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Finding home for Chantry businesses was a priority

FINDING a new home for the micro businesses forced out of Morpeth’s Chantry Building by the flooding was a top priority and the Town Hall was chosen as a temporary trading place with stalls set up to allow around 55 businesses to begin trading again. Read

IT’S GREAT TO BE OPEN AGAIN

MOUNTAIN sports retailer Jane Walker is on top of the world after re-opening her shop within eight weeks of the Morpeth floods. Read

Room at the inn for those who needed it

MORPETH’S 17th Century Waterford Lodge coaching inn re-opened just 10 days after its cellar was under five feet of water. Read

EMAX RALLIED IN SUPPORT OF TRADERS

TYNESIDE-BASED contact centre Emax was just one of the region’s businesses to rally in support of Morpeth traders. Read

Cross-border links fuelling cultural drive

FOR generations the arguments have raged back and forth over the border between England and Scotland. Should the town of Berwick belong to the English or the Scots? Read

The perfect spot to save money

TIMES are undeniably tough for the commercial property sector. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors this month reported the deepest downturn in demand for a decade. Read

Business is tough - reduce your costs

KEEPING your confidential business management records in a secure environment is our business. Read

Berwick: a leading example in enterprise and cultural development

For more information, go to www.berwickenterprise.co.uk Read

Unlocking the door to sound business support

AN innovative project that is challenging the public and private sector to work together is up and running to help business, social enterprises and voluntary organisations in South East Northumberland increase their sales and profits. Read

Businesses are helped to take up renewable energy

NORTHUMBERLAND County Council is actively supporting renewable energy for businesses through the Northumberland Renewable Energy Group. Read

Tireless efforts to create more jobs in rural and urban areas

AT its recent AGM, Durham County Council’s business development arm reported a year of substantial achievement. Despite economic bad news from other quarters, County Durham Development Company, CDDC, has been instrumental in bringing about several investments which will create considerable numbers of jobs. Read

Development company drives innovation and investment

COUNTY Durham Development Company (CDDC) encourages innovation and strategic investment in the county on behalf of Durham County Council and is playing a central role in shaping the County’s future economic profile. Read

BARNARD Castle is an historic market town serving the country’s smallest district with a population of 27,000 people and a large geographic rural area of 836 sq km. The Barnard Castle Vision is a dynamic vehicle to deliver a 20-year programme of investment that will create a town that is economically vibrant and sustainable.

The Vision partnership is led by a board made up of representatives from regional development agency One North East, Durham County Council, Teesdale District Council, Teesdale Local Strategic Partnership, Enterprise Agency for Wear Valley and Teesdale and Teesdale Marketing; all working together to make things happen. Innovatively, the board is led by an independent chair working entirely on a voluntary basis. Read

We are seeking to get rid of eyesores, revitalise our public places and create opportunities

THE economic landscape of the UK may have seen some seismic shifts in recent weeks, but a bold new vision to restore Durham to its rightful place at the beating heart of North East England remains firmly on track. Read

John Haley, from Sanderson Weatherall, explores the benefits and property cost savings of renting office space in Seaham.

APICTURESQUE location with stunning views is home to high specification and energy efficient office buildings available at some of the most competitive rentals in the country. Read

WORK is near completion on Derwentside District Council’s most ambitious development project at Tanfield Lea, near Stanley in County Durham. The £6.8m Tanfield Lea Business Centre has been made possible with funding from the district council, One North East, County Durham Economic Partnership (CDEP) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

This iconic development will provide 40,000sqft of modern office and workshop accommodation for businesses in a revolutionary, three-storey building which is targeted at both new and existing businesses and will include a new approach to lettings in order to encourage young entrepreneurs to pursue self-employment. Read

THREE of Derwentside’s most successful business organisations recently joined forces to take the district forward to the next stage of its successful recovery from the steelworks closure.

Derwentside Enterprise Agency (DEA), formed by the merger of development agency DIDA, Derwentside Engineering Forum and Derwentside Business Network, aims to be the first port of call for local businesses needing support and advice. Read

CONSETT Innovation Centre is well on the way to establishing the district as a centre for high technology businesses.

It is now home to companies such as BioToolomics Ltd, set up by Dr Chad Zhang, who develops bio-molecular products that promise major advantages for the pharmaceutical industry in the development and production of drugs. Fellow tenant and innovative electronics company Circuitree Ltd has developed a unique asset tracking device expected to be a market leader. Read

BT ready to shed 10,000

TEES Valley-based BT workers are waiting on their future today after the telecoms giant, which employs 4,500 in the North-east, announced it is shedding 10,000 jobs. Read

by Sean Collins, The Journal

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