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Economists the world-over warned businesses to prepare for ‘a bit of grin and bear it’ as last year came to a close but is it just me who thinks there has been… a lot of unexpected positives?!
Yes, it’s been challenging, especially dealing with rising inflation, the end of EU funding and the ‘death of the workplace’, but as 2023 draws to a close, there still seems to be plenty to cheer. Especially for the BIC, anyway.
Over the last year, we’ve housed more businesses than ever before, we’ve opened a new business centre in Darlington, which is far exceeding our initial expectations, and we have grown our existing business support and start-up programmes.
We also launched new initiatives which saw us engage with even more budding and existing entrepreneurs than ever. Take Veterans RV and Social Boost for example.
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