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WELCOME
Middlesbrough is everywhere
GUEST FOREWORD by John McGee ,
Managing director , Durata
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE OF TEES BUSINESS :
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BUSINESS BUZZ Award-winning columnist Harry Pearson explains that while an eye-catching name can get your business plenty of attention , it could also bury you
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THE TEES FACTOR Fleet Factors won the Tees Business of the Year title at the inaugural Tees Business Awards . Peter Barron meets managing director Joe Hunter and his team to discover the company ’ s special ingredient
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TEES UP ! Super-hot curries and Polish beers . We find out more about Grant Glendinning , CEO of the Education Training Collective
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TEES BUSINESS AWARDS All the highlights from the inaugural awards in our special supplement
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ON THE RIGHT TRACK Why outstanding rail links are key to AV Dawson ’ s Port of
Middlesbrough ambitions
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TEES TALK With so many exciting developments currently underway in the Tees region , we asked local business leaders what they think is the most exciting local development
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Middlesbrough is everywhere . It ’ s a phrase that the brilliant local artist Mackenzie Thorpe came out with when speaking at the inaugural Tees Business Awards .
What better place to start this foreword than by reflecting on Mackenzie ’ s comment during a fantastic night at Hardwick Hall ?
You can read more about the relevance of that on pages 108-109 , as part of the Durata feature , but from a personal point of view , it was just fantastic to hear someone held in such high regard speak so positively about the area and the business community in this neck of the woods .
And from a business perspective , it was brilliant to have been at the event as sponsors of the Green Innovation
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Award ( something close to our hearts ) that was won by Scott Bros . Congratulations to all the winners and those shortlisted , who you can read more about in the awards supplement from page 33 .
At Durata , we want to be at the forefront of the drive to ensure Teesside remains a global player on the industrial stage . We want to work closely with the area ’ s rich steel and industry heritage and transfer it on to the digital age . We want to produce modular data centres and deliver them around the world .
But rather than do it all by ourselves , we want to collaborate with Teesside ’ s great logistics and freeport to ensure Durata and the area thrives for years to come . After all , Middlesbrough is everywhere .
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