The event will take place on Wednesday 26th January at the Conference Room at East Durham College Peterlee Campus at Willerby Grove. The event will open for registrations from 8.30am and the event itself will start ~9.15am and networking will commence in earnest!

As well as being a big day for members of East Durham’s business community, who for so long have had to navigate their way through Teams and Zoom sessions to enable them to communicate with the outside world, the event will be the first face to face business networking event being held in Peterlee for three years!

There are plenty of business developments and investments being made businesses in Peterlee and East Durham to shout about and hope you can join us at this event.

So, what can you expect from our event? Well, networking of course, but equally in the current climate, there will be some differences that regular attendees will notice.

Masks must be worn unless seated and when you are shown to your table, social distancing will be maintained.

This particular Network with your Neighbour event will also be slightly different in structure.

As always there will be an introduction from chairman of the group Paul Wellstead. This will be followed by an update from Sarah Slaven, managing director at Business Durham, and an overview of the new ‘East Durham Business Network’ from Leanne Fawcett, before the session opens up to attendees who will have the opportunity to say a few words about their business. There will also be a Q&A.

We do hope you are able to join us for our Network with your Neighbour event – we expect demand to be high and as there is a limit on numbers, we would advise you book your place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

** Priority will be given to businesses located in the East Durham region - Seaham, Peterlee, Sedgefield, Durham, Wingate, Bowburn, The Trimdons and Ferryhill**

Want to find out more about the event and East Durham Business Network? Contact Guy Bashford at Business Durham - guy.bashford@durham.gov.uk or Leanne Fawcett at LEC Communications - Leanne@lecconsultancy.co.uk