DID YOU HEAR US ON BBC RADIO RECENTLY?
We were part of the LadyKillers podcast with Lucy Worsley to talk about Victorian County Durham serial killer Mary Ann Cotton and the items in our collections believed to belong to her.Catch up now at or on BBC Sounds....
June 29, 2022GROUNDWORK: COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Groundwork is a charity working to transform lives in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.We’re passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. We help people gain confidence and skills, get into training and work, protect and improve green spaces, lead more active lives and overcome significant challenges such as poverty, isolation,...
June 29, 2022NEW OFFICES FOR VINDOMORA SOLUTIONS
Hi all, just to let you know that we've moved offices. We can now be found at the Consett Innovation Centre on Genesis Way, Consett, DH8 5XP. All other contact details remain the same. Just a few images of some of the items we're uncovering during our monitoring programme in Sunderland . . . the deposits seem to be producing a nice range of material from the late Victorian through to the pre-2nd World War period, from glassware to ceramics and other interesting items. Tony, Vindomora...
June 29, 2022JOANNE'S MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION!
Joanne has a very busy Summer ahead. Why not pop along and say 'Hello'? Better still, say 'Hello' and buy something from fabulous range!...
June 29, 2022WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE CORONATION PARK AND RECREATION GROUND IN OUR 1950s TOWN!
The new park, named in honour of The Queen, was officially unveiled today by Mrs Sue Snowdon, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham, and representatives of Durham Amateur Football Trust. It includes a 1950s-style playground, miniature golf course, sandpit, giant draughts board and football area.Coronation Park is part of the Remaking Beamish project, which includes The 1950s Town, 1950s Farm, Georgian expansion and transport developments. The Remaking Beamish project was awa...
June 29, 2022MY LATEST COLOURING BOOK IS OUT NOW!
Packed full of 52 pages of my original Celtic knotwork designs. Colouring books are a wonderful way to relax, they can help switch off your brain from constant thinking, they spark creativity, and they give you a good break away from social media and our digital devices. You don't need to show your colouring book to anyone else, so you can add doodles of your own to the pages, you can colour outside the lines if you want to, you can choose any colour scheme you like. Make it your own creat...
June 29, 2022A COUPLE OF MONTHS LEFT FOR THE NORTH EAST BUSINESS SUPPORT FUND
After ten years providing grants to 1,000s of North East businesses NBSL have reached the final year of the North East Business Support Fund. With European funding ending in 2023, the North East Business Support Fund, which operates in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and Durham, is due to close in March 2023.What does this mean for applications? NBSL recommend any applications be submitted as soon as possible - they expect demand to be high over the coming months. Final ap...
June 27, 2022DAVID BAINBRIDGE - FIRST COHORT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Presentation given on Tuesday, 21st June at The Greenhouse. David's contact details are on the final slide. If you have any issues with opening a PowerPoint presentation, we have included a PDF version....
June 21, 2022WOOHOO - IT'S OUR 2nd BIRTHDAY!
Can you believe it's already been 2 whole years since we officially launched Durham Coffee?!In April 2020 we let the cat out the bag and first introduced our new business venture Durham Coffee - Durham's first speciality coffee roastery. Sourcing only speciality graded coffee beans to guarantee a sustainable and ethical supply chain as well as premium quality coffee for our customers, we created our core Heritage Range of 7 coffees to celebrate the rich heritage of Durham and the North Eas...
June 17, 2022DIT TRADE SHOW FUNDING AND SUPPORT
The UK Tradeshow Programme from The Department for International Trade (DIT) offers government support to help UK businesses successfully attend or exhibit at selected overseas trade shows. Open to UK SMEs with little or no experience of trade shows, all applicants will receive specialised training, with some also receiving grants to cover costs. To find out more, check eligibility and make an application, please here. A list of supported events can be found online by visiting here. For...
June 15, 2022BUSINESS DECARBONISATION SUPPORT EVENTS
The events are to be held on the 15th, 23rd and 30th June which will include talks from exemplar organisations, council officers and orgs such as the Federation of Small Businesses, Lanchester Wines, NE Local Enterprise Partnership and many more. We also have an event on the 6th July which will showcase County Durham Businesses’ low carbon solutions. Join us as we come together to work towards a Net Zero County Durham! Durham County Council declared a climate emergenc...
June 14, 2022BIG IDEAS EVENT: DAY 1
Yesterday we kicked off day 1 of our 'Big Ideas' event at The Greenhouse in Stanley and the feedback has been fantastic. We are thrilled to have been able to run this as a FREE event to North East businesses due to funding provided by Supply Chain North East. The programme included; Lego Serious Play workshopDelivered by Terry McStea from RTC North The Lego Serious Play methodology is an internationally-renowned facilitated process used by organisations to generate innovativ...
June 14, 2022THE DBN 'BIG IDEAS' EVENT! JUNE 2022
We are thrilled to be able to host a FREE, action packed, two day event full of 'BIG IDEAS' to help you think, create, focus, be inspired and innovative with your business! This DBN event is packed full of bite sized interactive workshops designed to get you thinking about how to work smarter within your business and to encourage growth, increase your profit, customer satisfaction, new processes, presentation skills, positive mindset and much more! Our 'BIG IDEAS' event will be held over a two d...
May 30, 2022A GRAND DAY OUT AT BEAMISH!
