North East business back the bid
Securing the UK City of Culture 2025 title would bring transformational social and economic benefits not only for Durham, but for the entire region.
There are already exciting plans in place for the county, benefitting the North East as a whole. And with the additional attention and investment that UK City of Culture status brings, it would provide a catalyst that has a lasting impact on our future.
Join over 500 businesses from across the region that are already backing the bid. It’s easy to sign up, and does not commit you to anything more than confirming your support of the success of the region.
This information is collected by the North East England Chamber of Commerce alongside the Durham UK City of Culture Bid and will be shared between both organisations.
Businesses backing the bid
- 3D Virtual Spaces
- AAA Caring Caretaker Ltd
- Abrinor Ltd. t/a Amble Pin Cushion
- AccelerateNEbusiness
- Activate Theatre Ltd
- ADP Architects
- Allen Sykes Chartered Accountants
- Aniseed Creative Ltd
- Aquajet Drain Cleaning Ltd
- Atom Bank
- Azets
- Baines Jewitt Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers
- Barehand jewellery manufacture
- Barrington Bunkhouse
- Barron Williams Ltd
- Bdaily
- Beamish Museum
- believe housing
- Beyond Partners
- BHP Law
- Big Little Toys Limited
- Big Purple Productions Ltd
- Boltslaw Cottage (holiday accommodation)
- Boot and Shoe Cottage
- Bowlees Visitor Centre / North Pennines AONB Partnership
- Brighter Times magazine
- Broad Chare Partners
- Broadway West Ltd
- Business Durham
- Cadzow Estates
- CannyInsights.com
- CDC Enterprise Agency
- Cddft
- CDS Security & Fire
- Church of England
- CK21 Ltd
- Clive Owen LLP
- COCO
- Colewood Automotive Ltd
- Colliery Soap Studio
- Combined Technical Resource
- Complete Leasing Solutions Ltd
- CoreHaus Ltd
- Cornerstone Fundraising and Development
- County Durham Community Foundation
- Crystallised
- Cundall
- Dalton Moor Farm – The Vegan Fruit Farm and School of Sustainable Living & Wellbeing
- Dalton Park Outlet Shopping & Leisure Centre
- Darlington College
- Deloitte
- Deloitte LLP
- Dependable Productions Ltd
- Derwentside College
- Direct Business Solutions
- Discovering Durham CIC
- DMI (Digital Mobile Innovations) Ltd
- ‘Do Business’ Network (DBN)
- Dowfold House Bed and Breakfast
- DP Supplies
- Driver Skills North East Driving School
- Drummond Central
- DU
- Durham Business Group NE Ltd
- Durham Cathedral
- Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation
- Durham Coffee
- Durham Cottages
- Durham Cricket
- Durham Cricket Events
- Durham Group Estates
- Durham High School
- Durham Trinity School and Sports College
- Durham University
- Durham Wildlife Trust
- DurhamWorks
- DWP
- East Byermoor Guesthouse & Cottages
- East Durham Business Service Ltd
- East Durham College
- East Durham Trust
- Education Development Trust
- Education Partnership North East
- Elddis Transport (Consett) Ltd
- Elvet & Bailey
- Elvet Chartered Surveyors
- Elvet Recruitment
- ep (Ethical Partnership North East Limited)
- Events of the North
- Evolve Group
- EvolveFit with Emma
- Extra Mile Media and Events
- Eye Airports
- Fame Media Tech
- FarmWatcherUK
- Feel Well Health & Wellness Coaching
- Fentimans
- Filter Integrity Ltd
- Finchale Abbey Touring Park & Village
- FPP Design Ltd
- Francis Bookkeeping Solutions Ltd
- Fresh and Fruity grocer
- Fund A Fest
- Gateway Crafts Ltd
- George F. White LLP
- George Smith Ltd
- Geostart UK Ltd
- Glaxosmithkline
- Glow Creative
- Go North East
- Grape Software Ltd
- Groundwork NE & Cumbria
- GT Group Ltd
- Hamsterley Forest, Forestry England
- Hamsterley Trailblazers
- Hancock Gallery
- Hargreaves Services plc
- HARKO Day Trading
- Harrison Group
- Harvey & Hugo Ltd
- High Force Research Ltd
- Hilton Garden Inn Sunderland
- Historic House, Chapels and Gardens – Tourist Attraction
- HMRC
- Holgate HR
- Holiday Cottage
- Holiday Inn
