HGF Office

Newcastle

7th Floor, 1 St. James Gate,
Scotswood Road,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
NE1 4AD

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HGF is dedicated to providing a comprehensive service both across Europe and internationally. Contact us to find out how we can work with your business.

Tel. +44 (0)191 205 8360

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HGF opened its Newcastle office in 2016 to provide IP services to the many companies and universities based in the North East area.

Newcastle’s HGF office collaborates with the firm’s large network of multidisciplinary specialists across trade marks, bio sciences, life sciences, engineering, chemistry and electronics to provide full service IP for academia, SMEs and multinational companies.

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