NEWS
MAKING
Tees publishers expand as they move to
Bolckow and Vaughan’s former home
HISTORY
Resolution – the publishing team outside
their new home in Middlesbrough.
The publishers of Tees Business have
expanded to larger offices, moving into the
historic home of Middlesbrough’s founding
fathers.
Resolution Media and Publishing has taken
three offices on the first floor at Plenary
BV House in Queen’s Square – formerly Cleveland
Buildings and home to Teesside’s pioneering
ironmasters, Henry Bolckow and John Vaughan,
between 1841 and 1860.
The move comes after Resolution appointed
new sales manager Chris Garbutt just before the
Covid-19 outbreak (see pages 82-83 to read more
about Chris).
Resolution directors Dave Allan and Martin
Walker – who have been working hard to increase
Tees Business’s digital presence during the
pandemic – are hopeful they can still press on with
their growth plans.
Dave said: “We’re facing uncertain times and
Resolution isn’t without its challenges as we try to
navigate our way through the aftershock of the
pandemic.
“But we remain committed to our growth plans
and this is a statement of our intent to continue
building on the work of the last five years.
“We’re delighted and very proud to be moving
and expanding into such an iconic and historic
building.
“We’d also like to thank Chris Preston and his
team for their fantastic support over the years
we were based across the road at equally historic
buildings, Boho Four.”
Middlesbrough’s oldest building on the north
side of the A66, Plenary BV House – also known as
Boho Seven – includes the saloon room fireplace
from the ocean liner Aquitania, which was scrapped
in Faslane, Scotland, in 1950.
Occupied by accountants Gilchrist Tash before
Plenary bought it in 2011, the imposing building has
three floors and a cellar, complete with old safe
room where valuable documents were once kept.
Of the 6,500 square feet of office space, most of
it is rented out, with tenants including brand agency
Better and Plenary’s sister company, FNVI.
Resolution non-executive director Bob Cuffe said:
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