Keith Glenton rose to the challenge With all the support available to start up businesses like his, Newbiggin proved the perfect place for Keith to open his own successful bakery

Who we can help: Thinking about starting a business?

If you’ve got a business idea and you’re thinking about starting a new business we can help.

We can help you to get the skills you need through our Young Entrepreneurs Skills scheme, or you could find out more about franchising by attending our Inspired Enterprise workshops.

One of our BizFizz coaches can work with any Wansbeck resident with a business idea to help them make sure that they’re properly prepared to start their business with the best possible chance of success.

If you need some financial support the Wansbeck Community Finance Initiative may be able to help with a loan, or when you’re ready to start your business you can apply for both grants and loans from our Flexible Funding scheme.