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Gestamp Tallent Plant
Director Peter Gallone and
Training Controller David
Pearson (right) with timeserved Apprentices Ross
Fahey, Matthew Grimley,
Connor McNulty, Aidan
Spooner, Elliot Coatsworth,
Ben Raper, Charles
Rogerson and Ed Shearer.
OneGym director Paul Pearson, who has
vast experience in the leisure industry
and has worked for former Dragon’s
Den star Duncan Bannatyne.
Gestamp apprentices
handed full-time contracts
Eight Apprentices at Gestamp Tallent have been handed their permanent contracts of
employment during a special presentation at the Newton Aycliffe factory.
Aycliffe's biggest employer also handed
certificates to eight other members of staff
who've completed advanced manufacturing
programmes as part of the firm's efforts to
keep employees fully trained.
Gestamp Tallent takes on at least eight
new Apprentices every year - usually
four tool makers and four maintenance
Apprentices - but in recent years has taken
on as many as 16 a year.
The firm, which currently employs
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