REDCAR AND CLEVELAND NEWS
New wellbeing hub for Wilton Centre
A business devoted to the physical and mental health of employees has been welcomed to the Wilton Centre .
Darlington-based Corporate Personal Wellbeing has taken over the operation of the centre ’ s wellbeing facilities and extended opening hours to 24 / 7 .
As well as helping clients maintain and improve their physical fitness , the company is focused equally on the mental wellbeing of the 750 staff who work for the 65 businesses based there .
The occupational health company , which employs 16 staff and works with dozens of health care professionals , invited North East Chamber of Commerce chief executive John McCabe to perform the opening ceremony .
Success – Martin Dobson ’ s Steel River Fabrications , set up last year , is going from strength to strength and has taken on a qualified engineer and an apprentice .
FABRICATOR CREATES JOBS WITH INVESTMENT
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Marske engineer who has realised a long-held ambition to run his own business is using a funding package from UKSE to help him take on a qualified engineer and an apprentice , and purchase additional equipment .
Martin Dobson ’ s Steel River Fabrications , set up last year , is going from strength to strength in a workshop near where he completed his own apprenticeship 25 years ago .
“ This investment has come at an important time ,” he said . “ Having taken the plunge and set up Steel River , there has been a real demand for our services from a number of sectors .
“ Contracts have included heavy industrial projects , including the fabrication and installation of structures for the energy sector .
“ We have also created and installed a
Peter Rabbit-themed arch , solar lamps and steel sculptures for the children ’ s area at Redcar Cemetery , which has been a very rewarding job .”
Based on Marske ’ s Longbeck Industrial Estate , Steel River is now growing to meet demand .
Martin began his career with small local fabrication firms before moving on to the steelworks and then the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier in Rosyth and later the offshore sectors .
Peter Taylor , business development manager for UKSE , the Tata Steel businesssupport subsidiary , said : “ UKSE can provide financial packages of up to £ 1m but smaller loans from our Regeneration Fund also play a vital part in helping companies like Steel River Fabrications grow and create jobs .”
Details of UKSE ’ s support for businesses with finance and workspace are available on 01642 777777 and at ukse . co . uk .
Firm lands wind farm cable contract
Award win for principal who helped transform college
Inspiring Women 2023 winners revealed
Inspiring women from across Redcar and Cleveland have been honoured at a special ceremony .
The seventh annual Inspiring Women Awards saw Theresa Cave named winner of the Mo Mowlam Award in memory of the former Redcar MP , sponsored by SABIC .
Theresa , who also won the Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Cygnet Law , has worked tirelessly against knife and violent crime since her son , Chris , was fatally stabbed nearly 20 years ago .
She set up the Chris Cave Foundation charity in her son ’ s name and worked hard to bring the iconic “ Knife Angel ” sculpture to Kirkleatham last year .
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Skelton-based Correll Group has been awarded a contract by Prysmian Group around the installation of 17.5km-long export cables for an offshore wind farm .
Specialising in engineering , installation and maintenance services for the renewable energy sector , Correll will provide support for the pull-in and installation of two 225 kV HVAC export cables to the substation platform for the Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind farm .
Occupying a surface area of 45 sq km , the 448 MW Calvados project is comprised of wind turbines located more than 10km from the Normandy coastline .
The wind farm is being developed by Éolien Maritime France , a joint venture between EDF Renewables and Enbridge .
Redcar and Cleveland College principal Jason Faulkner has been named winner of the UK Education Leadership Award at the Educate North Awards in Manchester .
Taking the helm of the college in 2018 , after a merger with Stockton Riverside College , under Jason ’ s watchful eye the college has undergone a rapid transformation .
Today it is listed as good with outstanding features by Ofsted and recently launched its brand-new Clean Energy Education Hub training facility to meet the demands of renewable and lowcarbon industries .
The awards celebrate excellence , worldclass achievement and improvement across the university , higher education , further education and sixth-form sectors .