EDBS NEWS AND BLOG
NEXT2MOVE FEATURES IN ISSUE THREE OF EAST DURHAM BUSINESS MAGAZINE
While we remain in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, we are unable to deliver copies of East Durham Business magazine in the usual way. Instead, you can read the magazine online, peterleebusiness.co.uk/newsletter. Issue three is packed with interviews, news...
WHY NOW COULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS
A business support organisation is encouraging people to turn these challenging times due to the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity and to think about starting their own business. While Britain is on lockdown and people are working at home, on ‘furloughed’...
MORE THAN 1,000 BUSINESSES ACCESS LOCAL AUTHORITY GRANT SUPPORT
More than 1,000 businesses across County Durham have already received their grant to help support them through the Coronavirus pandemic. Staff at Durham County Council have worked tirelessly since government guidance was received late last week to contact businesses...
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: MESSAGE FROM DENISE FIELDING
East Durham Business Service is continuing to offer business support during these difficult times. Denise Fielding, Operations Director, said: "Whilst we are not able to offer the same on site assistance because of the Government restrictions on social distancing to...
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: COUNCIL PLEDGES HELP FOR BUSINESSES AFFECTED
A council has pledged to do everything in its power to quickly implement the support announced by Government for businesses and workers impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Durham County Council is urging businesses to take advantage of the support packages announced...
ISSUE THREE OF EAST DURHAM BUSINESS MAGAZINE OUT NOW
Issue three of East Durham Business magazine is out now and has already been distributed to our tenants. As well as features news about EDBS, there is also a feature about one of our businesses, Next 2 Move, as owner Christopher Hind is interviewed about the growth of...
MUSICIAN DAVE OPENS STUDIOS WITH HELP OF EDBS
A talented musician who worked for studios in London before returning to his native North East is seeing his dream project finally hit the right note. Dave Brown from Peterlee recently opened Big Foot Studios in the former Parkside Club at Horden Welfare Park, having...
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...