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Dozens of companies from the
region attended the latest news
and networking event, organised
by Aycliffe Business Park
Community (ABPC).
Events on Aycliffe
Business Park
The event, sponsored by IT firm Razorblue
and held at the Xcel Centre, was open to
businesses from the region to attend, with
more than 50 people taking advantage of
networking opportunities as well as two
useful presentations.
Jonathan Gamblin, from the Department
for International Trade (DIT), spoke to
attendees about the benefits of exporting,
while Razorblue boss Dan Kitchen gave
more details about his firm’s new high-speed
internet solution for the business park.
ABPC board member Rachel Townsend
Green also gave an update on a new website
for the business park which is currently being
constructed.
Board chair Kerina Clark said: “We were
delighted with the turn-out for our ever-
popular news and networking event and we
hope all attendees took something beneficial
from it.
“There’s also a lot of work going on
behind the scenes. The ABPC board is
meeting every month and, a year after being
formed as a limited company, we’re hopeful
that some of our project work will come
to fruition very soon with some exciting
developments.
“Of course, we’re always looking for new
ideas and ways of improving what we do so
we always encourage businesses to get in
touch with their suggestions.”
Aycliffe Business Park is the biggest single
employment area in County Durham and
one of the largest business parks in the UK.
Spread across 400 hectares, it is home to an
estimated 500 companies and around 10,000
employees.
ABPC was officially formed in summer
2016 with the main aim of helping companies
increase their profile on the business park
and to showcase their services locally, while
also increasing engagement with each other.
• The next event open to all is a relaunch
event, due to be held at the Xcel Centre on
Friday September 8, from 9am (see pages
10-11 for more details).
More information and contact details
can be found at aycliffebusinesspark.co.uk