Aycliffe Today Business Aycliffe Today Business Issue 40 | Page 13

The magazine for Aycliffe Business Park | 13
The DBOP team (left to right):
Guy Bashford, Lisa Wall, Pam
Reynolds and Michael Harriott.
“With so much to offer,
County Durham is a
truly attractive option
for those businesses
seeking to relocate.”
About Aycliffe Business Park
A
Dozens of companies, including Aycliffe Workwear
Supplies, have benefited from EMCON’s new
Incubator Zone, ran in partnership with Business
Durham’s DBOP team.
to the region when the investment is made.
Business Durham also have a new capital
grants programme, the County Durham
Growth Fund, for businesses that are making
significant investments in premises and
capital equipment in order to expand their
operations in the County.
As well as supporting local companies
Business Durham attracts capital and inward
investment to the county.
With so much to offer, County Durham is
a truly attractive option for those businesses
seeking to relocate.
Above all, Business Durham builds long-
term relationships to encourage sustainable
growth in businesses, supporting the
aspirations of businesspeople across the
county and helping to make County Durham
a place where business is done.
ycliffe Business Park is the biggest
single employment area in County
Durham and one of the largest
business parks in the UK.
Spread across 400 hectares, it is
home to an estimated 500 companies
and around 10,000 employees.
Some of the park’s biggest employers
include high-profile businesses such as
Gestamp Tallent, Hitachi Rail Europe,
3M, Inovyn, Husqvarna and PWS.
While engineering and manufacturing
remain at the core of Aycliffe Business
Park, a number of new developments in
recent years have brought dozens more
SMEs from the services and leisure
50
years
Over 50 years
association with
manufacturing and
engineering
sectors to the park, creating a vibrant,
busy employment hub and a wide variety
of industries.
Located just off the A1 (M), Aycliffe
Business Park is located at the heart of
the North-East with key road, rail, air and
sea links on its doorstep.
Darlington train station is located just
six miles away, providing direct and
speedy rail links to London, Edinburgh
and the rest of the UK.
Aycliffe Business Park is also just 11
miles from Durham Tees Valley Airport,
18 miles from Teesport and 39 miles
from Newcastle Airport.
Facts/Stats
400
hectares
A site of 400
hectares
500 10,000
companies employees
A critical mass of
500 companies
(10,000 employees)
A further 123
hectares of
employment land
allocated for new
developments.