# Made in North Tyneside \(MINT\) / Business Factory

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [North Tyneside Council](/buyers/north-tyneside-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: TEDCO Limited
- Award value: £900,000
- Tender value: £570,000
- Award date: 29 November 2021
- Published: 24 May 2022
- Contract start: 1 January 2022
- Contract end: 30 June 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2e9e1dc9-99cf-491a-b7bb-8d7abd4d1262-541031
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-92e3fcf7-6041-4976-ae12-6ab5e36e3f7f

## Description

The Made In North Tyneside \(MINT\) programme, which is delivered under the business factory branding, is managed and part funded by the Council\. The core enterprise team project is about creating opportunities for potential business start-ups supporting them to develop their ideas into viable opportunities and supporting North Tyneside's existing small to medium business community with specialist consultancy support to help them grow, as well as providing new product / service development support around innovation\. North Tyneside Council secured a total of £5\.7 million jointly funded by European Regional Development Funding \(ERDF\) and North Tyneside Council to deliver the start-up programme from March 2009 to December 2021\. The objectives were to increase the number of local residents exploring enterprise and self employment as a viable career option and increase the number of people starting up in business\. A further £0\.9 million has been applied for to extend the project from 1st January 2022 to 30 June 2023\. Additional information: Please go to www\.nepo\.org to express an interest and download documents

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e9e1dc9-99cf-491a-b7bb-8d7abd4d1262-541031)