Durham Business Group

DBC Remo Virtual Networking Event
2020-05-27 15:00 - 16:15 UTC | Online
The next of our virtual events during the current lockdown will be again a networking event in the comfort of your homes, at 3pm on Wednesday 27 May.
For those of you who didn’t join the last events, we are using a fun online platform called Remo, which replicates the experience of a face-to-face DBC event by having members sitting at virtual tables and moving around the room.
It’s easy to use – there’s no software to install, but you do need to create a free Remo account in advance of the event – see below – and make sure that you’re using a compatible device and browser.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registered in advance, follow the link on the confirmation email once you have registered.

DBC Virtual Networking Breakfast with Wynyard Hall
2020-06-05 10:00 - 11:15 UTC
The next of our virtual events will be breakfast networking, at the later time of 10 am, to give us time for breakfast, or bring it with you! As we can’t make it to wonderful Wynyard Hall this month, they will come to us! Alison will be live from their beautiful gardens and farm shop as they re-open.

Remo is easy to use – there’s no software to install, but you do need to create a free Remo account in advance of the event and make sure that you’re using a compatible device and browser.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registered in advance, follow the link on the confirmation email once you have registered.

DBC Remo 'Managing the Return to Work' with Jacksons Law Firm
2020-06-10 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We invite you to another of our virtual Remo networking events, from the comfort of our homes, we will be joined by Paul Clark of Jacksons Law Firm, who will share with us guidance on Managing the Return to Work.
We all want to get our businesses going, however, there is a real risk in ignoring staff concerns or responding to these misguidedly. Paul will look at employers’ obligations and how businesses can manage the return to the workplace, based on existing law and the Covid-19 standards
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registered in advance; you can book your place on Remo here. Don’t forget to register with DBC too!

DBC Member Quiz Night - Round 2
2020-06-18 18:30 - 20:00 UTC
Once again, we are heading over to zoom for an evening of fun, with a brand new set of questions from Quizmaster Colin Elrick of Anglo Scottish Finance. We invite members to battle it out for our top prize, and the prestigious title of DBC quiz champion! Bring your own buffet!
Families welcome to help you through the picture, general knowlege and music rounds.
Please follow the link on the confirmation email to register your place with zoom.

DBC Remo 'Cathedral News'
2020-06-24 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We invite you to another of our virtual remo networking events, from the comfort of your home or office, we will be joined by Olivia Willmore of Durham Cathedral development team, who will share an update on the magnificent work of the cathedral, and its corporate partners.
It’s easy to use – there’s no software to install, but you do need to create a free Remo account and make sure that you’re using a compatible device and browser.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registered in advance, follow the link on the confirmation email once you have registered.

DBC Virtual Breakfast at Ramside Hall
2020-07-03 10:00 - 11:15 UTC
We invite you to another of our virtual breakfast networking events on Remo, at the later time of 10 am on Friday 3 July, to give us time for breakfast, or bring it with you!
As we can’t make our planned visit to the wonderful Ramside Hall, Alison will be live from outside the treehouses, the day before their grand re-opening.
For those of you new to our virtual networking sessions, we are using a fun online platform called Remo, which replicates the experience of a face-to-face DBC event by having members sitting at virtual tables and moving around the room. Remo is easy to use – there’s no software to install, but you do need to create a free Remo account in advance of the event and make sure that you’re using a compatible device and browser.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registered in advance, follow the link on the confirmation email once you have registered.

DBC Meets TWAM Virtual Networking
2020-07-08 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We invite you to another of our Durham Business Club Remo virtual networking events at 3pm on Wednesday 8 July 2020, where we will be joined by Sophia Stovall, Head of Development at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums.
As one of the largest museum groups in the UK, the team at Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums have been working to keep its audiences connected to culture during lockdown, as well as supporting the wider, art, culture and heritage sector at this challenging time.
DBC members will be among the first to hear when TWAM’s four museums, three art galleries, two Roman forts and one archive will reopen.
Sophia will be sharing a snapshot of the cultural landscape across the region and beyond, some of the stories TWAM have shared, and helping you to plan a summer full of culture.

