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Who we can help: Move to Wansbeck

If you’re looking to grow your business or set up from scratch Wansbeck, Northumberland is an excellent place to do business, as many of our home grown companies will testify.

The area combines great natural beauty and historical interest with a dynamic modern economy, and is just over 10 miles north of the regional capital, Newcastle upon Tyne, one of the UK's major cities. Wansbeck has easy access to the A1, A19, Newcastle International Airport, Newcastle Central Station and the Port of Blyth and the Port of Tyne.

There are a number of modern business parks in Wansbeck offering both premises and development land for incoming businesses. Our Commercial Premises Co-ordinator can advise on the best sites for your purpose that are available in Wansbeck.

If you need to build premises, or adapt existing buildings to suit your requirements, our Business Premises Scheme can help to provide grant funding.

Once you have located in Wansbeck the Flexible Funding scheme may be able to provide grant and loan funding to help you grow your business.

To find out more about the Business Premises Scheme please contact Luke Dunnett on 01670 844553 / luke.dunnett@necc.co.uk