ClimbUK North East · Wednesday 20 January 2027 · The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Grow your creative business on your terms
Creative businesses grow differently. Spend a day of live sessions on growth and investment, then an evening with founders, investors and business leaders who can help you take the next step.
Growth that fits a creative business
Decide how you grow
The live role-play puts scaling decisions on stage. See how other founders would handle the choices you face.
Is investment right for you?
The debate and the investment committee show when investment helps, and what investors look for.
People worth knowing
The evening brings together founders, investors and experienced business leaders. Good conversations, no hard sell.
Part one
Part one: you make the call
11am to 4pm, in the auditorium. Four live sessions, built for you to take part, not sit through.
Business Growth: You Make the Call
A scaling business hits something unexpected. Our live role-play puts real business challenges on stage, and the audience helps decide what happens next.
The Great Northern Investment Debate
Is it harder to raise investment in the North? Two opposing views, one lively debate, and an audience encouraged to challenge both sides.
Inside the Investment Committee
We recreate an investment committee meeting, so you see how investors evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions and make investment decisions.
The ClimbUK Business Growth Quiz
Think you know what it takes to build and scale a business? An interactive, fast-paced quiz, with prizes up for grabs.
Part two
Part two: the ClimbUK Takeover
From 5pm. A curated evening where the right people meet and conversations turn into opportunities.
Networking, ClimbUK Style
Great people, great conversations, and connections that could change the direction of your business.
High-Energy Founder Pitching
Selected businesses take the spotlight and show what they’re building.
Investor Speed Networking
Fast-paced, focused conversations between selected founders and active investors.
Exclusive Roundtables
Small, invitation-only discussions where founders, investors and experts tackle real business challenges.
Places for the evening’s structured activities will be strictly limited, with participants selected to ensure the right mix of people around the table.
Bring your ambition
Say where you want the business to be, and let the room help you get there.
- Tick the pitching question if you want the spotlight.
- Take part in the role-play: your instincts count.
- Stay for the ClimbUK Takeover and the people in it.
When you register, tick
- High-Energy Founder Pitching: “Yes, I would like to pitch”
- Exclusive Roundtables: “Yes, I would like to join one”
Straight answers
No. Part one is about growth decisions of every kind, and the evening is for anyone building a business.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, at The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Part one runs from 11am to 4pm in the auditorium. The ClimbUK Takeover starts at 5pm.
Yes. Places are limited and advance registration is essential. One registration covers the day and the evening.
Tell us when you register: there is a question each for Investor Speed Networking, High-Energy Founder Pitching and the Exclusive Roundtables. Places are limited, and we select participants to get the right mix of people around the table. We come back to you before the day.
No. ClimbUK North East is one day in January. Climb27, The Festival for Business Growth, runs on 30 June and 1 July 2027.
ClimbUK North East
Wednesday 20 January 2027
The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Don’t just hear about the conversations afterwards. Be part of them.
Wednesday 20 January 2027, The Glasshouse, Gateshead. Places are limited and advance registration is essential.