Business Support

Durham Business and Innovation Service

Guidance, expert advice and hands-on support for all aspects of research and research-related work.

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Innovation

Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP)

The Durham Business Opportunities Programme (DBOP) helps businesses in County Durham grow, by linking them with tangible opportunities, which could be a new contract, a new supplier or perhaps some investment.

Engineering and Manufacturing Network

Durham City Incubator

If you have a Durham-based business that’s been trading less than twelve months or you’re looking to launch an ambitious, potential high-growth start-up, you and your team can join the DCI – a six-month accelerat

Durham City Incubator

Durham Constabulary Cyber Protect Team

Providing cyber protect advice to businesses and organisations in County Durham and Darlington.

Durham Constabulary

Durham Constabulary Vulnerability Assessment

Crime prevention initiative to give businesses an overview of the network security weaknesses that could be exploited by criminals on the internet.

Northumbria Police

Business resilience

Durham Council Apprenticeships

Support for local businesses to take on apprentices, offering incentives to recruit young people from County Durham.

Durham County Council

Apprenticeships

Durham Digital Workforce

Thanks to the European Social Fund, East Durham College is now able to offer a wide variety of completely FREE digital training courses for businesses in the County Durham area. There are many different digital courses on offer

East Durham College

Durham Flexible Support Programme

Available to SMEs with a B2B remit based in Durham County, that need a helping hand to understand what innovation means for them.

North East Business and Innovation Centre

Dynamo North East

Dynamo North East is a business-led organisation with the core mission of: Growing the North East tech economy through collaboration, innovation, skills and noise. Our vision for the region is to have a world-class reputation as a

Dynamo North East

Economic Evaluation and Life Cycle Analysis

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) can help clients to evaluate the techno-economics of a project, from the identification of a cost-effective starting material to the most efficient process route.

Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)

eGrid SME support

This support will aid companies to overcome electrical issues related to the development, commercialisation and installation of renewable energy system technologies. Companies Narec DE can help include prototype developers, microg

Narec Distributed Energy

ELITE Programme (UK)

ELITE is a three part service of education, business support, mentoring and access delivered in collaboration with Imperial College Business School

ELITE UK

Scaleup