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Support for entrepreneurs
Unemployed and have a business idea? Yes? If you have been claiming Job Seekers Allowance for six months or more,...
Traders forum set up
A GROUP to support people with business interests in Stanley has been set up.
Stanley Traders Forum will organise social, cultural...
CHILDREN INSPIRE DERECK'S LASER TAG SUCCESS
Dereck Highley’s children and their friends have played a huge part in the success of his new business - a...
Brothers Beat Recession To Join Engineering Elite
Two brothers are proving that a recession is no bar to starting and building a successful engineering business.
Alan and Steven...
Civil Engineering Company Is Looking ACE
A Derwentside-based civil and environmental engineering company is on target to more than double last year’s turnover to nearly £3m.
Absolute...
Derwentside Enterprise Agency helping the Princes Trust Make a Million
Derwentside Enteprise Agency has entered a team into the Princes Trust Million Makers Corporate Challenge. This year Jeff Wiseman, Karen...
Local MP visits Tanfield School's Talent
Local MP visits Tanfield School’s Talent
Kevan Jones Member of Parliament for North Durham came to visit Tanfield School to see...
Students Take Ideas to Market
Year 8 students in Durham were given the chance to take their ideas to market as part of a new...
Investment in Core Growth Sees Company Lead the UK
A Derwentside tube manufacturer is continuing to grow and create new jobs despite the recession and has invested £175,000 in...
Joint Fund Gives Derwentside Homes Enterprise Fund
Two of Derwentside’s leading organisations have launched a joint initiative to help local people struggling, in the current economic downturn,...
FASTEST 50 - Durham Businesses Have Chance To Fast-Track
More businesses across County Durham are being given the chance to access support from a programme that is already taking...
Derwentside biotech company launches new product for pharmaceutical market
A Derwentside company at the leading edge of biotechnology is launching trials of a new product that is expected to...
UK Biotech company launches new high efficiency disposable chromatography column technology
A UK company is trialling a new product that promises major advantages for development and production in the pharmaceutical...
New agency to lead Derwentside's next push for growth
Three of Derwentside’s most successful business organisations are joining together to create a new agency with the resources and expertise...
From horse to hamster - Cherrytree plans to supply the feed
When Lindsay Lattimer had problems getting hold of certain feeds for her own horses and animals the seed of a...
Centre attracts high tech business
Consett Innovation Centre is well on the way to establishing the district as a centre for high technology businesses....
Start-up figures add up
Chartered accountants and business consultants McManus Hall was set up in 2006 by Marian McManus with support from David...
Female finance team proves a winner
The combined financial expertise of an all-female team is proving such a winner with smaller businesses that Derwentside-based company...
Business backs world football
The local business community is getting behind the two-week Consett International Football Festival planned for 2009. Teams from Liberia,...
Engineering skills
Derwentside Engineering Forum, now a part of DEA, helped to organise the recent County Durham Oktoberfest event that showcased...