EDBS NEWS AND BLOG
SARAH SLAVEN APPOINTED INTERIM MD AT BUSINESS DURHAM
Sarah Slaven has been appointed Interim Managing Director at Business Durham following the departure of Brian Archer. Sarah will hold this position while recruitment for a replacement Managing Director takes place. She was part of the management team that established...
HELP ON OFFER FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BECOME THEIR OWN BOSS
A business support organisation which helps people to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams is holding further sessions for employed individuals who are keen to become their own boss. Last year East Durham Business Service (EDBS), based in Peterlee, held the evening...
OFFICE SPACE AND ROOM HIRE AVAILABLE AT NOVUS
Are you considering moving into serviced space to facilitate your company’s growth? If you are come and take a look at our Peterlee offices, which are perfect for sole traders right through to established SMEs. We offer flexible terms to ensure we can adapt to your...
FURTHER SESSIONS FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL DREAMS SCHEDULED
A business support organisation which helps people to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams is holding further sessions for employed individuals who are keen to become their own boss. Last year East Durham Business Service (EDBS), based in Peterlee, held the evening...
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM EAST DURHAM BUSINESS SERVICE
The team at East Durham Business Service would like to wish all of our tenants a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. Here's to a healthy and happy 2020!
NOVUS BUSINESS CENTRE ROOMS AVAILABLE FOR EXTERNAL HIRE
Novus Business Centre in Peterlee has a range of rooms available for external hire. They include our boardroom, which can accommodate up to 30 people, and our smaller rooms which can be booked for one to one reviews or meetings for up to seven people. To find out more...
TENANT NEWS: GRAEME CARTER IN EAST DURHAM BUSINESS
Each issue we chat to a different business figure about their job and what their typical day involves – My Working Day. This time around we speak to Graeme Carter from Shred Direct, the data destruction and shredding company which was launched in 2013 by the former...
SEAHAM FOOD FESTIVAL TO RETURN IN 2020
A seaside town will serve up a second helping of culinary fun when a successful food festival returns next year. Organiser Durham County Council has announced the second annual Seaham Food Festival will take place on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June 2020. County...
DROP IN SESSIONS FOR EMPLOYED PEOPLE TO BECOME THEIR OWN BOSS
Employed people with aspirations to work for themselves are being given support to make the leap from secure work to running their own business. East Durham Business Service (EDBS), as part of the North East England Enterprise Agency (NEEAL) and the Enterprise Support...
TENANT NEWS: GROWTH FOR POSITIVE FUTURE WITH SIX FIGURE INVESTMENT
A North East training company is aiming to scale up its operations with the help of a six-figure investment from the North East Growth Capital Fund Supported by the European Regional Development Fund. Positive Futures (NE) works with a range of local authorities and...
TENANT NEWS: SHRED DIRECT EXHIBIT AT EMCON 2019
Dozens of businesses have pledged to return to EMCON 2020 as they pursue leads to new business made at last week’s expo. Social media has been buzzing with positivity since the event with hundreds of comments on the show and how successful it had been. Over 100...
EDBS HELPS NEIL GET BEHIND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WHEEL AFTER REDUNDANCY
A MAN who was made redundant from the former Walkers crisps factory in Peterlee has turned setback into opportunity by launching his own business. Neil Harrison found himself unemployed when he lost his job after 32 years of employment. The 52-year-old father-of-two...
NOVUS BUSINESS CENTRE THE PERFECT PLACE FOR NEW AND GROWING SMES
Are you considering moving into serviced space to facilitate your company's growth? If you are come and take a look at our Peterlee offices, which are perfect for sole traders right through to established SMEs. We offer flexible terms to ensure we can adapt to your...
DENISE FIELDING IN THE NEW ‘EAST DURHAM BUSINESS’ MAGAZINE
A new magazine to showcase East Durham’s thriving business community is out now. East Durham Business is a flagship publication, replacing the printed PBP News and SBP News newsletters. And the first issue includes our Operations Director Denise Fielding, who is...
FOOD AND DRINK POP-UP INITIATIVE LAUNCHES IN COUNTY DURHAM
A three-month long pop-up programme to give food and drink producers from across County Durham the chance to showcase their products and explore potential routes to market launches this week. The event is a collaboration between All Durham, the brainchild of...
DENISE FIELDING ON A SUCCESSFUL 2019 FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT
Denise Fielding is Operations Director of business support organisation East Durham Business Service. The organisation, based at Novus Business Centre in Peterlee, supports budding entrepreneurs to pursue a path into self-employment, and established micro businesses...
FORMER TENANT APPOINTS WELLBEING MD AS GROWTH CONTINUES
Teesside-based, Nouveau Group, has announced the appointment of Victoria Dunn as managing director of Nouveau Wellbeing and ActivCare Coaching. At the same time, managing director, Bethany Ainsley, steps up to Group CEO. Victoria’s appointment comes at a time of...