- hollycroft
- Hotel Indigo Durham
- HTA Real Estate
- Hydraulic & Offshore Supplies
- Ian Watson at Hays Travel
- I-GLO LTD
- Infrastructure Intelligence
- Inside Out Communications Consulting
- Intelligence Fusion
- Interdigitate
- International Syalons Ltd
- Invest Newcastle
- Jacksons Law Firm
- Jan Williams, North East England Blue Badge Guide
- japc ltd
- JK Property Consultants LLP
- Jo Whitfield voice-overs
- Jonarc Creative Ltd
- JustTravelcover
- Karbon Homes
- KeepRight Accounting Limited
- Kier Construction
- Kier plc
- Kier Property
- Kier Property Developments
- Kingsmere Finance Directors
- Krazy Kingdom
- Land of Oak & Iron
- Laverock Law Cottages
- Learning Curve Group
- LemonTop Creative
- Leonard Curtis
- Lever Law Limited
- LGRC Associates Ltd
- Life Coaching by Mayira
- Light In The Lab
- London North Eastern Railway
- Lynx Precast
- M protect group
- Mallon Tax
- Materials Processing Institute
- Maven Capital Partners
- MHA Tait Walker
- MIncoffs Solicitors
- Ministry of Defence – Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Association for the North of England
- Muckle LLP
- Mulholland Landscape Consultants
- National Youth Choirs of Great Britain
- NBSL Ltd
- Neil Barker Associates Limited T/A emBarkArchitecture
- Neil Slater t/a Cycle4adventure
- NEL Fund Managers Ltd
- NetKno
- New College Durham
- Newcastle Building Society
- Newcastle Gateshead convention bureau
- Newcastle Hospitals Charity
- Newcastle International Airport
- Newcastle University Business School
- NewcastleGateshead Initiative
- Newsquest / The Northern Echo
- n-gage.io
- Nifco UK Ltd.
- None
- North East Family Fun
- North East Local Enterprise Partnership
- North East Sales and Marketing Academy – mmd Limited
- North East Social Media Ltd
- North Star Housing
- Northern Gas & Power
- Northern Saints Trails (lead partner Visit Co Durham)
- Northstar Ventures Limited
- November Club
- Octopus Revenue
- Orange Umbrella
- Owl Cottage
- Pentagon Assurance
- pharmacutical supply
- Pig n Mix Sweet Company
- Pondfield Villa Holiday Cottages
- Properties Unique
- Pumphreys Coffee
- Puppy Sue’s K-9 Kitchen and Hannah Cat Emporium
- R&B Group
- Raby Estates
- Radisson Blu Durham
- Reach plc
- Recognition PR
- Recovery4life
- Remondis Limited
- REMONDIS Ltd
- Richard Reed Solicitors
- Right Lines Communications
- Riverside Marketing Solutions
- Roam Local App
- Robson Laidler (Durham) ltd
- Robson Laidler Accountants Limited
- Root Cause Consultancy
- Ruth Robson, North East England Blue Badge Tour Guide
- Ryder Architecture
- SafeRad Ltd
- Salicru UK Limited
- Samepage Digital Limited
- SANDS HOUSE
- Sanguines Event Catering
- Seaham Hall
- Seaton Spring Limited
- Seaward Electronic Ltd
- Simpson Print Ltd T/a Simpson Group
- Sir Robert McAlpine
- Slimming World
- Smart Media Group
- South Durham honey
- SP Data Services Ltd
- Spotty Media Limited
- St Cuthbert’s Hospice
- St Oswald’s Hospice
- Stalemate Ltd
- Staybridge Suites
- Steel Benders UK Ltd
- Stellium Datacenters & NCL-IX
- Stick Marketing
- Stiller Warehousing and Distribution Ltd
- Stovall + Wright
- Strike While The Irons Hot Ltd
- Sunderland Engineering Training Association Ltd (Seta)
- Super Divine Web Design
- Surtees Arms & Yard of Ale Brew Co
- Sweco
- Swinburne Maddison LLP
- Tainted Ltd
- Tall Tales Mysteries
- Technology Services Group Limited
- TEDCO Business Support LTD
- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS FT
- Teesside International Airport
- TGA Consulting Engineers LLP
- The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust
- The Alnwick Garden
- The Banks Group
- The Bowes Museum
- The Burger Box DH1 Ltd
- The HR Dept, Durham (and The H&S Dept, Durham & Newcastle)
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Northern School of Art
- The Old Stables Knitsley
- The Royal Oak
- The Snuggery
- The Tea Enthusiasts
- Thirteen Group
- Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd.
