Durham Business Group News

Mar
14
2018

GAS enters partnership with NE Youth Charity

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Wallsend Boys Club partners with business to boost imminent development  A new partnership has been launched between a young persons’ club and a growing North East business. Tyneside youth charity Wallsend Boys Club has enlisted the help of Seaham-based B2B consultancy Great Annual Savings Group (GAS) to help it prepare for major developments this year,… View Article

Oct
25
2017

£20 million fund managed by Maven Capital Partners invests in craft distillery Durham Gin

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Durham-based distillery set for rapid growth aiming to become the North East’s ‘distiller of choice’ The Finance Durham fund, managed by DBC Members Maven Capital Partners, has completed its first deal, investing £250,000 in the region’s largest small-batch craft distillery, Durham Gin. Founded in 2014 by former NHS chief Jon Chadwick, Durham Gin is a… View Article

May
16
2017

Creatives Invited to Picnic at the Pod

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Creative people, professionals and businesses are being invited to swap their studios for sandwiches, in a unique series of specialist events. From Thursday 27 April 2017, Pod, Bishop Auckland, will be hosting regular gatherings specifically for ‘creatives’ from across the North East. The free, informal sessions, run by Auckland Castle Trust, will include inspiring guest… View Article

May
16
2017

North East Businesses – NBSL Needs You!

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Survey – Future NBSL Support Programmes At NBSL we’re proud of the fact that over the last 5 years we’ve been able to support over 3,500 North East businesses with over £4.2m of support. We’re now starting the process of planning our future North East business support programmes and we’d like to know what type… View Article

May
16
2017

Charity ball raises more than £35,000 for local cause

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The 12th annual Lobster Ball, held at Hardwick Hall Hotel in County Durham, has raised £35,933 for Stockton-based Daisy Chain, a charity supporting young people with Autism, currently helping more than 1700 families across the Tees Valley. The glittering event, sponsored by Great Annual Saving Group and Aston Martin, was attended by hundreds of guests who… View Article

May
16
2017

Apprentices Hold the Key to Sustainable Workforce

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Parsons Containers Limited is one of the UK’s leading shipping container businesses, and has been operating since 2000. The group comprises Parsons Containers, which sells standard and bespoke containers, self-storage business U Hold The Key and online brands ContainerContainer and ContainersNow, which sell containers nationwide.  Twenty-year-old Christopher Waller from Stockton has joined the business as… View Article