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Since CDDC was established in 1987, we have worked with partners and the business community to help create the right conditions to encourage and support business success in County Durham.

Click on any of the following stories to read about just a few of these.

 
     
 
CDDC hails huge new business park
County Durham Development Company today welcomed the start of work at Heighington Lane West.more
CDDC aids jobs boom for Seaham
More than 100 new jobs have so far been created at Seaham after County Durham Development Company (CDDC) approved a grant to support the establishement of a new seafood plant in the town.more
Work starts on plastic electronics research centre
Work is underway on PETeC, the Plastic Electronics Technology Centre at NETPark, County Durham.more
Seafood plant to open in County Durham
County Durham is to be the site of a new seafood plant that is forecast to create hundreds of new jobs for the region.more
Distribution centre 'could create 1,000 jobs'
A distribution centre has been proposed for the Aycliffe Industrial Estate, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, reports the Northern Echo.more
 

 
Successful year for ‘threatened’ County Durham Development Company
County Durham Development Company Ltd, whose current role is under review, reported on a year of significant achievement at its March Board meeting. more
NETPARK CENTRE TO TURN SCIENCE FICTION INTO SCIENCE FACT
RDA ONE NorthEast has approved a £10m project that will put the region and County Durham at the forefront of revolutionary plastic electronics technology.more
Florida falls for NETPark
Foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia, who works part-time for the Orlando Sentinel, is the special assistant to the president for global perspectives at the University of Central Florida. He was impressed with NETPark during his tour.more
United Arab Emirates Market Visit delivers for North East Companies
“County Durham Development Company’s Market visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has established positive links for North East companies”, says Tanfield Foods boss Keith Gill.more
Dubai trade trip helps local company break UAE market
A Durham fire safety company has hit its global goal just one month after County Durham Development Company’s trade trip to the United Arab Emirates.more
 

 
New addition to Farfield Group
Farfield Photonics, a NETPark Incubator tenant, has a new "sister" companymore
Dubai trade trip is hailed a success
A controversial trade mission to Dubai has been hailed a success with at least one company chasing the prospect of lucrative contracts. Tanfield Foods, which makes convenience meals in Consett, County Durham, is hoping to seal a deal to supply two new airlines setting up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).more
US investment in spin-out company
A US technology investment company has put nearly 2 million dollars into a business spun out from research at Durham University. more