BUSINESS PARK GROUP
CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR
12 | Aycliffe Today Business
By Martin Walker
The Steering Group of Aycliffe
Business Park Community
(ABPC) has set out ambitious
plans for the year ahead as it
gears up for its first birthday.
A special event is being held at the Xcel
Centre on the park, on Friday 31st January
from 8am, to celebrate the group’s first
anniversary.
“Later in the year there will also be an
opportunity for community and voluntary
groups to talk to businesses and explore
areas of mutual benefit.
”
As well as regular news and networking
sessions, with revamped formats, the
Steering Group is also planning a series
of specialist best practice events, where
firms will get a chance to take part in free
seminars staged by local business leaders
on the park.
The Steering Group is also asking local
businesses to engage in feedback and
surveys to enable them to improve future
programmes.
The group has also been boosted with the
addition of a new member – social media
expert and managing director of Au Fait
Marketing, Rachel Townsend Green.
Steering Group chair Kerina Clark, manager
of the Xcel Centre, said: “I think it’s right
to celebrate what has been achieved over
the last year but we also need to look
ahead to the coming year.
“As well as the regular events we’re also
looking to organise a schedule of activities
which will further enhance the links
between businesses and schools.
“A lot of work has already gone into this
- such as the acclaimed Apprenticeship
Awareness Programme, which both