BIPC North East

AI support through BIPC North East.

Affordable, grant-funded AI and customer experience support for eligible businesses through the Business & IP Centre.

Yulia is the AI and Customer Experience Expert in Residence at BIPC North East. For eligible businesses, this route is one of the most affordable ways to work with Yulia on AI adoption. Support through BIPC is grant-funded, so it can come at no cost to you.

What we can help with

We focus the time on what's most useful to your business. Within the hours available, that might be:

Identifying where AI could genuinely help, and where it isn't worth the risk.

Mapping a realistic, step-by-step roadmap for adopting AI.

Drafting a short, proportionate AI policy.

Hands-on training on a specific tool your team will actually use.

We'll agree the focus together at the start, so the time goes where it counts, and you leave with practical next steps rather than a list of tools to buy.

The Citylife Business Support Grant

Eligible businesses can access up to twelve hours of free expert support through the Citylife Business Support Grant, funded by the North East Combined Authority and Newcastle City Council using UK Government funding.

Who it's for

The grant is currently open to businesses based in Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside.

Fill in the 1:1 support request form on the BIPC Expert in Residence page.

Request Yulia's support