DBC Virtual Breakfast, Remo at Rockliffe Hall
2020-07-23 10:00 - 11:15 UTC
We invite you to the next virtual remo breakfast networking event, as we raise our coffee cups at the later time of 10 am, from the comfort of your own desk.
Alison is on her travels again and will be joining you live from beautiful Rockliffe Hall Hotel. The hotel is to delighted to have reopened its doors and welcome back friends old and new. We will be joined by Angela Lowe of Rockliffe Hall who will share all the news and hotel plans.
Book your place here but don’t forget to also register below and feel free to invite a guest..
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links on the confirmation email, where you’ll find instructions and tips.

DBC Summer Social Virtual Quiz Night
2020-08-11 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
We’re taking another break from our remo networking and heading back over to zoom for our *Summer Social* quiz night.
Quizmaster Colin Elrick of Anglo Scottish Finance has a brand new set of questions, so gather your families to help you through the picture, general knowlege and music rounds.
With a few extra surprises thrown in, as we raise a glass to our Summer Social 2020, certainly one to remember!
Hope you can join us for a fun evening as we invite members to battle it out and join Claire Simmons of New College Durham and Andrew Fox of SOS, with the title of DBC quiz champion.
Please follow the link on the confirmation email to register your place with zoom.

DBC Virtual Breakfast Remo at Radisson Blu Durham
2020-08-27 10:00 - 11:15 UTC
We invite you to the next virtual remo breakfast networking event, as we raise our coffee cups at the later time of 10 am, from the comfort of your own desk. Alison is on her travels again and will be joining you live from the beautiful Radisson Blu Hotel, in the heart of Durham.
We will hear all the exciting news and plans, since the hotel opened it’s doors to guests old and new just over two weeks ago.
Book your place here but don’t forget to register below and feel free to invite a guest.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2020-09-16 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We invite you to the next virtual networking event, with a new remo room layout, pull up a virtual chair on our tables for two. Do we still call it speed networking when having conversations from the comfort of your own desk?
Well get ready to make some great connections, there will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.
Don’t forget to register below and feel free to invite a guest.

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Virtual Networking Breakfast Remo at Redworth Hall Hotel
2020-09-30 10:00 - 11:15 UTC
We invite you to the next virtual remo breakfast networking event, as we raise our coffee cups from the comfort of your own desk. Alison is on her travels again and will be joining you live from the beautiful Redworth Hall Hotel, showcasing their wonderful addition of a tipi.
Following an extremely busy Summer of celebrations and staycations, we will hear from Teresa Nicholas about their exciting news, events and future plans.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2020-10-14 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
Following the success of our last event, we invite you once again to pull up a virtual chair on our tables for two. In the new remo room layout, great connections were made, like speed networking without the running around!

There will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Virtual Breakfast, Remo at Lickety Split Durham
2020-10-22 10:00 - 11:15 UTC | Lickety Split, New Ferns Park, Belmont Business Park, Durham, DH11GG, United Kingdom
It’s been six long months since our last physical event, and physical it was indeed, as we trampolined at Infinite Air. Austin and team have worked hard to reopen safely, and I can’t wait to pop into Lickety Split for breakfast.
We hope you can join us virtually, and we promise, as soon as we’re able we can all enjoy ice cream for breakfast once again.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2020-11-12 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We invite you once again to pull up a virtual chair on our tables for two and will be joined by Employment Law specialist, Graham Shannon of EMG Solicitors. In these uncertain times, Graham will discuss the workplace challenges of Covid and dealing with employees fears.
There will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links on the confirmation email where you’ll find instructions and tips.
The waiting room will be open directly before the event, from 2.30 pm, where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Positive Vibes Remo Networking Breakfast
2020-11-26 10:00 - 23:15 UTC
For our final breakfast of 2020, and as we approach the festive season, we invite you to join us and bring some good news.
Let’s face it, many of us may have lost our mojo at some point this year, but we keep smiling and would love to spread some positivity around the virtual Remo tables. Mirroring the positive energy that we see each week at our #NetworkNorthEast Twitter hour, we’re sure we can all find a piece of good news to share, to give us all a boost, while networking from the comfort of our home or office.
After the event, we’ll share your good news and photos on our social media too – under the hashtag #DBCPositiveVibes – to help spread the positive vibes far and wide, and give our members and guests a welcome shout-out!
Given that we’re in lockdown, Alison won’t be on her travels to a member venue this time, and although DBG’s Portland House HQ is very much open for business, she will be joining you from home – but cannot promise to have the Christmas decorations up quite yet!
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email, where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

