Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com.

Middlesbrough College Group champions the North East business community – living and breathing the opportunities and challenges that our region’s employers face as their skills partner. That’s why we’re delighted to once again sponsor the prestigious North East Business Awards, celebrating the innovative and ambitious businesses that are boosting our economy and enriching the opportunities available to young people in our region.

This year, we’re incredibly proud to be able to host the awards at Middlesbrough College. Our £100m campus is home to more than 1,000 staff and 15,000 students, including around 2,000 apprentices, with learners travelling from across the North East, including as far away as Whitby, Darlington and Northallerton to access the College’s unrivalled facilities and expert teaching staff.

Through the main college, our apprenticeship training arm Northern Skills Group and our internationally renowned technical training provider TTE, we’re upskilling thousands of learners and working with employers to provide the skills underpinning the region’s success.

Middlesbrough College is also the Tees Valley delivery partner in the North East Institute of Technology (IOT) – one of only a handful of such institutes in the country that bring together further education providers, universities and employers.

Sage is the global market leader for technology that provides small and medium businesses with the visibility, flexibility and efficiency to manage finances, operations and people. With our partners, Sage is trusted by 1 million customers in the UK and Ireland to deliver the best cloud technology and support. Our years of experience mean that our colleagues and partners understand how to serve our customers and communities through the good, and more challenging times. We are here to help, with practical advice, solutions, expertise and insight.

Maven is a leading private equity and property manager, with around 100 executives based across our UK office network. We partner with ambitious, entrepreneurial management teams to accelerate growth, and serve thousands of investors with the goal of delivering exceptional returns.

We provide the essential capital investment to help scale businesses throughout the nation. Our range of funding solutions have helped hundreds of management teams across the UK make their vision a reality and achieve transformational levels of growth.

We also manage a diverse range of regional funds designed to support the growth aspirations of ambitious SMEs across the Midlands and the North of England.

In addition to providing much-needed investment to growing businesses, we enable investors to build wealth and generate income through tax efficient investment in a Venture Capital Trust (VCT), and by providing sophisticated and high net worth investors with access to deal-by-deal private equity and real estate investment opportunities.

Find out more about Maven on our website: www.mavencp.com

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As the regional capital and one of the UK’s core cities, Newcastle is a place where businesses grow and prosper. Our vibrant city is home to over 8,000 businesses – a place with exceptional talent, world renowned research and supportive business communities.

Newcastle City Council and our partners work with all types of businesses to ensure all have the best chance to thrive - whether it’s help to start a new business, support to help your business grow, or advice on funding. Our ambition is for an inclusive, green, and prosperous economy based on collaboration and innovation.

We are investing in our city centre and local neighbourhoods to ensure the whole city becomes a sustainable workplace for thousands of people; encouraging business success and providing income and opportunities for people living across the city and region.

We are delighted to celebrate the best of our flourishing talent by sponsoring the Small Business award at the North East Business Awards 2022.

Innovation at Newcastle University impacts societies, businesses, and wellbeing around the world.

The University exists to advance education and research, tackling the problems in society and making a different to real lives. Its work is intrinsically connected to the north east, and support for the local business community is deeply rooted in its DNA and status as a powerhouse for national change.

The University collaborates with companies from small enterprises to global corporations, helping them to overcome challenges and generate revolutionary solutions. Each partnership is unique, and matches organisations with the perfect in-house experts to understand their business needs and upskill their staff for long-term problem-solving benefits.

From collaborative research to developing talent, partnerships are a mutual platform. Contact Newcastle University about how to move your business forward, together.

Visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business-and-partnerships/

As of 2021, Stoneacre Motor Group acquired seven Toyota branches and two Lexus branches in the northeast.
Based on innovation in its products and processes, Toyota is a class leader in the automotive industry. In 1918, Sakichi Toyoda revolutionised weaving with the invention of the automatic loom.
Since then, Toyota has grown more and more thanks to its innovative practices. Sales of new Toyota cars have secured Toyota’s position as the world’s second-largest automaker. Now, the Toyota electric range has enough to meet a wide variety of automotive needs.
The arrival of the first Lexus vehicle was a milestone in the history of parent company Toyota. The original LS (luxury sedan) was released in 1989 and hyped as the most beautiful luxury car in the world. Lexus adopts the Takumi Craftsmanship ethos as a way of life that ensures that every Lexus is created by no short measures.
If you’re wanting to reduce your carbon footprint by opting for emission-free motoring for your business, the Lexus Electrified range has introduced their first All-Electric UX 300e compact SUV, All-New NX Plug-In SUV and New ES Self Charging Hybrid Saloon. Helping you to move into the next-generation and feel amazing while doing so.

Tees Valley Business is the local growth hub for the Tees Valley, established by the Tees Valley Combined Authority and Tees Valley Mayor. Whatever stage of your growth journey, you can access tailored one-to-one support, specialist programmes, events, and much more to help achieve your business goals.

Business consultancy is at the core of what we do. We join the dots between your business and the support you need.

Support is impartial and fully-funded. Get in touch if you’re a SME based in the Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees).

​The University of Sunderland is proud to support businesses in the North East. The University offers an employer-centred approach to training, education and workforce development. We collaborate with a wide variety of partners to support delivery of highly specialised training. From higher and degree apprenticeships to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses and ESF fully-funded courses, we have a portfolio that can meet your business requirements.

The University of Sunderland is the lead partner in the North East Workforce Skills consortium, a European Social Fund project, which aims to upskill the workforce within Tyne and Wear and Northumberland
and is worth £14,862,142. Partners include: Access Training, Code, MTC Training, Newcastle College, Seta and TDR Training.

The University of Sunderland has over 100 ESF fully-funded short courses available. Providing the opportunity for individuals who work in a variety of sectors such as healthcare, digital and technology,
engineering, business and leadership, media and education, to achieve personal goals and aspirations.

For information about the what the University of Sunderland can offer your business, see our website www.sunderland.ac.uk/esf or email esf@sunderland.ac.uk. To find out more about North East Workforce Skills see our website www.northeastworkforceskills.co.uk or email neworkforceskills@sunderland.ac.uk

Ford Fleet Management are a new one-stop fleet leasing and uptime management solution provider. Bringing vehicle sourcing, finance, maintenance and charging into a single convenient package.

Our solutions are designed for multi-brand cars and vans to meet diverse business needs and deliver a highly cost-effective solution with maximum uptime and productivity.

We are proud to be the car sponsor for this year’s event, supporting local businesses to gain the recognition they deserve. We have huge ambitions as a new business ourselves and therefore thrive from building relationships with other businesses to simultaneously support their growth.

With our customer-focused outlook, these awards also give us the opportunity to display our range of bespoke products and services to new audiences that we hope to be able to work with in the future as well as seeking feedback on how businesses currently operate their fleets so we can learn to adapt to their requirements.