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Digital Union

1st June 2020

Innovative Programme to Boost County Durham Start-Ups

Set up by Business Durham, the economic development arm of Durham County Council, DABS will test pioneering new approaches for encouraging and supporting ambitious business start-ups across the county. The three-year project will provide a programme delivered by three...

Digital Union

29th May 2020

Sweet Success for North East Chocolatier During Pandemic

Naomi, who opened her café in 2019, quickly picked herself up and decided to pivot the business – focusing on her website to offer a personalised chocolate delivery service in and around the Newcastle area. Studio 28 Patisserie offers...

Digital Union

29th May 2020

Milestone Customer Owns the Local

Transmit Startups has invested more than £64 million in new enterprises across the length and breadth of the UK since being set up in 2013 to deliver the Government-backed scheme. So, it came as something of a surprise to discover...

Digital Union

29th May 2020

New funding available for expert legal advice to help North East firms get back to business

Scaleup North East works with businesses that can demonstrate both the hunger and potential to achieve high levels of growth and has continued to provide support to such organisations as they respond to the global pandemic. Craig Huntingdon, Scaleup...

Digital Union

29th May 2020

Tales From a Pandemic

I wonder what future historians will write about when reflecting on this year 2020, a year which started off so brightly but which has spluttered into a divisive scrum caused entirely – in my opinion – by the media....

Digital Union

29th May 2020

Business Durham Secures an Additional £4 Million for Capital Grant Scheme

Established in April 2019, the fund was initially a £4.9m capital grant scheme providing grants to small and medium enterprises in County Durham to accelerate their growth. Due to the additional funding, the County Durham Growth Fund will now...

Digital Union

29th May 2020

Enigma Targets Growth Despite Covid Challenges

There’s no denying that the last few months have been a stressful and even dark time for many. A global pandemic, governments around the world imposing lockdowns with people not being able to see loved ones, businesses furloughing staff...

Generator

29th May 2020

Charity Focus: Magic Hat

Watch the video interview we did with Magic Hat here. Who are they? The Magic Hat Café is an organisation based in Newcastle and their website describes them as: “The Magic Hat Café aims to abolish avoidable food waste...

Digital Union

22nd May 2020

Chef Terry Laybourne Breaks Out Of Lockdown

Terry has left his partial self-isolation at his Corbridge home to join some of his chefs working out of the kitchen at his flagship 21 restaurant on Newcastle’s Quayside. It’s a welcome relief for the multi-award-winning chef who saw...