Law firm plays key role in planning permission for South Seaham Garden Village
Full-service law firm Ward Hadaway has successfully defended a judicial review claim in respect of planning permission for a multi-million pound garden village development in County Durham. Specialist planning lawyers within the organisation’s Built Environment Team...
HR ADVICE: Could you be paying the price for incorrect payroll?
A reminder for payroll cut-off pops up in your calendar. How does it make you feel? If you have someone in place to manage PAYE for your business, you might dismiss it without a second thought. But, if you are managing payroll yourself, it could be an unwelcome...
Pop-up initiative to showcase County Durham produce proves a hit with shoppers
A three-month long pop-up programme to give food and drink producers from across County Durham the chance to showcase their products and explore potential routes to market is proving a popular with shoppers. The event is a collaboration between All Durham, the...
East Durham Business magazine launches
A new magazine to showcase East Durham's thriving business community launches next week. East Durham Business will be a flagship publication, replacing the printed PBP News and SBP News newsletters. The magazine has been developed by the team at LEC Communications and...
HR ADVICE: How to address poor time management with employees
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day!” “Something more important came up” “I don’t have time right now. I’ll do it later” Sound familiar? If employees are providing these common excuses when you ask them for an update on a task or project, you may need to...
South Seaham Garden Village given green light
A major new housing and development scheme in East Durham has been given garden village status by the Government. One of 19 new garden village schemes announced across the UK, South Seaham Garden Village, is a partnership between Durham County Council, Tolent and Home...
Summer holidays to impact on demand for foodbank services
Businesses are being urged to give their support to a local foodbank as the six weeks holidays approach. The East Durham FEED project has previously reported a sharp rise in demand for its services and is urging businesses to give their support over the summer...
Seaton Lane re-opens after discovery of sinkhole
A County Durham road which had to be closed following the discovery of a sinkhole has reopened after less than two weeks. The B1404 Seaton Lane, at Seaton near Seaham, was closed by Durham County Council on Friday 21 June in the interests of public safety, after a...
HR ADVICE: How would you rate your workplace wellbeing?
How well is your workforce? The UK has been ranked 24th out of 25 comparator economies for work-life balance in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) second Working Lives survey. This suggests that workplace well-being in the UK needs...
Jade Business Park given planning approval
Planning consent has been given for a new multi-million pound business park which could see the creation of more than 2,500 jobs in County Durham. As a first phase, Durham County Council is funding the construction of seven speculative units (comprising 155,000 sq ft)...
believe housing brings repairs and maintenance in house
Leading social landlord believe housing has completed the in-sourcing of repairs to its 18,000 affordable homes. From today (1 July), repairs and maintenance work to 8,000 affordable homes in east Durham will be carried out directly by staff from believe housing. The...
Ambitious vision for a better County Durham unveiled
By 2035, County Durham will have more and better jobs, people will live long and independent lives and communities will be well connected and supportive. That’s the vision being proposed for the area by the County Durham Partnership – but do you agree with this...
New waste management partnership announced by GAS
Great Annual Savings Group (GAS) has once again expanded its B2B customer offering by teaming up with a fellow County Durham business. Shredding expert Shred Base deals with secure, GDPR-compliant document and product disposal for businesses across the UK. GAS will...
believe housing supports the launch of netball club for East Durham youngsters
A new netball club for east Durham youngsters has been set up thanks to support from a leading housing association. Families have the opportunity to get involved with netball thanks to a new club, founded thanks to a small grant from believe housing. Peterlee Netball...
HR ADVICE: What to do when an employee is looking for another job
Times have changed since most employees would stick to one job throughout their career, looking forward to their retirement gift. The job market has developed and moved on. Age can remain a factor with some employees content sticking with one employer. But younger...
Plan your travel head of very first Seaham Food Festival
As Seaham gets set to host its first food festival this weekend, visitors are being encouraged to plan their journeys in advance. Seaham Food Festival will serve up more than 100 traders, cookery demonstrations by celebrity chefs John Torode and Phil Vickery,...
County Durham plan set for approval
The final stage of a plan that sets out how much development and where it is needed in County Durham will go before councillors next week. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to recommend that full council approve the submission of the County Durham Plan...
Works starts on new East Durham railway station
Work is now underway on a new £10.55 million railway station which is expected to bring an economic boost to east Durham. The scheme, at Horden, near Peterlee, will link the area into the local, regional and national rail network and support wider regeneration in the...