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Business Durham: business support

Business Durham is a support programme from Durham County Council offering tailored advice to businesses in County Durham, including start-ups, micro, small, medium and large firms. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Business Durham · funded by Durham County Council

Checked against the official page (businessdurham.co.uk) on 27 Oct 2026.

Business support and advice service for Durham County Council, offering tailored help with starting, growing or relocating a business in County Durham, including finance advice and premises.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Business Durham before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Business Durham is the business support service for Durham County Council and offers tailored support to businesses in County Durham; the page does not set out formal eligibility criteria.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff), Large businesses, Start-ups

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Contact the Business Durham team on 03000 261261 or at enquiries@businessdurham.co.uk.

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Where it is open: County Durham

County Durham

Not confirmed on the official page

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: County Durham.

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Things we could not confirm

  • Specific support schemes, grants or costs are not listed on this page.
  • Business Durham is the support service for Durham County Council, so the council's own rules may apply.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (businessdurham.co.uk) on 27 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 15 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Business Durham before you apply.

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