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BUSINESS DIARY
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When: Tuesday November 19, 2013
(8.30-10.30am)
DRIVER HIRE ON RIGHT TRACK
AFTER TWO STRONG YEARS
A local franchise of a national
company based in Newton Aycliffe
is quickly exceeding expectations
after seeing turnover jump by 40
per cent in its first two years.
Lisa Fleming bought the DL franchise for
Driver Hire, a national network providing
recruitment services to the transport and
logistics industry, in 2011.
What started out as a sole business with
a small army of drivers has turned into
a four-man office team based at Carlton
House, on Aycliffe Business Park, and
more than 100 drivers on its books.
Driver Hire Darlington now supplies drivers
to around 30 clients in the DL area.
The firm started with an annual turnover of
£220,000 in year ending December 2011
which rose to £240,000 in 2012.
But this year it’s expected to jump to
£380,000 – a rise of 42 per cent – with
owner Lisa saying the firm’s performance
is outpacing its original business plan.
She has already appointed new business
development assistant Joe Carpenter to
her team, while David Symington, who
has been with the company since June
2012, has been promoted to recruitment
consultant manager.
And Lisa plans to create two new jobs
in the next few months to help her
accommodate a growing client base.
“I set the company up as I felt I could
make a real difference to the local
transport and logistics industry, says the
”
ambitious 34-year-old, who’d previously
managed a number of distribution centres
before setting up her own business.
“Having worked in the industry for a lot of
years and after sharing the frustrations of
local firms growing increasingly frustrated
with the poor service offered by other
organisations, I felt I could do a better job
and offer a really top service.
“I started out running it by myself and I’ve
slowly added members of staff as I’ve
gone along.
“We now have four, including myself, and I
want to appoint two new administrators in
the next few months to ease the workload
and to help us expand the business even
further.
”
Any firms or individuals wanting to
know more about Driver Hire and its
services can call David Symington on
01325 314887, or email darlington@
driverhire.co.uk
PIC: Driver Hire Darlington managing director Lisa
Fleming, driver CPT trainer Lee Wilmot, business
development assistant Joe Carpenter and recruitment
consultant manager David Symington.
£8M BIOGAS FACILITY OPENS IN AYCLIFFE
Where: Portland House, Belmont
Business Park, Durham, DH1 1TW
Cost: £12.50 (+ vat)
E: [email protected]
Phone: 0191 375 5700
Inventors wanted!
Does your invention provide a unique
solution to a real problem? Is your
invention better than any existing
products? Does your invention have a
large potential market?
Innovators and inventors are invited to
attend free events that will we provide
the information, resources, and contacts
necessary to get your invention in the
hands of these important people.
When: Friday November 15
(10am-12noon)
Where: Business Factory, North
Tyneside Business Centre, Howard
House, North Shields, NE30 1NT
Cost: Free
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 0191 605 3110
Aycliffe Business Park
Social Night
The Aycliffe Business Park steering group
has organised its first social event!
When: PM, Wednesday December 4,
2013
Where: Planet Leisure
Cost: £13 per person (includes bowling
and food)
For more details, email us and
we’ll forward you details:
[email protected]
Christmas Party Night
Book your places now for a fantastic
Christmas Party night with a difference!
To include entertainment, choice of hot
and cold buffet and dessert. Individual and
block bookings accepted.
A new state-of-the-art food waste plant
has opened in Newton Aycliffe, which will
serve the North-East’s need to recycle
food waste and create renewable energy.
to create the technologically advanced
facility.
When: Friday December 6, 2013
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01325 787310
Emerald Biogas has completed its new
anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, which
is now ‘open for business’ and the first
facility of its type in the region to begin
operating.
Over the past 12 months the building
programme has progressed on schedule.
The successful installation of the
combined heat and power (CHP) system
and other plant equipment has enabled
the testing phase to be completed on
time and the plant is now processing food
waste and creating energy.
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