County Durham's highly diversified economic base, a mix of inward investors and indigenous businesses, includes precision manufacturing, components electronics, advanced materials, automotive, consumer electronics, IT, pharmaceuticals, plastics and biotechnology. The County has proved consistently popular with investors from elsewhere in the UK as well as from the Far East, the US, Scandinavia and mainland Europe.

County Durham is becoming one of the fastest growing knowledge economy locations in the UK. With NETPark at the forefront of the revolutionary new plastic electronics technology, the world market is recognising County Durham as a player in the fields of science, engineering and technology.

Next > Finance