businesses will have the chance to trade and network at a one-day event next month.

Billed as the 'business equivalent of the dating agency,' Networking for Business is designed to promote trade between local companies and help them to find contacts and suppliers.

There will be a 'flip chart swap shop' where exhibitors bring their own flip chart and display what they sell and buy and a 'meet the buyer' event with purchasing managers and buyers from some of the area's largest organisations.

The event takes place from 9.30am on Wednesday, November 6, at the Riverside Suite at Durham County Cricket Club, Chester-le-Street, and is free to County Durham businesses For more details call (0191) 3884488.