North East Innovation Awards

The North East Innovation Awards celebrate the ground-breaking ideas, products and ideas to come out of the region. The North East is brimming with innovative businesses that are making an impact and deserve to be recognised.

Delivered in partnership with RTC North, the awards align with their Pathways to Innovation project and look to celebrate businesses doing exciting things, regardless of size or turnover.

The awards will be taking place at VentureFest North East this year, being held on Thursday 28th November at St James’ Park, Newcastle.

There are seven award categories in this year’s North East Innovation Awards shining a light on key regional sectors. Don’t miss your chance to get involved and nominate yourself or another business for free.

Deadline for nominations are now closed.

Award categories and entry
What will I get from this?

The North East Innovation Awards is to be held at our free event, VentureFest North East 2019 on Thursday 28th November where winners will be announced. The event hosts over 800 North East businesses, leading to several networking prospects. As well as a truly innovative award at the end, there are also a range of promotional opportunities to get involved in.

Who is it for?

We encourage North East businesses of any size or stage of development to apply for the North East Innovation Awards, however they must be located in the North East LEP area. This includes County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. 

Entry is open to all North East businesses in the North East LEP area – regardless of size or stage of development.

How do I get involved?

The deadline for nominations at this year’s North East Awards have now passed. You can sign up to our newsletter to make sure you don’t miss out getting involved in next year’s awards. 

Take a look at our North East Innovation Awards 2018 winners: 

Delivered by Innovation SuperNetwork in partnership with RTC North

North East Innovation Awards - Innovation SuperNetwork - RTC North

Partners

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