NEBSF - Business funding and support in County Durham

Grant Funding

You could access up to 40% funding for business improvement projects costing between £2,500 and £8,000 (maximum grant of £3,200) - you can use the grant for almost any type of business support that will help your business to grow - from marketing and web design to financial or human resources planning.

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Masterclasses

Apply for a fully funded place on a two day Masterclasses run by local experts. Find out how to grow your Social Media presence, how to develop a better Marketing Strategy or even explore the top Business Growth Planning strategies - the choice is yours.

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Please note: County Durham businesses can apply for a Grant and/or a place on a fully funded Masterclass.

Find out how some other County Durham Businesses have grown thanks to NEBSF Funding.

Online support package is perfect delivery for Durham Box…

A NORTH East firm has its online profile all boxed off, thanks to support from regional business support experts. Durham Box is continuing along the road of expansion in 2019, and has made upgrading its digital profile a priority.

Funding Success for BTS Facades & Fabrications

County Durham based BTS Facades & Fabrications used our North East Business Support Fund to develop new processes and software to manage their growing business more efficiently.

Register your business as an NBSL provider and stay up to date with the latest funding information.

If you provide business support services like marketing, business planning, human resources or financial planning find out how you could register with us to offer a grant of up to £3200 to your clients for work that you do for them.

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Our Programmes

From start up to growth.

Our unique support programmes can provide help no matter what stage your business is at.

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