15,000 PEOPLE TURN OUT FOR FIRST SEAHAM FOOD FESTIVAL
Almost 15,000 people headed to the first Seaham Food Festival yesterday (Sunday). County Durham’s spectacular heritage coast provided a beautiful backdrop to the event, with people of all ages enjoying fresh sea air while tucking into delicious local produce and...
FOOD AND DRINK PRODUCERS URGED TO TAP INTO GROWING VEGAN MARKET
FOOD and drink producers in County Durham are being urged to tap into the increasingly lucrative vegan market. The market is growing rapidly and making a greater contribution to the region’s economy than it ever has before. The North East’s offering within the vegan...
TENANT NEWS: CALLUM SECURES PERMANENT JOB WITH SHRED DIRECT
A former apprentice has proved his employer’s investment in him was no waste as he begins a permanent job with the company. Callum Summerill has been completing an 18-month business administration apprenticeship with Peterlee-based Shred Direct, after being taken on...
LOCAL COMPANIES GIVEN HELP TO GET THEIR PRODUCTS TO MARKET
Small and medium sized food producers from County Durham are snapping up support to get their products to market. The Durham Food and Drink Network is helping producers of all sizes, who are making tasty and distinctive food and drink products but don’t know how to...
NOVUS TENANTS ON THE MOVE TO FACILITATE CONTINUED GROWTH
Two businesses which are each undergoing a period of significant growth are moving to bigger offices to accommodate their continued expansion. QuickRebates and SSK Recruitment are both based within Novus Business Centre in Peterlee. And as each business has won new...
EDBS AND THE DFDN TEAM ATTEND BISHOP AUCKLAND FOOD FESTIVAL
A record number of food fans descended on a market town this weekend for a two-day celebration of the region’s tastiest produce. The 14th annual Bishop Auckland Food Festival attracted around 29,000 people to the town, boosting the takings of local businesses and more...
EDBS BLOG: FULL SPECTRUM OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO HELP SMES GROW
Denise Fielding, Operations Director of Peterlee-based East Durham Business Service, looks at the full spectrum the organisation offers and how their ethos is helping businesses establish themselves from the get-go. One of the hardest things for any sole trader or...
TENANT JIM SEES THE LIGHT TO LAUNCH NEW BUSINESS
An experienced design engineer is utilising waste glass and gin bottles to diversify his business into the arts and crafts retail market. Jim Box, Managing Director of Peterlee-based Be Smart Solutions, saw a gap in the market to customise discarded glass bottles...
SHRED DIRECT IN THE REGIONAL MEDIA
We love to see our tenants featured in the regional media. This week it was the turn of Graeme Carter and his company Shred Direct - Graeme was interviewed by Business News North East for the It's My Business feature. Below is the interview in full: The subject of our...
BOOST YOUR BUSINESS SUPPORTS GROWTH OF ONLINE STORE
The owner of a County Durham based online store has achieved a 30% increase in trade on the back of free training designed to help local businesses boost skills and secure growth. Alis Stoica has seen sales of her exclusive range of personalised mugs, gifts and...
EDBS HELPS JONNY LAUNCH BUSINESS – THEN BECOMES HIS CLIENT
A BUDDING entrepreneur from Peterlee has launched his own business with the help of East Durham Business Service – and now counts the organisation as one of his clients. Jonny Golightly has set up THEGO2GROUP after 10 years working as an energy consultant for some of...
BUSINESS FUNDING EVENT COMES TO PETERLEE
County Durham and Wearside business owners looking for funding to help growth, create jobs and develop innovative products and services are being invited to an event that will help companies attract investment. North East Fund, a £120m investment pot delivering...
FOOD LABELLING THE FOCUS FOR NETWORK EVENT
Food and drink producers are being given invaluable advice and guidance around food labelling to ensure they’re complying with strict European and UK legislation. Durham Food and Drink Network has organised an event to give micro and small businesses a better...
REGIONAL MEDIA EXPOSURE FOR TENANT LEC
It’s My Business is a new feature platform the Business News North East team has introduced, allowing company owners, directors or managers the chance to answer a series of questions about their business. The subject of our first interview is Leanne Fawcett, managing...
TREEMENDOUS TRAINING HELPS COMPANY WIN WORK
Free training designed to help local companies boost skills and win new work is proving to be the root of success for a County Durham tree cutting business. Rhys Williams, together with his parents Karen and Lee, who run Eden Dene Tree Services from their Peterlee...
TENANT MESSAGE: HAPPY NEW YEAR
The team at East Durham Business Service would like to wish all of our tenants a very happy new year. We return on January 2 and are looking forward to supporting current and new businesses to grow. So as we wave goodbye to 2018, here's to a successful 12 months ahead...
TENANT NEWS: LEC COMMUNICATIONS AND DESIGN CHRISTMAS BLOG
Managing Director of Novus Business Centre Peterlee tenant LEC Communications and Design, Leanne Fawcett, shares her latest blog, which looks at why Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. What is about this time of year that turns us all into big kids? Yes,...
