Well its a new week and with it, comes a new application window for the Catalyst project. This time it's the window for businesses located in County Durham and Tees Valley.

The window opens tomorrow - Tuesday 27th March at 10:00 - what does this mean?
This means that as of 10:00 tomorrow morning, the application form will be available on this site (accessed under the 'applications' tab above). The form will not available before this time and please DO NOT complete a Tyne & Wear / Northumberland form today as this will not be accepted if your business is not in the Tyne & wear / Northumberland area!

We have no idea how many applications we will receive tomorrow but I should tell you know that when we opened the applications for Tyne & Wear / Northumberland, we received 70 in the first two hours! By the close of business on the second working day we had reached 155!

My recommendation? Complete and return the form as swiftly as possible, just to be on the safe side.

It should really take no more than 5-10 mins to complete. You don't need to know how much your project is going to cost: that comes later. At this stage all we are looking for are some general details about your business so the form has been made as simple as possible. I will stress however that you must make sure you complete all sections and SIGN the form at the end. If forms are received which are incomplete, inaccurate or not signed, we will return them to you and you will be asked to resbumit.

For more details on how to apply, simply go to our applications page.

Good luck!