Value proposition

Delivering economic impact by helping small businesses to innovate, compete and grow across the North of England.

RTC North is an independent company with a 34-year track record in helping organisations to innovate, compete and grow.

Established in Sunderland in 1989 as one of 12 ‘Regional Technology Centres’, its advisors have since worked with over 25,000 businesses across the North of England on a one-to-one basis to drive innovation, business improvement, and growth.
The company employs over 100 staff and its team possess multi-disciplinary and multi-sector backgrounds and is made up of entrepreneurs, technologists, engineers, scientists, and researchers.

The company is also heavily involved in promoting the take up of STEM subjects in school and each year organises activities for thousands of young people, inspiring them to take up technical careers in the industries of the future.


Commercialisation, Product and Service Design, Business Coaching, Open Innovation, Medical Devices and Healthcare, Accessing Funding, New Product Development, Market Research, Intellectual Property, Innovation Processes, Training, innovation, technology transfer, scaleups, and supply chains