DURHAM FOOD AND DRINK NETWORK TO LAUNCH
A network to support County Durham food and drink producers is being launched. Durham Food and Drink Network is the fifth key strand of the Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP), which is part of Business Durham. The network will enable small producers and...
DENISE FIELDING LOOKS BACK ON A SUCCESSFUL 2018 FOR SMES IN THE AREA
Denise Fielding is Operations Director of business support organisation East Durham Business Service. The organisation, based at Novus Business Centre in Peterlee, supports budding entrepreneurs to pursue a path into self-employment, and established micro businesses...
FORMER TENANT ONE OF ONLY 50 TO WIN NATIONAL AWARD
Bill Marley, the man behind unemployment charity the Employability Trust, has been named as one of only 50 business figures in the UK to receive a top national accolade. Bill, who founded the Peterlee-based charity in 2012, made it onto a list compiled by Women of the...
TENANT NEWS: SSK RECRUITMENT PLANS FOR EXPANSION
An East Durham recruitment company is looking to expand across the region. SSK Recruitment, a general recruiter with a particular focus on construction, industrial, engineering and education, is aiming to open two further locations in Bishop Auckland by the end of...
DIGITAL MARKETING MASTERCLASSES COME TO NOVUS
A series of fully funded masterclasses on social and digital media and marketing are being held in Seaham. Business owner Michelle Rose, who runs Custard and Bear, is delivering the masterclasses as part of an NBSL programme of support for SMEs in the region. The...
VIDEO SHOWCASES SEAHAM’S STUNNING BUSINESS LOCATIONS
A video showcasing a thriving business park in Seaham has been produced to highlight the benefits of locating there. Paul Wellstead, the developer of Spectrum Business Park, has commissioned the video, which features stunning footage of the area and interviews with...
DENISE FIELDING ON WHY NETWORKING IS SO IMPORTANT TO BUSINESS GROWTH
Denise Fielding is Operations Director of business support organisation East Durham Business Service. The organisation, based at Novus Business Centre in Peterlee, supports budding entrepreneurs to pursue a path into self-employment, and established micro businesses...
SPEEDY GROWTH FOR NOVUS TENANT QUICKREBATES
An accountancy firm which specialises in helping people reclaim money owed to them has doubled in size with plans for further expansion. QuickRebates was launched by husband and wife Glenn and Donna Cooper 17 months ago and has seen its portfolio of clients increase...
BOOK FOR EMCON INCUBATOR ZONE JUST LIKE TENANT SHRED DIRECT DID
Companies from East Durham are being urged to book their place at this year’s EMCON Incubator Zone as places become limited. Last year 21 companies from across County Durham, including Shred Direct, pictured, exhibited, and already this year 11 companies have signed...
A WARM WELCOME TO NOVUS PETERLEE TENANT BE SMART SOLUTIONS
We’re delighted to announce another new tenant to our Novus Business Centre Peterlee offices. Be Smart Solutions has taken office space as part of plans to raise its profile to companies in the Peterlee Business Park area. Owner Jim Box said: “There are so many...
BUSINESS LEADERS APPOINTED TO DRIVE FORWARD EAST DURHAM GROWTH
Two leading figures from the Peterlee and Seaham business communities have been appointed to spearhead the area’s continued growth. Kareen James-Rawson from automotive manufacturing firm Novares and Paul Wellstead, the developer behind Spectrum Business Park, will...
ADVISOR SIMON ATTENDS NETWORKING EVENT TO SHOWCASE EDBS SUPPORT
Businesses from across Peterlee and Seaham have come together to share their stories of growth. At the latest Network with your Neighbour event, held at Seaham Hall Hotel and organised by the Peterlee and Seaham business park groups, over 30 people gave updates on how...
EDBS TO SHOWCASE EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS PROGRAME AT EVENT
East Durham Business Service will be attending next week's Peterlee and Seaham business park groups' Network with your Neighbour event. Simon Naisbett will be on hand to update attendees on our employment and skills programme with Virgin Money Foundation and...
PROPERTY EXPERT IS POSITIVE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EAST DURHAM
As Peterlee, Seaham and the surrounding areas of East Durham continue to thrive, Paul Wellstead from Spectrum Business Park in Seaham looks at the challenges and opportunities the property market faces. The last 12 months have been encouragingly busy at Spectrum...
EDBS AND DURHAMWORKS HELPING EMPLOYERS AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Young people are being offered the chance to equip themselves with the skills needed to fill existing employer vacancies. East Durham Business Service (EDBS) has teamed up with Virgin Money Foundation and DurhamWorks to support unemployed 16-24-year-olds into secure...
EDBS AMONG EXHIBITORS AT FUNDING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENT
Businesses in East Durham are encouraged to attend an event where they can find out more about the funding support available to help them grow. Peterlee Business Park will be holding its next event on Tuesday, June 19, from 8.30am-12 noon on the ground floor of the...