Our Services

Access to the right information and support is a vital part of starting and growing a business. Knowing where to start looking is the first step to success. We can help you with:

Researching your business idea
The development of a business plan is likely to be an important step in creating your business. We can help with researching your business idea and putting together the information required for your business plan.

Protecting your idea
Intellectual property can help you protect your ideas and make money from them. Newcastle Libraries are members of the European PatLib network and can offer advice and guidance on:
- Patents
- Design rights
- Copyright
- Trademarks

Developing your business
Whether you are pre-start or you’re looking to grow a current business, we can help with advice on how to achieve your aspirations. This could be about how to structure a new company or it could be about how to launch an innovative new product.

Improving your skills
We can provide access to business information and events to help you keep up to date, deepen your commercial knowledge and develop your business networks.