Aycliffe Today Business Aycliffe Today Issue 44 | Page 32

POWER OF
OPTIMISM
Launch – those who featured as
part of the launch of This Is Tees
Valley were (left to right) Stephen
Elliott (Endeavour Partnership),
Tony Burgess (Eastern Airways),
Martin Walker (Resolution
Publishing), Bob Cuffe (Resolution
Publishing), Ben Houchen (Tees
Valley mayor), Dave Allan
(Resolution Publishing), Zoe Lewis
(Middlesbrough College), Frans
Calje (PD Ports) and Bill Scott
(Wilton Engineering).
More than 300 business leaders attended one of the region’s biggest
ever networking events as the Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen
welcomed a new magazine promoting the region.
R
esolution Media and Publishing – the
sister company to Aycliffe Business
publishers Mantis Media – launched their
new national publication, This Is Tees
Valley, earlier this year.
A new publication – created by Aycliffe Business
founder Martin Walker and his Resolution
business partner Dave Allan – This Is Tees Valley
is aimed at endorsing businesses, investment
opportunities, skills, lifestyle, people, tourist and
living destinations in the area.
It was launched at Teesside International Airport
during an event attended by more than 300 people,
including several Aycliffe businesses as well as
Sedgefield MP Paul Howell, whose constituency
includes the airport.
Martin, whose Aycliffe Business magazine
provided the blueprint for this and other
Resolution publications, said: “We’re incredibly
proud of This Is Tees Valley, with many months of
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hard work coming to fruition.
“It was fantastic to see so many people join us
for the launch event, the positivity in the room was
palpable and the response on social media during
and after the event has been brilliant.
“We’re now working hard to get the magazine
circulated to the right areas and getting it under
the noses of the right people across the whole of
the UK.
“We’re investing a lot of money in the circulation
of This Is Tees Valley, including investing in a
national mailing list of investment companies,
pension investment funds and commercial
property agents around the country, showing them
what the region has to offer.”
Supported by Tees Valley Combined Authority,
the magazine will be distributed nationally and
carried on all Eastern Airways flights to and from
Teesside for the next year.
Mayor Houchen was on a five-strong panel