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John Finley talking on video
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‘FANTASTIC’ SAYS FINLEY
Finley Structures boss John
Finley says Aycliffe Business Park
now looks “fantastic” after some
great work done over the last 12
months.
The Aycliffe Business Park
Community (ABPC) celebrated its
first birthday with a special event at
the Xcel Centre on January 31.
Mr Finley, who
sits on the ABPC
steering group, was
tasked with trying to
get areas of the park
spruced up as land
owners
bickered
over who should
do it.
He
met
with
Gordon
Wooding
from Durham Tees Valley Probation
Trust early last year about how the
organisation might be able to help.
As a result, the unpaid unit of
the Trust has been carrying out
work in various areas of the park –
mowing grass that had been left for
a number of years and cutting back
overgrown trees, all at no cost to
tenants.
The work is a fine example of
some of the progress the ABPC
steering group has made in the last
year.
Talking on Video to Aycliffe Today,
Mr Finley said: “You’ve just got to
drive down Whinbank Road to see
the difference.
“The Probation Service has done
a fantastic job, and I’d like to thank
them for it.
“There are areas of the business
park wh