1. Business & Enterprise North East
Helping more businesses to start, succeed and grow

2. Who are we? What do we do? Our ambition Independent company
A strong social purpose
What do we do?
Integrated business improvement and enterprise solutions
Helping more businesses to start, succeed and grow
Our ambition
The best and biggest independent specialist in business improvement, enterprise and economic development in the UK

3. Business & Enterprise North East is formed
Our history
Regional Skills Fund contract
North East
Employer Coalition
Mobile working and access points
North East International Trade Office opens
Integrated skills brokerage
Service Provider Register
Redundancy support package
Social Enterprise Framework
UKTI
Business & Enterprise North East is formed
2007
2008
2009
2010
One regional business support offer
Investment Centre
Social Enterprise programme
Online funding applications
Olympics supply chain initiative
Solutions for Business
Processing loans
Business intelligence portal
Home Group contract

4. Who we currently work for
One North East
The Environment Agency
UK Trade & Investment
Office for Civil Society
Skills Funding Agency (formerly the Learning & Skills Council)
Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Stockton Council
Newcastle City Council
Middlesbrough Council
Department for Work and Pensions
Home Group

5. Comprehensive and integrated approach
Business advice and engagement
General business advice
Start up
Growth services
International trade
Supply chain development
Business networking
Procurement support
Tender opportunities
Information
Market intelligence
Test research
Strategy development
Market data analysis
Investment
Grants
Loans
Payment processing
Customers

6. Our services Business advice and engagement, including:
Skills brokerage
Social enterprise
Investment and Access to Finance
Supply chain development
Supplier sourcing
Information and intelligence
International Trade

7. Social enterprise
There are 6,620 third sector organisations in the North East, including charities, CICs and Industrial and Provident Societies
They have an income of £1.54bn and assets of £2.70bn
Last year BE-NE worked with 613 social enterprises. Quarter 1 & Quarter 2 figures for this year are showing a significant upward trend

8. Business improvement for social enterprise
National research suggests 80% of the business needs of social enterprises are the same as mainstream businesses e.g. advice, information and help to access finance
The unique needs of social enterprises tend to be around governance and legal structures, funding and finance requirements, and the role of Trustees
BE-NE forms a critical part of this supporting infrastructure, alongside organisations like the North East Social Enterprise Partnership and national Social Enterprise Coalition

9. Built to Achieve
One of nine regional programmes aiming to encourage better access to mainstream enterprise support
Key achievements:
Programme of Built to Achieve Events
Internal training programme for Social Enterprise Champions
Creation of the nationally-unique role of Social Enterprise Sector Broker, working with high growth social enterprises
Significant year-on-year growth in the number of social enterprise clients we work with

10. The North East Social Enterprise Framework
Developed in conjunction with 40 organisations representing over 1000 members regionally and delivered through direct consultation with the sector.
Aims to draw together the work of all bodies in the social enterprise field to agree actions to address needs.
Consists of 7 priority themes:
Improvement through Intelligence
Growth and Development
Funding and Access to Finance
Business Support
Learning, Education & Personal Development
Profile, Message and Marketing
Raising the Game

11. Social enterprise – Where next?
Refining the mainstream offer for the largest and smallest social enterprises, recognising the unique nature of the social impacts they generate
A focus on growth
Social Enterprise Spin-outs
Responding to the support needs of social enterprises and entrepreneurs emerging from the public sector and large organisations

12. Contact us Rhiannon Bearne : Social Enterprise Executive
Richard Falconer : Specialist Sector Broker
Business & Enterprise North East Spectrum 6, Spectrum Business Park
Seaham, Co Durham, SR7 7TT