We've just spent a lovely morning at Beamish Museum for the official opening of Coronation Park and Recreation Ground within the new 1950's town. The park includes a miniature golf course, giant draughts board, football pitch and a playground. It was officially opened by Mrs Sue Snowdon, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Co Durham and Barbara Wood from Durham Amateur Football Trust. 🇬🇧 As part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations Beamish are hosting a week of c...
May 27, 2022WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY TELL YOU OF OUR LATEST COLLABORATION!
It's been a while since we first revealed a sneak peek of our brain storming taster session with the wonderful guys over at Durham Brewery. For those of you who have been wondering what we've been getting up to. Well, after lots of brewing, testing and tasting we're excited to finally be able to introduce you to DOPPIO, our Collab Coffee Porter.We’ve collaborated with our wonderful friends at Durham Brewery who, using over 100 litres of our Castle Blend coffee (which we filter brew...
May 26, 2022LAND OF OAK & IRON - QUEEN'S PLATINUM JUBILEE
We are excited to be part of the nation’s celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee between 2nd - 5th June and to be an official site for lighting one of the Platinum Jubilee Beacons on Thursday, 2nd June!For the official Beacon lighting event on Thursday, 2nd June, we will have a local choir, a Northumbrian piper and local musicians in the run up to local MP Liz Twist lighting the Beacon with a nominated person from the local community.We will have fun crafts, a Royal themed trail, live m...
May 26, 2022IR8 BESPOKE CRAFT CARPENTRY - FOR THE LOVE OF WOOD
People frequently offer me unwanted bits of furniture and wooden offcuts. It’s not easy for a craft carpenter to say no when there’s wood going begging, so my workshop can get quite full! Finding inventive ways of repurposing something that’s no longer needed is a challenge that I love. I’ve been upcycling furniture for years now and it’s amazing what a lick of paint can do. However, my latest project has been slightly different . . . a set of 13 oak stair treads that were ...
May 26, 2022WILLOW BURN GRIEF, LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT WORKSHOPS: ARE YOU SUPPORTING A BEREAVED FRIEND, RELATIVE OR COLLEAGUE?
Talking about death and bereavement is hard. It can feel awkward or uncomfortable and sometimes you just don’t know what to say, particularly if you haven’t experienced it yourself. To help you to support your friends, relatives and colleagues now or to be better prepared for the future, we have designed a Grief, Loss and Bereavement Workshop for businesses, community groups and organisations to help your staff teams and colleagues to understand grief and loss, and to learn ...
May 26, 2022MY BEST SELLER AND THE STORY BEHIND IT!
I have photographs on my website taken in places as far away as Iceland and Venice! Never did I expect that my most popular picture would be one I shot no more than a few miles from my own front door!‘Lean on Me’ has been my best seller for several years now. I’ve sold prints of it across the world! It’s extremely cute, even if I do say so myself, and means different things to different people. It continues to be popular around Mother and Father’s Day, represent...
May 26, 2022EEEK! I CAN'T KEEP THIS A SECRET ANY MORE . . .
Over the past 3 months I've been doing something behind the scenes that I haven't made public YET . . . A year on from fulfilling my dream of becoming a TEDx Speaker, I’m now ready to take this to the next level. I’ve been developing a new programme alongside world-class Changemakers and the Founder of Archangel, Giovanni Marsico, in Toronto. The feedback from my TEDx talk ‘The CLARITY Quest’ has been phenomenal. It has resonated and helped so many people on their journey to ...
May 26, 2022DESIGN X-PRESS UP FOR AWARD
DBN member, large format printers Design X-Press are proud to be able to announce that they have been short listed in the North East Business Awards for our region, for an Innovation and Technology Award. Selected as one of 3 finalists in this category, this award identifies and rewards companies who have embraced new technology to drive their company forward.Design X-Press have demonstrated this with their investment into two presses in 2020 followed by a new cutting table in 2022.The Jet...
May 26, 2022HELPING OUT!
Two years ago during the lockdown, I was getting concerned with my children spending too much time watching TV and playing games. So I introduced ‘time tickets’ that help limit children’s screen time.As our lives returned to normal, the time tickets were also forgotten. But the other day, I decided to reintroduce this scheme. When we had this scheme during the lockdown, my children were given 30 tickets (each ticket is worth 30 mins) each week. This time, I changed ...
May 20, 2022CARRIE: MY NEW COLOURING BOOK ON THE WAY!
By the time you read this I should hopefully have taken delivery of the print run of my third colouring book! Colouring books are a wonderful way to relax, they can help switch off your brain from constant thinking, they spark creativity, and they give you a good break away from social media and our digital devices.You don't need to show your colouring book to anyone else, so you can add doodles of your own to the pages, you can colour outside the lines if you want to, you can choose any c...
May 20, 2022SCHOOL PACKAGE FROM NORIKOART
Noriko enjoys visiting schools as an author / illustrator, Japanese art workshop facilitator, and speaker. To make her services more accessible to schools, she now has a school package to offer. As more children come from different backgrounds and with various needs, she believes her programme can benefit schools by helping both teachers and children learn about different cultures and perspectives in a fun and engaging way.To find out more about her school package, visit Noriko's web...
May 20, 2022TRIBUTES PAID TO LONG STANDING DBN MEMBER PETER JACKSON WHO HAS DIED
It is with a heavy heart that we inform our members that Peter Jackson - Freelance Journalist and Writer has died recently after a short illness. Peter has been a long standing member of the DBN community and well respected within the North East business community. He enjoyed a varied career as a hugely respected writer, including eight years with The Journal and more recently published his first novel "Legions of the Moon" in January 2021. We will miss Peter very much and our thought...
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