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Paul Shackleston ( left ) and Dave Spencer have joined Aycliffe firm Excelpoint as business development managers .
TECH VISIONExcelpoint
Aycliffe tech firm Excelpoint has
appointed two new business development managers to further extend its growth .
Throughout the global pandemic , Excelpoint ’ s team has continued to work from home , supporting customers to efficiently and effectively introduce remote working , enabling workforces worldwide to access central systems and information .
Due to the urgency to transition to homebased working , it deployed software for both new and existing customers at pace and costeffectively .
Excelpoint – usually based at the Work Place on Aycliffe Business Park – has seen demand for business process automation increase significantly in recent years as organisations embrace new digital technologies to achieve efficiencies and costsaving .
Managing Director Ian Brown said : “ Along with the introduction of new technologies to enable home-based working , the last 12 months have seen organisations embrace innovative and efficient ways of operating to prepare for any challenges the future may bring .
“ Our plans ensure we are in a position to support organisations to transition to a new way of working and embrace a digital continues growth with senior appointments
TEKMAR WINS NEW WIND FARM DEAL
Tekmar Energy has won a new contract from cable manufacturer Prysmian Group to supply its Generation 10 TekTube Cable Protection System ( CPS ) for the Neart na Gaoithe ( NnG ) offshore wind farm in the UK .
The 450MW NnG project , jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB , is located in the Firth of Forth , Scotland .
Once complete the project has the potential transformation .”
The two new members of the business development team bring a wealth of sales and account management experience .
With a career spanning 40 years , Dave Spencer has a wealth of business development experience across software , retail , training and education .
Dave has also spent many years on the bench at Teesside Magistrates Court and as an IMB member at HMP Kirklevington prison .
Paul Shackleston has over 30 years of business development experience working in the financial services , photocopiers and document management software , and capital equipment sectors .
The appointment of Paul and Dave will enable further growth for the business and expansion into new markets .
Operating in the fourth industrial revolution – the digital transformation – Excelpoint empowers organisations worldwide to create efficient automated enterprise-wide business systems and workflows .
It is leading the way in the no-code software sector , implementing solutions to realise cost savings , improve efficiency , enhance the customer experience , improve data accuracy , automate management reporting and drive employee engagement .
to generate enough renewable energy to supply power to around 375,000 Scottish homes .
The systems will be delivered in 2021 from the company ’ s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on Aycliffe Business Park , where significant investment has been made to ready the facility for Generation 10 production , which commenced at the beginning of this year .
HOWDENS LANDS IN AYCLIFFE One of the UK ’ s leading trade kitchen suppliers has opened a branch on Aycliffe Business Park .
Howden ’ s , founded in 1995 , provides thousands of products across kitchens , joinery and hardware and has grown from just 14 depots to more than 700 across the UK and Europe .
Their latest store can be found on Durham Way South , next to ROF 59 .
INNOVATIVE FLAGPOLES A Newton Aycliffe firm has launched a new innovation which allows its aluminium flagpoles to be installed onto shipping containers frequently used across construction sites .
The new container flagpoles system is the first of its kind in the UK and enables contractors and housebuilders to make building sites highly visible to visitors and passers-by as soon as work starts and before main site branding is installed .
The innovation has been launched by Newton Aycliffe-headquartered Harrison Flagpoles , based on Grindon Way .
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICE A County Durham project which helps people with disabilities find employment has won multi-million-pound funding to establish its service .
Durham County Council has been successful in its bid for £ 3.6m from the European Social Fund ( ESF ) to set up a new supported employment service for people with disabilities .
The new service , DurhamEnable , will be made up of a team of job coaches who will work one-to-one with people to support and prepare them for secure paid work .
For more information email durhamenable @ durham . gov . uk .
AYCLIFFE BUSINESS The 50th issue of Aycliffe Business will be out in April .
To get involved , call Sharon Hutchinson on 07940 870310 or email sharon @ aycliffetoday . co . uk .
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