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UMi makes it easier for businesses across the UK to do more and go further by finding and packaging the best information, expertise and finance to help them make better business decisions, more quickly. The Better Health at Work Award recognises the efforts of...
The next issue of East Durham Business magazine is due out next month and there’s still time to advertise your business in it. The publication is hand delivered to companies, organisations and leisure outlets across the region and posted to a database of a further 300...
Experienced leadership coach Claire Walton, who runs Leaders are MAD (Making a Difference) has teamed up with business support organisation RTC North to deliver a two-day peak performance workshop for small business leaders. When and where Date and time Tue, Mar 7,...
Peterlee-based electrical test and measurement company Seaward has announced several senior appointments as it continues to invest in resources and develop expanding national and international operations. Alison Thompson has been appointed as HR Manager in a new role...
Continuing its mission to celebrate and champion automotive excellence, the North East Automotive Alliance Annual Awards will be held on Thursday 23 March 2023, at Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham. Returning post-covid, the awards, featuring Sunderland City Council as...
A catering company which provides equipment to hotels, restaurants and bars is fast-tracking plans to become a £50m turnover business. E Catering, based at Jade Business Park, has seen operations grow by 700 per cent since the current owner bought it in 2019....
The Nissan Qashqai is officially the UK’s favourite car of 2022, and the first British-built model to top the annual sales charts for 24 years. Figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders confirm that the home-grown Qashqai – which was...
ZF has produced over 50 million cameras for global customers – the most of any automotive supplier First supplier to manufacture more than 10 million cameras in a single year Builds on its longtime expertise in developing innovative camera technologies for advanced...
An up and coming County Durham businesswoman has topped off a successful year with a prestigious award win and a promotion to head up her family’s business. Alison Stephenson was recently named the winner of the ‘Rising Star’ award at the North East Business Women of...
Automotive manufacturer TMD Friction has announced the appointment of Michael Hoggart as new UK Plant Manager. Michael was previously employed at Gestamp in Newton Aycliffe as Operations Manager and with over 32 years working for the company, he brings a wealth of...
Staff at Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination are celebrating following the opening of its newly expanded Levi’s store. The store has doubled in size to an extended 2,986 sq ft unit, with significant investment to boost the shopping experience including the...
A growing design and technology company has completed the purchase of a historical office building to support continued expansion and job creation. Founded in 2016 by Ryan Carter, Creator was initially located in a single office space within Castle Eden Studios....
Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) is asking businesses to consider donating the cost of one extra meal at the staff Christmas party to help keep the helicopters in the air over the festive period. It is entirely charitably funded with each mission costing on...
A new £5,000 grant has been launched to encourage residents across the North East to switch from traditional boilers to more energy efficient and greener air source heat pumps. OFGEM has introduced the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) which enables home owners and...
FI Real Estate Management (FIREM) has completed a new £3.5m business park comprising nine industrial units in Peterlee, County Durham. Gemini Point is located at Bracken Hill Business Park and offers businesses a range of spaces with units from 5,400 sq ft to 7,400 sq...
Entrepreneurs from County Durham are set to benefit from the hugely successful Durham City Incubator (DCI) accelerator programme. The latest six companies on the programme together make up one of its most diverse cohorts yet, covering sectors including TV production,...
A fast-growing cleaning services company is to create 10 new jobs as part of a move to bigger offices to support its long-term growth plans. AAA Caring Caretaker, known as The Caring Caretaker, has been based at Aycliffe Business Park since it was set up by Richard...
The UK’s largest supplier of heat pumps has opened its first national training centre to meet the rising demand from businesses and householders moving to renewable energy technology. Karbon Homes is just one of the organisations which will take advantage of Go...
Chief Executive Officer of Learning Curve Group, Brenda McLeish OBE, was presented with her OBE for her services to further education after being named as a recipient in the New Year Honours in 2022. She also bagged the Businesswoman of the Year Award at the 2022...
Business support organisation, the North East BIC has expanded its advisory team as it bids to help more enterprises in the face of increasing economic challenges. Sunderland-based BIC has appointed three new specialists, growing its team of business and social...
A competition for enterprising young minds is challenging pupils from County Durham secondary schools to turn their problem-solving skills into a profitable business. Future Business Magnates (FBM), now in its 18th year, will see enterprising young minds from the...
A fund which has invested more than £10m in County Durham businesses has brought about an additional £30m of spend and created or safeguarded more than a thousand jobs. These will be the figures reported to Durham County Council’s Cabinet next week, when members...
Avison Young has been instructed to market Spectrum 5 at Spectrum Business Park in Seaham. Spectrum 5 is a detached 39,958sq ft (3,712sq m) Grade A, 3 storey office building on the busy business park. The property comprises three, metre floor to ceiling heights,...
Plans for a new £78 million zero carbon energy generation facility in County Durham submitted by North East planning specialists Hedley Planning Services for Landmark Power Holdings have been approved. The facility at Mill Hill in Peterlee is designed to capture and...
A fast-growing Teesside engineering and management services consultancy is driving forward two multi-million-pound projects that are helping to bolster Britain’s energy security. Stockton-on-Tees-based Encora Energy is engaged with an investment team to successfully...
