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A Brand NEW YOU Bringing Aycliffe Business Park Together | 3 HD Brows Make Up by HD Hair Rehab London Cloud Nine WELCOME Tangle Teezer Beauty Works Halo FOREWORD By Kerina Clark & more Welcome to the 18th edition of Aycliffe Today Business for September-October 2015. at Lox of Love I’m delighted to be writing the guest foreword for the issue which includes details about the second annual Make Your Mark business awards event. Hair Extension Specialists Beauty Room Last year’s inaugural Make Your Mark was a huge success; it was well attended and everyone had a great time. Hair Salon Hair Extensions from £130 Plans for this year’s event in November are well underway and I’m confident it will be bigger and even better than 2014! You can read more about Make Your Mark from Pamela Petty on pages 18-19. Of course, the main aim of Make Your Mark is to celebrate the successes of Aycliffe Business Park companies, and at the moment we have plenty to get excited about. 01325 327362 loxoflove.co.uk Unit 6, Evans Business Centre Durham Way South, Aycliffe Bus. Park Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6ZF welcoming vibrant inspiring These continue to be exciting times. As Hitachi Rail Europe’s new train-making factory opens its doors, construction has started on the new nearby South Durham University Technical College (UTC) - our very own engineering and advanced manufacturing Centre of Excellence. As you drive or walk around other areas of the park, it’s encouraging to see other developments ongoing, buildings rising from the ground and once empty units starting to fill. The confidence and feel-good buzz of Aycliffe Business Park is, I think, exuded in this magazine. It’s full of positive news and continues to make for great reading. In this issue alone, there are interesting stories with Gestamp Tallent, OneGym, AS Training, Stiller Warehousing and Distribution and Whitehead & Low Solicitors, while we also hear from new arrivals Major Recruitment. There are other interesting features with Premo Fabrications and Gregg Little Testing Centre and, of course, we have the fabulous story of the Aycliffe Angels returning to the Royal Ordnance Factory - ROF 59 - on Durham Way South. Working in partnership GEM operates and promotes a partnership working philosophy, which means taking responsibility for our clients’ recruitment and manpower challenges in full, not cherry picking the easy-to-fill roles. Looking for a venue with smart, modern facilities and friendly staff plus great catering all at a reasonable price? The Work Place is the ideal place! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter TRAIN IN COUR G SES ALSO AVAIL ABLE www.gempartnership.com Aycliffe Today Business is Newton Aycliffe’s only Business-toBusiness magazine, distributed across Aycliffe Business Park. We provide companies with a unique platform to tell everyone about their services in what is a classy, business-like magazine as well as a handy reference and marketing tool. We produce 2,500 copies every issue – with an estimated readership of more than 8,000. One copy is mailed direct to every company on our database, currently 250, and the rest are distributed by hand across the park, in hotels and conference centres. Our next issue will be out in November, so get in touch with us if you want to get involved. Our trained journalists can write your copy, while our professional designers can help to put your ads together, so whatever your requirements are, we can help you every step of the way. Aycliffe Today Business… bringing Aycliffe Business Park together! Aycliffe Today Business | www.aycliffetoday.co.uk Enterprise House, The HUB Workspace, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham DL5 6ZE Contributors to this issue: Martin Walker, Kerina Clark, Mike Coates, Phil Wilson MP. Photography: Martin Walker. The Work Place, Heighington Lane, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham, DL5 6AH Phil Wilson welcomes airport plans... Plus, Mike Coates delivers his top 10 banking tips! /06 NEWS Revamped VW campers for sale in Aycliffe! /07 NEWS New scheme puts Aycliffe dad on road to success... /08 GESTAMP TALLENT VIDEO: Apprentices are handed their fulltime contracts in special presentation... /09 ONEGYM One becomes three as gym brothers took to expand again... /10 THE COUNTY Restaurant rooms get £25k boutique boost! /12-13 MAJOR RECRUITMENT Leading recruitment specialist arrives in Newton Aycliffe... /15 STILLER Chair, Aycliffe Business Park Community & Managing Director, Xcel Centre Editor: Martin Walker | Tel: [phone] | Mobile: [phone] Editorial: [email protected] T: 01325 375900 Email: [email protected] Web: www.twpa.org.uk /05 NEWS Kerina Clark Designed by: NEON, www.youareneon.co.uk Newton Aycliffe Office, G29 Evans Business Incubation Centre, Durham Way South, Newton Aycliffe, Co.Durham, DL5 6XP T: 01325 328830 • E: ja [email protected] ROF 59 opens on Aycliffe Business Park... /14 AS TRAINING Published & distributed by : Mantis Media Ltd, www.mantis-media.com • Office Support • Sales and Marketing • Finance • HR /04 NEWS I hope you enjoy this issue, and look forward to seeing you all at the Make Your Mark event in November! AYCLIFFE TODAY BUSINESS The Complete Solution to Make Your Meeting or Conference a Success INCLUDED IN THE SEPTEMBEROCTOBER 2015 ISSUE OF AYCLIFFE TODAY BUSINESS… 150-year-old Bonds up-skill staff thanks to Aycliffe-based trainers... State-of-the-art £1.1m warehouse now open for business... /18-19 MAIN FEATURE Ebac chief Pamela Petty talks about this year’s Make Your Mark awards event... /20 PREMO FABRICATIONS £750k expansion plans bring factory’s seven-year closure to end... /21 GREGG LITTLE TESTING CENTRE G Force gives family garage a new look! /25 AYCLIFFE TODAY We show our support for town’s football club... /27 RAISCO Outer Hebrides and Cornwall jobs take Aycliffe steel firm the length and breadth of Britain... /28-29 VIDEO: ROF 59 Aycliffe Angels return to Royal Ordnance Factory 70 years after the end of World War II... /32-33 COFFEE BREAK Former divisional vice president of Spectrum Brands (UK) Vince Armitage is in the chair... /34-35 BUSINESS DIRECTORY A useful guide to who’s who on Aycliffe Business Park…