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Durham Lifting

Industrial Β· Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

AI Readiness Certificate

Independently assessed by Code Inclusive
AI Readiness Score
78 / 100
Leading
πŸ… AI Readiness Leader
Company:
Durham Lifting
Location:
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Sector:
Industrial
Assessment date:
30 October 2026
Reference:
CI-AI-2026-825348
Directory Status:
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Executive Business Summary

Current score
78/100
AI readiness
Leading
AI visibility
High
Local discoverability
Low
Improvement potential
High

This business has several strong foundations for AI-powered search, but our assessment identified areas preventing AI systems from understanding the organisation as confidently as they could.

AI Readiness Benchmark

Independently assessed

The highest score among Industrial businesses assessed.

Durham Lifting scores the same as or higher than 100% of assessed businesses in its sector.

Industrial

Sector Β· 429 businesses assessed
Rank 1 of 429
Durham Lifting
78Average
38Top score
78

Yorkshire

Region Β· 7,420 businesses assessed
Rank 29 of 7,420
Durham Lifting
78Average
39Top score
89
All bars run from 0 to 100.

Compared against businesses in the UK AI Readiness Index, not every business in the sector.

AI Search Readiness Score

Technical crawlability & indexability10/10
AI crawler accessibility5/8
Entity identification & business clarity8/12
Structured data quality8/12
Content answerability11/12
Topical depth & expertise9/10
Geographic & local relevance9/10
Trust, authority & verification7/10
Technical performance & user experience3/8
AI discoverability & machine comprehension8/8
Overall78/100

AI Business Profile

Business name
Durham Lifting
Sector
Industrial
Location
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Geographic coverage
Middlesbrough, Teesside, North Yorkshire
Customer profile
Businesses and organisations in and around Middlesbrough, Teesside, North Yorkshire looking for a trusted provider of industrial services.
Primary services identified
Proof Load Testing ServicesLOLER Inspections and Thorough ExaminationProof Load Testing Services UKTesting ServicesCustom SolutionsDNV Type Approved Modular Spreader Beams

AI systems currently have good confidence understanding this business, with some gaps that limit full confidence.

How AI Currently Sees This Business

AI confidently understands
  • This business operates in the Industrial sector.
  • This business serves customers in Middlesbrough.
  • This business offers proof load testing services.
  • This business offers LOLER inspections and thorough examination.
AI is less certain about
  • robots.txt does not name any AI crawler individually β€” they are only covered by the catch-all rule.
  • No company registration number is published, so the business cannot be matched to a public register.
  • The contact details in the structured data do not match the ones shown on the page.
  • 2 of 18 images declare their size, which prevents layout shift.
  • No FAQ markup that an AI system could quote directly was found.
  • No usable geographic coordinates are published.

Key Issues Identified

High Priority
Your robots.txt does not name the AI crawlers individually
A technical barrier is limiting how AI crawlers reach this site.
High Priority
Your company registration number is not published
An improvement opportunity was identified.
High Priority
Your structured data carries no phone number or address
The site’s machine-readable business data is incomplete.
High Priority
Your images do not declare their dimensions
Medium Priority
Your questions and answers are not marked up as an FAQ
Common customer questions are not answered directly on the site.
Medium Priority
Your premises coordinates are not published

Improvement Potential

Current score
78
Potential to improve visibility
High

We have identified 12 actions that could strengthen this website's AI readiness.

4
High-priority issues
3
Medium-priority issues
5
Low-priority issues

Improvement Roadmap

Your complete roadmap has been generated.

  • Detailed technical recommendations
  • Structured-data implementation guidance
  • Entity improvements
  • Content recommendations
  • Trust-signal improvements
  • AI crawler recommendations
  • Prioritised implementation order
  • Where the biggest visibility gains are

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About

Durham Lifting provides lifting solutions including proof load testing, lifting equipment inspections, and crane services. They are based in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, and serve various sectors including offshore and manufacturing.

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

Services

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

Proof Load Testing ServicesLOLER Inspections and Thorough ExaminationProof Load Testing Services UKTesting ServicesCustom SolutionsDNV Type Approved Modular Spreader BeamsActionBespoke test arrangements

Service areas

Detected from the business’s website during the assessment.

MiddlesbroughTeessideNorth Yorkshire

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