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Our Strengths

Key Issues, Aims & Impacts

• Skills
• Start-ups
• Business Support
• Property
• Networking

Emerging Issues

Key Plans & 
Strategies

Key Contacts
 

• Establishment of a Technology Transfer Liaison Programme.
• Building links with local business and University-based training and
  entrepreneurship to identify and develop new entrepreneurs.

• A range of new small businesses with growth potential will have been started.
• Derwentside will have regained its reputation as a location for high growth start-ups

• Supporting entrepreneurs in creating new product/service concepts and new business.

• A range of projects and services will have been developed and delivered
  in partnership with the University of Durham.

• Production of a new marking plan focusing on identifying, developing and supporting home-based e-entrepreneurs, encouraging existing home-based entrepreneurs and potential ones from within the District and the sub region to establish/grow value-adding business.

• A minimum of 200 investment enquiries per annum.
• 150 new jobs and at least 50 value-adding new businesses with growth
  potential will be created-at least 25 of these will be e-businesses.
  

• Establishment of an enhanced business start-up service, underpinned by
  Business Link to provide training, intensive one to one counselling for
  business planning and website design.
• Formation of a working group to develop a refocused incentive package
  to encourage enterprise and innovation.

• Improve the District’s ranking for business start-up rates (408th out of 434 English Districts).
  

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