Hosted at Digital Incubator on St Peter’s Campus Email: startup@sunderland.ac.uk to reserve your space Finding a customer is just the beginning—keeping them is where sustainable success truly happens. This workshop dives into the strategies and behaviours that can help to build returning customers with increased loyalty. In this session, we will explore how an effective marketing… Read more: 20th March, 1-3pm – Start-Up at Sunderland Community Event: Keeping Customers

Email: startup@sunderland.ac.uk to reserve your space Unlock the secrets to attracting and retaining customers—the lifeblood of any successful startup. In this workshop, we’ll uncover the most common pitfalls that prevent early‑stage businesses from winning new customers and explain how you can confidently avoid them. You’ll gain insight into the challenges many founders face when trying… Read more: 13th March, 1-3pm – Start-Up at Sunderland Community Event: Finding Customers

Venue: Digital Incubator  Email: startup@sunderland.ac.uk to reserve your space Discover how strategic social media use can accelerate the growth of your business and transform the way you reach and engage your audiences. In this session, we’ll explore the powerful role social platforms play in modern marketing—how they can amplify your message, strengthen your brand, and… Read more: 6th March, 1-3pm – Using Social Media to Grow Your Business

On Thursday 16 November Hope Street Xchange hosted its Tenant Networking Breakfast, inviting everyone from our business centres to make connections over pastries, rolls and coffee.

Hope Street Xchange was launched in 2017 with the vision of sparking innovation and growth in Sunderland City Centre by offering high specification office and event space. Nearly seven years later, we are delighted to witness the transformation of the city centre around us. Hope Street Xchange is not the only driver of this change,… Read more: Hope Street Xchange: taking its place in a changing cityscape.