Business Engagement

Business Durham works with hundreds of companies in County Durham every year. We forge long-term partnerships with businesses, helping them to accelerate their growth and long-term sustainability.

We can offer tailored support to meet business needs, so if you’re unsure about the kind of support you’re looking for, contact us. We can help with:

• Access to Durham County Council services
• Access to finance
• Accommodation: office space to industrial units
• Recruitment, skills availability and training support
• Identifying suppliers, customers and competitors
• Introductions to universities and research institutes
• Strategic information on regional and national programmes
• Support programmes aimed at various points along the life-cycle

With our extensive knowledge of the county, we specialise in making connections and spotting opportunities to catalyse business growth and success.

Business Durham delivers several programmes often in partnership like the County Durham Growth Fund, Durham City Incubator, Digital Drive, Durham Businesses Opportunities Fund and the Durham Business Park Communities, and the Northern Powerhouse Key Account Management Programme. We support inward investors, offer innovation support and encourage enterprise. So contact Business Durham and find out what we can offer your business.

County Durham also has plenty of unique opportunities you can tap into to grow your business, like the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence, Digital Drive Durham, County Durham Growth Fund, Durham Ambitious Business Starts, Durham City Incubator, Finance Durham and the Durham Business Opportunities Programme, which we can help you access to grow your business.