- Threads of Life
- Three Rivers Recruitment Ltd
- Tilbury Douglas Construction
- Tom Walker & Sons Ltd
- Turner & Townsend
- U Retreat
- UMi
- Unipres (UK) Limited
- UPPERCASE MEDIA LTD
- Urban BASE
- Urban Surfer
- Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens
- Vagus Wellbeing
- Valhalla North Axe Throwing
- Vindomora Country Lodges
- Virgin money
- Walk & Talk Trust
- Ward Hadaway
- WEA
- Wear Business
- Weardale Cheese
- Week2Week Serviced Apartments Ltd
- West Barn Co
- West Hall Glamping
- Willow Burn Hospice
- Windlestone Park Estate Preservation Trust
- WL Distillery
- Woodlands Venue Bar Kitchen & Congburn Nurseries
- Woven Inc
- YS Services LTD
- Zero78 Training Ltd
- A.S.Pneumatics
- Affotek
- Alexandra Carr
- Angel Trust
- ART Health Solutions
- Ashley Smith
- Behind The Black Door Limited
- Bernicia
- Bevan VAT Consultancy Limited
- Blueocto Ltd
- Bob Little & Co Ltd
- Brewin Dolphin
- Britishvolt
- cate murray
- Clearly Drinks Ltd
- Commercial Energy Alliance Ltd
- Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
- Compliant
- Cottam Brush Ltd
- County Durham Community Radio
- CPI
- Crimdon Pony World /Sandy Park Camping
- CS Accounting
- Debut
- Design By Kinship
- DFP Services Ltd
- Dodio – The do studio
- Durham BID
- Durham Distillery
- Durham Energy Institute
- Durham Pointers
- emBarkArchitecture
- EMG solicitors Ltd
- Enter CIC
- Esh Group
- Family Gateway
- Fenwick
- Fergusons Transport
- FGI Consultancy Ltd
- FlexHomes Limited
- Flexion health & fitness
- Flutter by Lorraine
- FW Capital Ltd
- G & B Electrical Contractors LTD
- Gardiner Richardson
- Gentoo Group
- Goodfellow & Goodfellow Ltd.
