Darlington is also renowned for its bridge building and it is reported that both the River Amazon and the River Nile have bridges that came from Darlington. A firm based in Darlington also built the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Darlington itself lies on the River Skerne, which is a tributary of the River Tees.

The Evans Business Centre is located in a popular industrial estate to the east of Darlington centre. It provides a range of offices, manufacturing workshops and storage space.

The café is well known around Battlefield Enterprise Park for selling some of the best sandwiches and homemade snacks in the area, providing us with cakes and refreshments when we hold charity events here at the centre. Joan is even arranging a herb garden to be planted just outside the cafe so they can be used in dishes prepared daily with fresh ingredients. Knights Table Café holds a level 5 food hygiene rating for the second year running.

Joan commented ‘I have seen the centre grow month by month until the centre was fully occupied, I have enjoyed meeting all the clients who have now become regulars here at the café. Michelle the centre manager and Leanne the receptionist are always there to help with any problems that may arise and solve them quickly’.

If you are in the area make sure you pop in, their menu ranges from a full English breakfast to light homemade salads, they have something for everyone.

A Leadsnet Group is a hub of businesses and the objective of the meetings is for the members to generate business by introduction or referral.

Leadsnet offers pro-active businesses the opportunity to generate leads and raise visibility on line without having to employ a social media manager whilst enjoying the rewards of networking on demand to develop and further business connections and opportunities.

The meetings are held every Thursday at 8am and new members are always welcomed so anyone interested in joining the Group should subscribe to the online system on www.leadsnet.co.uk.

By the time they reached the final peak at 7pm, they were in the clouds!

Zoom Media felt such a huge sense of achievement on reaching the 3rd summit. The team found the it tough, however they pushed through it working together and completed the challenge with 20 minutes to spare.

It is not too late to sponsor Zoom Media so with you would like to follow this link to make an online donation. https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/zoommedia

The team at the summit of Pen-y-Ghent (691m) 3 ½ miles in.

At the summit of Whernside (729m) 14 miles in.

At the summit of Ingleborough (723m) 6 miles to home!

On Thursday 30th May 2013, the Energize team ran a virtual re-creation of the Olympic Torch Relay which was run through Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin for the first time one year ago to the day. Nikki Readyhough, Chris Tate, Kevin Rose and Michelle Jones staff of Evans Easyspace all got their running shoes on and got involved in the event as well as Some of Shrewsbury Centres clients including Dexs Midnight Runners, Taybar, Zen Communications and many more. They all completed the 66.5 mile distance that the torch took through our County in one day on a treadmill and hand bike in the reception of the centre. Knights Table café also provided cakes and refreshments for the event. Energize managed to raise funds to support both their Community Games grant scheme and Macmillan Cancer Care in the County, and also to raise awareness of Community Games and the excellent work that their local Community Games organisers did to bring more sport and cultural activities to your communities.

Vanessa has come from a business-orientated background with her grandfather starting the local estate agents J.W.Wood, and great grandfather operating Wood & Watson local mineral water factory. She has previously worked for Inshops Centres Ltd and Groupe Geraud – operating and letting space in a multi-site indoor shopping centres across the North East.

Vanessa is proud to be taking on this role in assisting new businesses to develop and expand in the North East. She said, ‘I was really pleased to be offered the post to work for Evans Easyspace, I am looking forward to the challenge this new role brings, to helping develop the sites at Newton Aycliffe and supporting the existing clients. The team at Evans have been very welcoming and supportive, and I can see why the Evans name is so well thought of, especially as they offer such great tailored packages to businesses.’

The review shows that, during a time that is usually incredibly sluggish on the office space front, uptake of offices throughout the UK has increased.

Overall activity for the market has increased by 5 per cent above it usual average. Much of the activity was based around city centres, as was the case in Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle, with city centre uptake sitting 9 per cent above average.

The review, which studies changes within the market in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle, showed that the office industry in the UK is thriving despite the recession.

Office rentals in out-of-town locations have also soared, being a huge 37 per cent above average.

The increases can be easily explained though – many city councils are currently undergoing regeneration schemes, and in Manchester, the new HOME art centre has been given the go ahead thanks to funding from the Arts Council, and Central Station in Newcastle is set to undergo an £8m refurbishment.

Also, the recession has produced more start-up businesses than before the financial crisis. This can be explained by the fact that, following redundancy or wage limitations, people chose to set up their own businesses and go it alone, which could help to pull the country out of recession at the end of the day.

Many new businesses have moved into city centres in recent months, and this can be clearly seen from the report. The UK has recently narrowly avoided falling back into a triple-dip recession, and the latest findings for Q1 of 2013 could show hope for the future of the country’s economy.

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The awards have been created to specifically recognise those ladies in The North West who are inspiring others by successfully running their own businesses or are at the forefront of their profession.

Eva celebrates these ladies, who our championing entrepreneurial growth in our region and recognises the efforts they have made to start and develop businesses whilst facing challenges along the way.

This will be the third year the awards have been held and this year there will be 12 awards ranging from New Business to Young Entrepreneur and Inspirational Woman of the Year.

The website www.enterprisevisionawards.co.uk is now open for nominations, the interviews will be held at the Evans Easyspace Offices in August and the award ceremony will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool on Friday 4^th October.

The photograph shows Coral Horn and Rae Stephenson Launching the Awards.

London has become one of the world’s biggest cities for business and is mainly a focal point for investment, law and accountancy companies. Some areas of the city are very media based and are popular with art and creative-based companies.

Because there are a wide range of different industries that are based in London, the demand for office space is outrageously competitive, and there are many desired serviced offices in prime locations that get scooped up as soon as they come onto the market.

London is a popular city for tourists and it is an easy city to travel to, making it a great place to have business meeting and events. London is famous for being home to the West End, having designer stories, 5* restaurants and amazing hotels.

The capital city can be glamorous and chic at the same time, along with being very accommodating to the thousands of people around the world that travel to the city for business and pleasure. The need for London office space has increased since London’s popularity has increased over the last decade and still continues to grow each year.

Getting from A to B in London really isn’t a problem. There are so many different transport options in central London that you’ll find it easy moving around the city. This is definitely one of the best things about working in the centre of the city – it’s easy to get around.

There are many opportunities available for you to rent office space in London. But we suggest that you find your perfect location and serviced office quickly, as we predict that there won’t be a lot left to choose from in the near future!

Founded round a kitchen table, it has since spawned events all over the Queens Award of Enterprise for International Trade – one of the country’s most sought after business accolades.

This festival of books and debate attracts international writers and thinkers, politicians and environmentalists in a relaxed by cerebral atmosphere by day, but lets its hair down each evening with comedians and musicians. This year Miranda Hart, Dara O’Briain, Alan Davies, KT Tunstall, Cerys Matthews, Christy Moore and Seth Lakeman are evening headliners.

The wider economic benefits of the festival is felt across Herefordshire by local businesses as the event sells over 200,000 tickets to visitors and what started off on a very small scale has now moved to a site on the edge of the town with its sea of marquees. Combines with the towns dozens of second hand bookshops Hay has become arguably one of the finest destinations in the world for book lovers.

The 2013 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts run from May 23^rd to June 2^nd.