Durham Business Group Annual General Meeting & Virtual Zoom to Beamish Museum
2020-12-08 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Beamish museum, Beamish, Durham, DH9 0RG, United Kingdom
The Annual General Meeting of Durham Business Group (NE) Ltd will be held on Tuesday 8th December 2020 as a virtual Zoom event.
The meeting is open to all DBC members and clients of Durham Office Services only. You are requested to log in between 12.00 and 12.10 pm for a prompt start at 12.15 pm.
At the end of a very different year, and due to the current restrictions, we are unable to invite you to enjoy lunch together. However, once the formalities are over, we will be Zooming live to Beamish Museum to meet a special guest.
Father Christmas will be joining us live from his festive Edwardian cottage at Beamish Museum.
The DBG Christmas raffle tickets are now on sale, in support of Beamish Museum, who have had to close their doors far too often during 2020, their Golden Jubilee Year. Tickets are £5 each or £20 per strip, some amazing prizes to be won, kindly donated by member businesses, and will be drawn at The Executive Group virtual lunch on 10th December.
Colleagues are welcome, so go on bring your office party to zoom, raise a glass, or coffee cup, to celebrate the festive season, and getting your business through this year, an achievement for all of us! Christmas jumpers, ties, hats optional, but very welcome.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2021-01-19 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
Welcome to 2021, a very special 40th year of DBG! We would love to be kicking off with our January Member Showcase, and look forward to welcoming you to it, and the many other events we have lined up, as soon as we are able.
We’ve been lucky to hold networking events online with the remo.co virtual platform, which replicates the experience of a face-to-face DBC event by featuring interesting short presentations and member announcements, while also having members sitting at virtual tables and moving around the room!
We invite you once again to pull up a virtual chair on our tables for two, share your ambitions for the year ahead, and get your business off on the right foot, meeting members and guests, new and old.
Don’t forget to register below and feel free to invite a guest.

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 2.30 pm where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Remo Virtual Networking Breakfast
2021-02-04 10:00 - 23:15 UTC
For our first DBC Breakfast of 2021, we invite you to pull up a virtual chair on our Remo tables.
With another lockdown underway, the year has not got off to the best start – however, this means that the need to look forward and pull together is stronger than ever.
Networking can give us all a boost, and during these winter days where better to do that than from the comfort of our home or office?
Given that we are in lockdown, Alison won’t be on her travels to a member venue this time, and although DBG’s Portland House HQ is very much open for business, she will be joining you from home.

DBC 'Table for Two' Matchmaker Networking
2021-02-16 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
We hope you can join us at our virtual tables for two, as it’s Valentines week, we will throw in some matchmaking, in the business sense of course.
Here’s our matchmaker winners of 2020 right before we enjoyed supper in New College Durham’s Bistro 1819, though this year we will make the best of lockdown, and invite you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home or office.

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 2.30 pm where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC 'A Vaccine for your Business' with 'The Other' Michael Jackson
2021-03-09 15:00 - 16:15 UTC
Once again we invite you to pull up a virtual chair on our Remo tables, we’re very excited to introduce international guest speaker and Global Conference expert ‘The Other’ Michael Jackson
‘Your business needs a shot in the arm as much as you, to allow you to successfully survive and emerge from the current pandemic.

As a specialist speaker on change and strategic disruption, dealing with businesses globally, Michael Jackson will share his thoughts on what we need to do to regain control of our circumstances. Preparing for an immediate future, he believes, is better than trying to predict one.’
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 2.30 pm where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Remo Breakfast, St Cuthbert's Hospice
2021-03-25 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
Once again we invite you to pull up a virtual chair on our Remo tables, we’re delighted to introduce you to Kay and team St Cuthbert’s Hospice Durham, who are looking forward to virtually welcoming you through their doors.
Although they can’t wait to welcome us back in person, for the time being we are happy with the next best thing! ‘Things have been a little different for us over the last year. We are excited to share with you how we have managed, thanks to our community supporting us every step of the way, and sharing plans for our future and how you can be involved.’