Residents in a town in County Durham are reporting savings of over 70 per cent on their energy bills after their homes were fitted with solar panels and battery storage. Renewable energy specialist Clear Climate was awarded a contract with housing assocation Livin...
County Durham-based believe housing has taken on twice as many apprentices as it planned to this year – because the applicants were just too good to turn away. When the housing association launched its most recent apprenticeship recruitment drive a record 266 people...
A teenager has turned her love of gothic art into a new business venture with the help of a newly created partnership. Seventeen-year-old Amy Fielding from Hartlepool has launched Luna Designs after being drawn into the dark world of the occult, Halloween and gothic...
A bid to create a new Investment Zone on two sites in County Durham has been submitted. The government recently announced plans for the introduction of new Investment Zones across the country. The sites would have lower business taxes and time-limited tax incentives...
Skills Marketplace and seminar event https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/county-durham-skills-and-business-support-showcase-tickets-418903370257 Does your business face recruitment challenges or do you need to upskill members of your team? Are you considering succession...
This week we held our quarterly networking event at Seaham Hall Hotel with dozens of businesses in attendance. The event also saw the official launch of Issue 9 of East Durham Business magazine. Among the business attendees were Katmex, Power Roll, Nala Engineers, FI...
Citrus Durham has marked a major milestone in the development of the 650,000 sq. ft Connect warehouse and logistics development within its Integra 61 mixed-use project at J61 of the A1(M), Durham. Durham City MP Mary Kelly Foy was invited to site to mark the event by...
Work has started on a 0.8 acre site which will house a growing family cleaning business, supporting the creation of at least 10 new jobs. AAA Caring Caretaker was founded by CEO Richard H Tucker MBE in 2015 to complement an existing property company he was already...
The winners of the Boutique Hotelier Awards 2022 were announced at a glittering live ceremony in London last night and Seaham Hall's Serenity Spa was mong the winners. The awards took place at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel following months of anticipation, with 15 awards...
Plans to expand a business park which will provide new investment and jobs have been approved. Jade Business Park, in Murton, is owned and run by Durham County Council after being created in 2020. Its seven units currently employ 160 people, with this number expected...
It’s been two years since the first bottle of gin left WL Distillery and the County Durham based distillery have been shaking up quite a ginpire ever since with plans for future expansion set to be unveiled. In a short space of time the independent distillery made one...
Almost 70 people have booked their place at our networking event next week. The event, with a skills theme, will be held at Seaham Hall Hotel on Wednesday, October 12, from 8.30am. To book your place register here:...
A North East technology specialist has completed an undisclosed contract to supply ultrafast Wi-Fi connectivity to support growth at the UK’s largest independent supplier of non-food consumables, paper disposables and janitorial products. Gateshead-based Advantex has...
Seaham-based Sphera, developer of raw materials for the built environment, has completed a place on the WSP USA Emerging Growth Partnership Programme, following a meeting at the OneVoice, North East England Construction Summit 2021. The Summit delivered by...
Durham Women FC are delighted to announce a new partnership with local renewables firm Clear Climate. The Peterlee-based business will see their logo feature on the front of our away shirt for the 2022/23 season. Our new away shirt, which is again produced by Hummel,...
A funeral services company which launched in Peterlee during the coronavirus pandemic has marked two years in business with the expansion of their team. Delanoy Funeral Services was formed by John Delanoy and Julie Stout after they were introduced by a mutual friend...
A County Durham firm has won funding to train more than a hundred new air source heat pump installers as the region gears up to the generational challenge of switching to renewable energy. The Go Green training academy in Peterlee - the first heat pump training centre...
A family business which employs 17 ex-armed forces personnel has beaten off global brands including Amazon and Barclays to win a prestigious national award. AAA Caring Caretaker has been crowned Employer of the Year at the Ex-Forces in Business Awards. The awards,...
National training provider Learning Curve Group (LCG) is delighted to announce the acquisition of Yorkshire-based White Rose Beauty Colleges (White Rose), one of the largest beauty therapy training providers in the UK, in a move which will complement its existing...
An international partnership is helping companies from County Durham to promote their products overseas. Durham County Council’s international relations team is instrumental in building partnerships around the world to promote economic development and cultural...
One of the North East’s fastest growing renewable energy firms has secured a lucrative contract with a prestigious city centre commercial property development. Clear Climate in Peterlee has been chosen to supply air conditioning systems for the £100m Bank House...
Join us for B2B Networking and tell us about your priority skills challenges you face - Could be new skills/training, recruitment to retention About this event This event will take place on Wednesday, 12th October within the stunning setting of the Ballroom suite of...
Don't forget you can read Issue 8 of East Durham Business magazine in full online. Issue 8 is packed with features and news updates from businesses and organisations around the region including: Clear Climate Sotech Seaham Hall Hotel The North East BIC East Durham...
Footwear giant Skechers has become the latest addition to Dalton Park Outlet Shopping Destination. Stocking its hugely popular footwear, clothing and accessories for men, women and children, the new outlet store, which opened on Friday 5th August, has created 14 new...
East Durham Business Network is delighted to announce that another sponsor has been secured for the flagship East Durham Business magazine. County Durham-based AAA Caring Caretaker has agreed an initial one-year sponsorship as part of a profile-raising drive it is...