Elevate Series – Dr Fozia Saleem

Raising investment could be easier elsewhere for Dr Fozia Saleem, but she’s “committed to the North East”. Here’s why.
Built to Rise is back in Leeds

The Whole Point’s growth accelerator for women-led businesses – Built to Rise – is back for another year.
Elevate Series – Nic Greenan

Nic’s journey to Tyneside Cinema started with having her eyes opened to possibilities she’d never considered before…
Elevate Series – Jacqui Kell

Chief Executive of Live Theatre, helping boost Newcastle creatively, socially, and economically Welcome to the next instalment of the Elevate Series from the Newcastle Regional Board of The Whole Point. In this edition, we speak with Jacqui Kell, Chief Executive of Live Theatre in Newcastle. From leaving school at 16 to leading one of the […]
Elevate Series – Dr Tallie Bush

Return on Investment is a metric that women-led and female-founded businesses excel at — and here’s a great example.
Elevate series – Alex Longton

Alex Longton is co-founder and MD of Tiba Tempeh, the UK’s fastest-growing chilled meat-free brand. Alex shares her experience of building on bootstrapped success to secure venture capital funding.
Elevate Series – Debra Leeves

Tenacious women are driving high-growth businesses across the UK. Click through to read Deb’s invaluable perspective as a female leader with a seat on both sides of the investment table.
May update: New launches. New faces. It’s all systems go!

Here’s what’s been happening in a very busy May.