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INCLUDED IN THE JANUARYFEBRUARY 2016 ISSUE OF
AYCLIFFE TODAY BUSINESS…
WELCOME
/04 NEWS
Lox of Love gets national top 10 status...
FOREWORD By Tom Dower
/05 NEWS
Holiways site plans recommended for
approval...
Welcome to the first edition of Aycliffe Today Business
of 2016 – and a Happy New Year to you all.
This is the 20th issue of this magazine and,
although I’m relatively new to Aycliffe Business
Park, I know how well received the publication is
and how many of us look forward to reading the
next instalment. In our busy lives it’s a great way
of finding out about our neighbours.
There’s a lot of news and features packed into
this edition – I hope you enjoy it.
For us at UTC South Durham, 2016 will mark a
very important year. Work started last September
on the building, adjacent to Hitachi’s new factory,
and we are on course to open in September this
year.
For those who aren’t aware, UTC South
Durham will be an engineering and advanced
manufacturing Centre of Excellence, taking in
students at both year 10 and 12 (sixth form), and
will eventually accommodate up to 600 young
people.
Students will study academic subjects (GCSEs
and A-levels) and technical qualifications
(everyone studies Engineering).
Most importantly, we need to give them
experience in businesses so that they can
understand the exciting opportunities in industry
and learn the workplace skills which employers
need.
Our relationships with local businesses are, of
course, very important to us, and I’ve already had
Plus, a column from Fleet Recruitment’s
Neil O’Connor
the pleasure of meeting many here on Aycliffe
Business Park.
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I want to get to know as many as possible, so I
was naturally very delighted to be asked to join
the judging panel for Aycliffe Business Park’s
Make Your Mark business awards competition,
which will be held at the Xcel Centre on 10th
February.
Make Your Mark is a brilliant platform for local
companies of all shapes and sizes to enter
a competition which will raise their profile. I
believe passionately about promoting local
businesses, especially for young people who
are looking for meaningful careers and can be
inspired by the opportunities open to them.
Anti-EU campaign launched on Aycliffe
Business Park...
/08-09 COMMERCIAL
EXPERT
Finance firm expands to new office space
following sales boom...
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Aycliffe construction firm wins turnkey
project to build new Lidl store...
It’s also a great opportunity for us all to get
together, not only as a celebration, but also to
network and get to know each other more in a
social environment.
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