Bringing Aycliffe Business Park Together | 13
“We need to make more
businesses on the park
aware of what we are
doing and get them
involved.
”
Kerina added: “The aim of the ABPC is
to provide businesses with a platform
to identify areas, ideas and avenues to
improve their own future prospects.
“We should also see how we can help to
facilitate businesses having a say in the
future of the park itself.
”
Business Durham managing director
Simon Goon will talk to guests at the
event about what he sees as the potential
for growth and how to respond to this.
Simon said that the opportunities for
growth in Newton Aycliffe are “significant”
,
but says local firms have a huge part
to play in building on the park’s recent
success.
NEXT
MEETING
“We see Newton Aycliffe as a fantastic
opportunity, he said. “But we need to
”
explore how businesses can help shape
the future changes, and help maximise the
opportunities for growth.
“The Aycliffe Business Park Community
has provided the platform for engaging
with the business community, we can use
this to start a discussion about the future.
”
But Simon is warning it won’t happen
overnight, and we must first understand
what needs to be done to realise potential.
“The opportunities in Aycliffe are
significant, but we first need to
understand the present before we start to
shape the future, he said.
”
Aycliffe Business Park Community’s
1st birthday event is at the Xcel
Centre from 8am on Friday 31st
January.
To book go to www.aycliffebusinesspark.co.uk
“There are potentially more than 100
hectares of land that could be developed
for business in Aycliffe, but do we have the
capacity for utilities? Do we have enough
skilled people to service new enterprises?
There are a lot of questions that need to
be answered
“We have to develop a longer term
strategy to deliver growth in a planned
way. We have to think logically and
formulate our ideas so when the
opportunity to expand comes, we’re ready,
and we’ll be asking the local business
community if they want to be part of that
process.
”
ABOVE LEFT: ● The Aycliffe Business Park steering
group (left to right): Ebac managing director Pamela
Petty, Finley Structures managing director John
Finley, Xcel Centre manager Kerina Clark, Aycliffe
Fabrications boss Dave Spensley and Au Fait
Marketing managing director Rachel TownsendGreen.
ABOVE: Simon Goon – managing director of
Business Durham will talk to guests at the next
meeting of the Aycliffe Business Park Community
on Friday 31st January