PETER BARRON highlights the benefits of the Durham Ambitious Start-ups Programme (DABS) ENTREPRENEUR Claire Mitchell admits that her plans to turn her passion for education into a business could have foundered without the support of Business Durham. Now, thanks to the Durham Ambitious Start-ups Programme (DABS), Berry Education has come through the challenges of lockdown with ambitions to grow. Claire’s company, based on the Old Brewery offices in Castle Eden, provides holistic support services to help multi-academy trusts with leadership and governance. It is now on the cusp of entering an exciting new digital phase, with plans to create more jobs.
PETER BARRON looks at the wide range of support available in County Durham BUSINESSES will inevitably face many challenges as the country faces up to the enormous task of rebuilding the economy following the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. And the team at Business Durham – the economic development arm of Durham County Council – recognises that it is their job to help established, growing and start-up local businesses to negotiate those difficulties in what is bound to be a turbulent environment. The priorities in County Durham are to work to create more and better jobs; to build a stronger, competitive economy; and to help people get into work.
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PLANS to build a food outlet at a Seaham business park to cater for its growing number of workers have been submitted to Durham County Council. Earlier in May, the local authority received an application for a parcel of land within Spectrum Business Park in the Dawdon ward. This sought outline planning permission to build a food retail unit with associated car parking and external seating. The application included details of access, layout and scale for the site, which is described as a ‘former bus turning circle and grassed area.’ The turning circle was used when the main estate road only had the one route in and out of the business park but - with the main road now extended and all vehicles able to access the business park from roundabouts at either end - it is said to be unused.
ABPC board chair Kerina Clark A BUSINESS park forum wants to appoint an individual or company to help put it on the map. Aycliffe Business Park is the largest in the North-East, with an estimated 500 companies employing more than 10,000 people. The board of Aycliffe Business Park Community (ABPC) is looking to make an appointment on a consultancy basis to support the implementation of its On the Map business engagement project. The project was originally set up eight years ago as an informal group, but was formalised into a limited company in 2016 with the appointment of several unpaid directors. Five years since launching officially, ABPC now wants to engage with more companies on Aycliffe Business Park by appointing its first paid-for role, initially on a six-month term.