THE Northern Defence Initiative (NDI) has established a partnership with development agency One NorthEast, the Derwentside Engineering Forum and the School of Engineering at Durham University to develop a business-to-business website.

The site www.n-e-commerce.com has now gone live.

David Bowles, NDI chief executive, said the development of the website would be crucial to the continued growth and success of member companies.

It includes access to business opportunities, tender support, a bulletin board and a links page to other useful sites.