- Great North Air Ambulance Service
- Hawkes Fire
- Hay & Kilner Law Firm
- HiThrive Ltd
- HLA Services Ltd
- Holmes Joinery & Manufacturing
- Horsley Hall
- Howell Cummings Joinery
- Inside Out Communications Consulting
- J & RA Hawkes & Sons Ltd T/A Hawkes Fire
- J. J. Hardy & Sons Limited
- JJJ OPTICAL LIMITED
- Karbon Homes
- Kintetsu World Express
- Knight Frank
- Kuehne + Nagel
- LEC Consultancy Limited
- LED Supply & Fit LTD
- Linthorpe beds ltd
- Low Urpeth Farm Holiday Cottages
- Lumley Castle Hotel
- Macdonald Linden Hall Golf Spa & Leisure club
- Manic mum days
- Mark Anderson Consultancy Group Limited
- MawsonKerr
- MGL Group
- Millbank Solutions
- MKM Building Supplies
- Morgan Douglas Student Lettings and Property
- Mortons law
- MPHR Consultancy Ltd
- Mr. Bojangles Coffee House
- MRS TRAINING AND RESCUE
- MrWishyWashy Presents
- N E ATTACHMENTS LTD
- Nano Electronic Services Ltd
- National Rail Bishop Auckland Ltd
- NatWest Group
- NE Local Magazine Ltd
- Newcastle College (NCG)
- N-Lighten (North East) Limited
- North East Business & Innovation Centre Ltd
- North East Business & Innovation Centre Sunderland
- North East Culture Partnership
- Northern
- Northumbrian Water Group
- Oberlin Filter Ltd
- Octopus Revenue
- Of Many Circles
- Offstone Publishing
- Old Cinema Launderette Ltd
- Ovington Boats Ltd
- Palintest Ltd
- Percy Hedley Foundation
- Pioneering Care Partnership
- Shane Parkins
- Primex Plastics Ltd
- Pro Fire Safety & Training Ltd
- Project North East (PNE)
- Ramada Encore Hotel Newcastle-Gateshead
- Ramsdens Financial Ltd
- Ramside Hall Hotel
- Riding Farm Cottages
- Rolton Group Ltd
- Root Cause Consultancy
- Sarah Salter Coaching Ltd
- Seaham Waves
- SHR International Group
- Simon Bailes Ltd
- Square One Law
- St Oswald’s Hospice
- Stanley Travel
- Strawberry Hill Farm
- Sunderland College
- Sustainable Business Services Ltd
- SyntheSys Systems Engineers Limited
- Tandem Together Contact Centres & Greenlight Air
- Teesdale Cheesemakers Limited
- The Accounts Dept NE Ltd
- The Auckland Project
- The Mugwump
- Three Counties
- TJ Hughes – Durham
- Torgersens Chartered Accountants
- TRUE NORTH
- TSG
- Turners Funfairs
- Tyne and Wear TV (Local TV)
- Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens
- Vantec Europe Limited
- VBites
- Viva Wallet
- Voluntary Action Islington
- VTraQ Ltd
- Walk & Talk Trust
- Wear Rivers Trust
- Wheels 2 Work County Durham
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
- xsite architecture LLP
- Ziegler UK Limited
- Wates Construction Ltd
- Filtronic
- Eric Knows CIC
- Par Petroleum Ltd
- High Meadows Catering
- High Meadows Farm and Woodland
- Inspiral Cycles LTd
- Poole and Co
- Husqvarna
- Franks The Flooring Store
- North East Tour Guide
- Root Cause Consultancy
- Tanya@HOME
- Valhalla North Axe Throwing
- The Secret Event Service
- Durham Soap Company
- GLOW Creative Marketing
- The Herbal Gin Co
- ei.company
- Changing Relations CIC
- Optimum Skills
- 3M
- Digital Edge
- Arlington Real Estate
- believe housing
- The Canny Candy Gadgies
- Kielder Observatory
- Westfield School
- We do Group – HR, Health and Safety
- Walkers Opticians
- Omincom IT Solutions
- Live at the Cathedral LTD
- Stelliferous Limited
- RTC North
- Walkergate
- BookWyrm
- North East Art Collective
- The Old Barnard Castle Curiosity Shop
- THREE MOTION
- The Durham Yoga Studio
- Peterlee Glass
- Ad Gefrin Experience
- Pepperells
- Harlands Accountants LLP
- Infinite Air
- Soccarena Ltd
- Morgan Douglas Student lettings
- Bear bottom Durham
- Lightning Signs @ Mickleton Service Station
- Nth and Hartlepool nhs
- Edc travel
- LSL Production Services Ltd
- Bernicia
- Safer Date Ltd
- Busy bees education and training
- Livin
- Granary Studio, West Farm.
- BACCANALIA
- Aycliffe Fabrications
- Bernicia
- Adventure into Art
- Martel Instruments Ltd
- INEOS Compounds
- Park Corporate Insurance Brokers
- Kingston
- Open Spaces
- Living Spaces
- Alan Green Photography
- The Little London Hair Boutique
- Magpie Training Ltd
