Monthly events for ambitious business owners & leaders in the North East of England, Teesside & Scotland (hosted by @lordlancaster) ⬇️⭐️
North East of England
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Newcastle College students go behind the scenes at the Mercury Prize 2026 thanks to local partnerships (see link in replies below) ⬇️⭐️
Will you be at the 'Design In Everything' festival next week (starting on Monday)? ⬇️⭐️
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[VIDEO] How to achieve Emotional Agency with Richard D Moat ⬇️⭐️
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The purpose of our business is to help people start & grow a successful business in the UK (with a particular focus on the North East of England, Teesside & Scotland). So it makes us happy that we are reaching so many people on multiple channels (below) Are you following us? ⬇️⭐️
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Have you heard, nominations & entries are now open for the North East Women of Excellence Awards (until 15 November)?
The new, independent awards have been created to recognise exceptional women making an impact across the North East of England!
See link in replies below ⬇️⭐️
If you're looking to grow your business with national & international partners, this event in London next month (16 October) would be a great way to do it ⬇️⭐️
Founder of mobix, Stuart Davies, gave an excellent talk about 'The Rise of the Vibe Professionals' at our PLATFORM (Newcastle) event in July & will be giving another talk at our Newcastle event next week! In the meantime, read this ⬇️⭐️
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Who REALLY loves great coffee? I always start my day with some brewed in my moka pot (one of my favourite things)! So I'm delighted to be working with my friend Simon Whitaker on growing his delicious coffee brand @TheFuelled - Speciality Coffee for People Going Somewhere! ⬇️⭐️
We recommend speaking to @IanKinnery (aka The Scale-Up Coach)! He gave an excellent opening keynote talk at our PLATFORM Conference in April ⬇️⭐️
Business Profile: Kinnery (Business Coaching for Ambitious Entrepreneurs & Leaders)
Since 2005, @IanKinnery has been helping entrepreneurs & business leaders grow themselves & their businesses with highly customised coaching solutions that guarantee results.
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We’re excited to be running our next PLATFORM (Sunderland) event at Culture House Sunderland next week (Friday 11th Sept)! If you can't be there that day, make sure you visit one day after it opens to the public (from Saturday 12th Sept onwards) ⬇️⭐️
The new Culture House Sunderland (opening on Sat 12th Sept) is looking amazing! A wonderful new city library, culture & art venue for everyone in the North East of England (& beyond) to enjoy! ⬇️🤩🙏
#UKSSW #sunderland #northeastengland
#ThisIsMINE (Made In North East)
This is a great way to provide free WiFi for visitors to your venue or office ⬇️⭐️
Business Profile: Purple | B Corp™ (guest, staff & multi-tenant WiFi that pays for itself)
Find out more on our website here ⬇️⭐️
ukstartupweek.com/2026/08/17…
If you'd like to build a stronger brand to grow your business, speak to Paul Harrison at The Shape Strategic Marketing & Branding ⬇️🙏⭐️
HT to Craig Keegan for producing this infographic based on Paul's recent LinkedIn Live interview with Kunle Durojaye that you can watch / read about at ukstartupweek.com/2026/08/05… ⬇️⭐️
We currently have a social media audience of 39,273 & 1,663 email newsletter subscribers (mostly business owners & leaders). What would you do with it?
If you want to raise your profile in the North East / North of England & Scotland & have a great product, service, event or funding aimed at business owners & leaders, get in touch via platformevents.ai/grow/ ⬇️⭐️
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Business Profile: Eco Stream Marketplace Ltd
Eco Stream Marketplace is a reusable material intelligence & circular traceability platform helping construction firms, manufacturers & recyclers turn surplus materials into verified reusable assets.
See links in replies for info⬇️
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Starting & building a new business is hard. Keeping it going is even harder…especially when the incumbents want to kill you off!
What they don't realise for entrepreneurs / founders is that the aim isn't just to win, it's to keep going forever! ⬇️⭐️
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