Darren Pavan , managing director at Jet Aire Services .
AYCLIFFE ‘ BLITZ ’
Drainage firm encouraged by business park campaign
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UK drainage specialist which relocated to a new base in Darlington earlier this year has been encouraged by the response from a recent ‘ Blitz Day ’ in Aycliffe .
Jet Aire Services moved into premises in Red Barnes Way back in January , but despite having a healthy bank of customers across the UK their sales team have recently stepped up their efforts to secure more local work .
A recent visit to Aycliffe Business Park resulted in some encouraging conversations for Jet Aire ’ s BDMs , and the company picked up contracts to carry out Preventative Planned Maintenance on various sites in the area .
Darren Pavan , managing director at Jet Aire Services , said : “ A strong period of growth over the last couple of years led to us relocating from Middlesbrough to larger premises in
SARA DAVIES CELEBRATES INSPIRATIONAL ENTREPRENEURS
Newton Aycliffe ’ s Dragons ’ Den star Sara Davies MBE joined 99 North- East entrepreneurs to celebrate the creation of 99 new jobs and 58 new , high growth businesses in the region .
Graduates of the High Potential Startups business accelerator programme – delivered by the North East Local Enterprise Partnership ( North East LEP ) – the entrepreneurs joined Sara at a celebratory event , at Crowne Plaza Newcastle , with members of the wider North-East business and startup community .
Of the pre-start entrepreneurs that joined the programme in the thick of the pandemic , 25 have already begun trading and a further 33 have incorporated new businesses .
Darlington at the start of 2022 .
“ We have a strong customer base across the UK , but we felt there was a lot of untapped potential right on our doorstep so the sales team cleared their diaries and did some old-fashioned meet and greets across Aycliffe Business Park .
“ We had a fantastic response , and we have picked up work as a direct result of the Blitz Day .”
The PPM offered by Jet Aire Services gives businesses the opportunity to have their drainage networks surveyed two or three times a year , and any issues which are identified can be rectified before they escalate into costly and disruptive issues .
For more information about Jet Aire Services , visit www . jetaire . co . uk .
Sara Davies with Ammar Mirza , from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership , and accelerator programme graduates .
To date , the new businesses have generated £ 2.7m in turnover and created 99 new jobs across the region .
Sara – founder of Aycliffe-based Crafter ’ s Companion – said : “ As someone who has started and grown a business from scratch , I know how long and difficult the journey can be .
“ It ’ s been so inspiring to meet the High Potential Startups entrepreneurs and hear how the programme has helped them build their own high growth businesses .
“ Encouraging and nurturing business startups is vital for a growing economy , so it ’ s great to see my home region flying the flag for entrepreneurship . I wish every single business all the success for the future .”
PUT YOUR BUSINESS ‘ ON THE MAP ’!
Having taken on a consultancy role for Aycliffe Business Park Community last summer , it ’ s already approaching a year since I was handed the role .
We ’ ve seen lots of progress in that time and it ’ s encouraging to see more companies getting involved in ABPC initiatives .
My main objective was to increase engagement with ABPC – with firms across the business park – and of all shapes and sizes .
We wanted to get more of the park ’ s residents to register for ABPC ’ s free online directory and , crucially , get more people to attend our regular news and networking meetings .
After a few months , with increased engagement , we then embarked on relaunching the Make Your Mark Awards , and we ’ re all looking forward to seeing them come to fruition on May 20 .
Soon after the awards – as well as telling all the brilliant success stories to come from the awards ceremony – we ’ ll be turning our attention back to our ‘ On The Map ’ campaign , which is designed to encourage more engagement online .
We ’ ve seen at least 50 new registrations on the ABPC website directory – including the likes of Gestamp , Hitachi and 3M – as well as dozens of other tenants across the park .
We ’ d encourage all businesses to take the time to register on the directory – it ’ s free and it only takes a few minutes !
Go to aycliffebusinesspark . co . uk / business-directory to find out more .
In the meantime , please do contact me if you have any suggestions about any of our events or initiatives – we always welcome all feedback !
You can email me at martin @ aycliffebusinesspark . co . uk
Martin Walker Aycliffe Business Park Community