Northumbria Commercial Enterprises
Specialist Expertise for Business and Industry
Introduction![]()
Welcome to Northumbria Commercial Enterprises (NCE), the
commercial arm of Northumbria University. These webpages outline the range
of services available to business, industry and government organisations as
well as to Northumbria colleagues, students and graduates.
NCE’s activities have as their focus, contribution to the university’s aim of:
Enhancing the knowledge society by undertaking innovative research, scholarship and enterprise within a creative culture.
NCE’s role is to promote and support enterprise in its broadest sense by responding creatively to the needs of business in the region, nationally and internationally. We work closely with our colleagues in Schools and Service Departments to engage effectively with business. Our distinct but complementary activities deliver a suite of robust and flexible services to business, staff and students. Follow the links on the left-hand side to access more details.

Business Focus
The NCE Team works with all clients individually to ensure that needs are prioritised and dealt with in the most appropriate way. By putting cutting edge theory and practice to work for you, NCE can help your organisation become more effective, improve its results and achieve business goals. We facilitate access to the combined knowledge and skills available in a successful modern university to provide practical, relevant and innovative solutions to industry, commerce and the public sector.
Working with NCE means that you will have the reassurance of a legal contract and an agreed fee. Our ISO 9001:2008 certification demonstrates our ongoing commitment to providing the best possible service as our work is supported by the maintenance and development of quality assured systems.
Through our membership of formal and informal regional, national and internationally networks we are able to keep abreast of current trends, disseminate information and maintain a network of contacts in business, higher education, and regional agencies. Links to some of these external organisations are included on the right-hand side.
Contact Us
We hope these pages provide a useful source of information and we look forward to talking to you soon about making your success our business."
Tel:0191 2274148 email:commercial@northumbria.ac.uk
Northumbria Commercial Enterprise, 21 Ellison Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Unitied Kingdom.


