with confidence.

The provision of local government services to the residents and businesses of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside.

We look for strong teams with great ideas – ideas that will drive high growth, scalable businesses. As one of the leading early stage investors into UK businesses, we make and manage investments into a wide range of ventures. Our experienced team works closely with companies in our portfolio, to offer advice and support as well as capital.

Northumbria is a research-rich, business-focused, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. It is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne, which is regularly voted the best place in the UK for students.

We help make your workers safer, healthier & more productive, wherever they are in the world. Tens of thousands of workers use our mobile-first health & safety software for reporting events, generating audits and checklists and completing digital risk assessments.

NRG provides niche specialist recruitment solutions, placing candidates in some of the most sought-after roles in Accountancy and Finance, IT and Digital, Sales and Marketing, Engineering and Manufacturing, Customer Service, HR and Business Support; with our Executive Search and Selection team delivering successful appointments for clients recruiting at Senior and Board level.

NTE Limited is a managed service provider, delivering high-speed connectivity, communications and hosting solutions. We work with business owners and managers to make their business better through the use of technology.

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting, combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organisation transformation.

Opencast Software is an Enterprise IT Consultancy that works with corporate IT departments to deliver their change.

Corterum helps you manage more than 1000 pieces of data on your business, your staff and the SM&CR regulation. itself, saving hours of administration and making it easy to comply.

Our brands are trusted in millions of living rooms, kitchens, utility rooms and bathrooms—and have been passed down from generation to generation. Over the course of 181 years, they’ve challenged convention, led innovation and helped to shape culture.

Established in 2016, we are award-winning Inbound Marketing, Community Engagement & Events Specialists with a particular focus on starting & growing tech, digital & creative businesses in the North East of England.

Public Value Ltd is an employment, learning and skills consultancy that works with organisations and businesses across the public, private, and voluntary sectors. It offers tailored, high-level support to help strengthen and develop business strategy as well as operational support to enable the work of the organisation to be sustainably resourced, well-managed and effective.

We create ambitious customer experiences that solve problems, simplify people’s lives and improve the state of our world.

Quantyr helps businesses exploit the potential of their data to impact business results.

We’re marketing specialists in the fast-moving global tech and telco industries, going beyond the traditional press release and trade show to build compelling brands.

Ryder Architecture is an international design practice with offices in Newcastle, London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Hong Kong, Vancouver and Amsterdam

Manage Accounting, Finances, Payroll, Operations & People With Our Award-Winning Software

Companies across all industries partner with Saggezza to create market advantages, become resilient, and prepare for what’s next.

We transform our clients’ businesses by engineering innovative, bespoke software solutions that drive measurable value, whilst also enhancing the core strengths of their technology delivery capability.

shineVision is the leading independent UK risk management software company providing duty holders with risk management software which supports complete asbestos, fire, gas and water compliance.

We work with you to make a difference. Adding value. Solving challenges. Going beyond the expected. And we’re here for the long-term, delivering digital experiences your audience will love.

A Smart Data, Enabling Technology and Intelligent People business.

Performance is our differentiator. Solution Performance Group helps by building technology enabled solutions for your business based not only on today’s ubiquitous platforms but also through established strategic partnerships with a number of innovative and unique vendors and organisations.

Created from a merger of South Tyneside College and Tyne Metropolitan College, our programmes meet the skills needs of this region and strongly support economic growth and prosperity.

SP Data Services Limited help their clients establish and maintain good data management. Experienced in relational database technology, SP Data Services Limited will work with you to get the most from your data.

SharePoint and Office 365 consultancy based in the North East of England. Our mission is to help organisations digitally transform with Microsoft products.

Stellium owns and operates the largest purpose built datacentre campus in the UK. Stellium Data Centres represents the new Data Meridian – where East meets West in data transfer.

Sunderland College, is a further education, higher education college based in Sunderland, North East England

We are an independent accountancy practice with offices across the North East, including Newcastle, Northumberland, Durham, Teesside, Leeds and Carlisle. Our specialist team provides large corporates, owner managed businesses and individuals with a complete set of accountancy, advisory and Wealth Management services.

We are dynamic, energetic and innovative – Providing Opportunities, Driving Enterprise, Delivering Excellence. The first modern university to win the Times Higher award – University of the Year.

At The 365 Key we focus on working with SMEs to redefine your ICT Strategy to meet the 365 days a year expectations of your customers and colleagues.

We support North East based SMEs & charities to achieve sustainable growth, create more jobs, & generate maximum economic wealth & social prosperity for our great region.

A talent consultancy for the new world of apprenticeships. We work with organisations to ensure that their existing and aspiring talent are ready for the future of work.

Confidential coaching service for senior executives and their leadership teams. Our coaching programmes build business competence alongside people skills to maximise leadership impact.

A global software consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We connect strategy and execution, helping our clients to strengthen their core technology, scale with flexibility and create seamless digital experiences.

We’re a family run company with our headquarters in Sunderland. All of our bingo games are exclusive to us as they’re all designed, developed and managed in-house.

We specialise in getting construction sites’ communications and site Wi-Fi up and running quickly, reliably and securely with a product that has been developed specifically for the sector.

Turnitin solutions promote academic integrity, streamline grading and feedback, and improve outcomes across educational levels and content areas.

With the largest in-house game development staff in the world, Ubisoft attracts the best and brightest from all continents with talent, creativity & innovation at its core.

Recognised as one of the great, modern, civic universities. We are respected for the transformative impact we have on our students, the relevance of our programme and for our ambition.

A leading independent firm of chartered accountants that delivers a wide range of accountancy and business advisory services to our clients, through a highly collaborative approach.

Combining blockchain tech to make the commodities industry more accessible and transparent.

A cross-sector event that gives regional businesses the chance to network with leading North East companies as well as local start-ups.

Our specialist consultants work with businesses helping them define, design, develop, deliver, implement and support technology, process and governance architectures to improve business performance and deliver competitive advantage.

We work with executives, boards and investors of predominantly mid-sized organisations, typically with a turnover of c£10m-£300m, helping them analyse, develop and implement growth strategies.

We help brands uncover the voice of their customers. Our SaaS platform combines deep learning, NLP and linguistics to understand what people mean, not just count the words they use.