What is the Northern Arc?

The Northern Arc is an innovation corridor connecting six major clusters across Northern England — Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and Cheshire and Warrington — into one globally competitive system of over 10 million people generating £290 billion GVA.

What is the Quadruple Helix model?

The Quadruple Helix model integrates four sectors — Academia, Industry, Government, and the Social Economy — into one coordinated system. It drives innovation by connecting universities with industry for commercialisation, providing dynamic visibility of innovation assets, coordinating investment propositions, and embedding inclusive growth.

How can I partner with Northern Arc Partners?

Whether you lead a business, research institution, investment fund, or city-region, you can partner with Northern Arc Partners by completing the partnership enquiry form on our website or emailing hello@northernarc.partners.

Accessibility Statement

Northern Arc Partners is committed to making this website accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines.

Conformance status

This website aims to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities and more user-friendly for everyone.

Known limitations

The interactive Leaflet map may be difficult to use with a keyboard or screen reader. A text-based summary of all region data is provided below the map as an alternative.
Some third-party content embedded in the site may not fully meet accessibility standards.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of this website. If you encounter accessibility barriers, please contact us:

Email: hello@northernarc.partners

We aim to respond to feedback within 5 working days.

Enforcement procedure

If you are not happy with our response to your feedback, you can contact the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The EHRC is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the “accessibility regulations”).

Visit equalityadvisoryservice.com for more information.

Technical information

This website is built with Next.js and follows semantic HTML practices. We use ARIA attributes where needed to improve screen reader support. The site supports keyboard navigation throughout, and we honour the prefers-reduced-motion media query to reduce animation for users who prefer it.

This statement was prepared on 27 February 2026.