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===Support organisations===
Businesses in Northeast England are supported by the [http://necc.co.uk North East England Chamber of Commerce].<ref>{{cite news |title=Double award win for NECC Network |publisher=NECC Contact |url=http://www.necontact.co.uk/double-award-win-for-necc-network/ |access-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924041549/http://www.necontact.co.uk/double-award-win-for-necc-network/ |date=13 December 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> The NortheastNorth East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) is based in Durham and has active sub committees working in all sub regions.
To further encourage [[Small & medium enterprises|SMEs]] in the North East of England to Export, the Northeast Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC) has collaborated with the NortheastNorth East Chamber of Commerce (NECC) and RTC North Limited to create a jointly owned subsidiary company Go Global Limited to manage the contract they have to deliver the [[UKTI|United Kingdom Trade & Investment]] (UKTI), Government funded, support products and programme for all business sectors in their region. The UKTI business support products, to help grow international trade, are focused on supporting individual SMEs to grow their exports and they also support Trade Missions to new markets.<ref>{{cite news |last=McLauchlan |first=Karen |date=14 March 2013 |title=NEPIC trade mission opens doors in India |publisher=Gazettelive |url=http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/business-news/nepic-trade-mission-opens-doors-3665537 |url-status=live |access-date=22 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103723/http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/business/business-news/nepic-trade-mission-opens-doors-3665537 |archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
The Northern Business Forum is an organisation created in the region to share knowledge and best practice between membership based business support organisations in the Northeast of England. The Forum creates a single voice for business when this is needed. This business led forum also links its member organisations to wider business issues, both locally and nationally, through the local and national business membership organisations that are also represented. Members of the forum include NECC, NEPIC, the [[Federation of Small Businesses]] (FSB), [[Confederation of British Industry]] (CBI) North East, the [[Make UK]] Northern, The [[Institute of Directors]] (IOD) and RTC North.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
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