Inside UMi

Befriend a Child, a charity based in Aberdeen, received a £1,000 grant from UMi to help fund their Befriending Programme. This grant has been crucial in supporting a Befriending Coordinator post, allowing the project to assist 51 disadvantaged children and young people. 

Durham Business Growth is supporting Marmax Products to improve efficiencies and introduce brand new products, making them more resilient to a highly competitive and changing market.

Julie Cuthbertson joins UMi as the new Director of Strategic Projects, bringing a wealth of experience in commercial finance and organisational leadership.

Ignite Space returns for its third year to fuel the next wave of collaboration and innovation in the UK space industry.

If U Care Share Foundation, based in County Durham, has been awarded a grant of £5,000 from UMi to develop its Suicide Monitoring Technology project.

This Better Business Day (Thursday 16 May), we're encouraging other leaders to consider how they can be an even better business. 

UMi has secured a contract with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to spearhead the new Business Support Service, striving to assist the growth and success of SMEs in England.

UMi has acquired innovation support specialists, Innovate NE (Innovation SuperNetwork) bringing together a partnership that will provide even more opportunities for businesses to do more and go further.