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2021-04-08 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/London)
It’s a milestone we never hoped to see, but here we are one year on, we’re so thankful to our members who have embraced our virtual events, and hope it won’t be too much longer until we can meet in person.
Following the Easter break, we invite you to pull up a virtual chair, as we return to our remo tables for two.
More great connections to be made, there will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Remo Breakfast with EMG Solicitors, No Jab, No Job?
2021-04-29 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
Durham Business Club invites you to pull up a virtual chair on our Remo tables, we will introduce you to Graham Shannon, Employment Specialist at EMG Solicitors, where he will debate the ‘No Jab, No Job’ policy.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2021-05-13 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/London)
With over 700 businesses and guests attending our remo events over the past year, it’s time again to invite you to pull up a virtual chair, as we return to our remo tables for two.
More great connections to be made, there will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.

For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 2.30 pm where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Remo Breakfast introduces Lumiere 2021!
2021-05-26 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
Durham Business Club invites you to pull up a virtual chair on our Remo tables for another networking (bring your own) breakfast. We will introduce Phoebe Light of Artichoke, as we introduce Lumiere 2021! This year more than ever, the Lumiere festival is set to illuminate the city and bring us very welcome light at the end of the tunnel as we look ahead to brighter times.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email. where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC 'Table for Two' Virtual Remo Networking
2021-06-10 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/London)
It’s time again to invite you to pull up a virtual chair, as we return to our remo tables for two, ahead of our first face to face event of 2021 on 22nd June!
More great connections to be made, there will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email, where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 2.30 pm where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Netwalking Breakfast, Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve
2021-06-22 09:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | Durham Wildlife Trust, Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6PU
After 15 long months we’re so excited to meet our members in person!
Join us for a wild breakfast and a wildlife wellbeing walk around Rainton Meadows and Joe’s Pond nature reserves. Find out how Durham Wildlife Trust manage their sites for wildlife, how they educate and engage with their members and what you can do to support reversing ecological decline and conserving wildlife in our region.
Following breakfast at 9 am, we will enjoy a short walk with good paths at a beautiful time of year. However, do wrap up ready for changing weather conditions and wear comfortable footwear. As numbers are limited to 30, with current guidelines and social distancing, we must restrict this event to DBC Members only, on a first come, first served basis, and encourage you to send one member per company. A waiting list will be available and, of course many more events are being planned, while we also continue our online Remo events for those of you who prefer not to venture out just yet.
You can also check out the FAQs we’ve prepared to help answer any queries you might have as face-to-face events make a cautious, but hopefully permanent, return.

DBC Remo Breakfast
2021-07-06 10:00 - 11:15 (Europe/London)
Following our first face to face netwalk in June, we invite you back to the Remo tables for another virtual networking (bring your own) breakfast.
More great connections to be made, there will be a number of table changes, no business cards required, but be ready to introduce your business with your table partners, and to listen and discover members and guests, new and old.
For a smooth experience on the day, it’s worth getting set up and registering with Remo in advance, follow the links above or on the confirmation email where you’ll find instructions and tips, the waiting room will be open from 9.30 am where we can try and help with any technical issues.

DBC Breakfast, The Food Pit Durham
2021-07-27 09:00 - 11:00 (Europe/London) | The Food Pit, 1 Framwellgate Gate Waterside, Durham, DH1 4SJ, United Kingdom
We are delighted to return to The Food Pit, Riverwalk Durham, and see how it has gone from strenght to strength since our last visit in 2019! With a wider range of world food kiosks, a bar and, of course, those views of Durham Castle and Cathedral spectacular as ever.
We will end the event with a guided tour of the fabulous new The Curious Mr Fox
Although we are hopeful restrictions will be lifted by then, for now, we are limiting this event to 30 attendees, members only, on a first come, first served basis. We ask that only one person per company attends, to maximise the number of member businesses that can come along. A waiting list will be available should we be able to increase the number of attendees.
