Sponsored by Atomix Educational Trust
JOB CREATION
LARGE BUSINESS( MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYEES)
FINALIST
Paralloy
Billingham
Jobs boost – Atomix Educational Trust’ s Noel Dennis presents the trophy to Rebecca Fortune of Cavendish Northern.
WINNER
Cavendish Northern
143 jobs created( 94 % growth) Proud to be Teesside-based and poised for further growth. Cavendish Northern is a pipework and mechanical installation factory operating from a state-of-theart head office and fabrication facility in Billingham.
After nearly doubling its workforce in one financial year from 152 to 295, it was a deserving winner of the Job Creation Large Business category.
And after accepting the award, HR business partner Rebecca Fortune told the audience that a shift in recruitment strategy was paying dividends.
She said:“ We’ ve recently taken on quite a lot of projects. We’ ve changed our whole recruitment strategy as well, so when we’ re advertising for vacancies, we’ re seeing a much larger number of people applying, making it a lot easier for us to recruit.”
Rebecca said the firm’ s main business was providing pipefitters, welders, platers and riggers to help clients progress their projects and complete them.
And hopes are high there’ ll be more good news soon. She added:“ I can’ t say too much but there are things on the horizon – we’ re hoping it’ ll be a lot more.“ We’ re still growing – it’ s very up and down because it depends on what projects there are in the local area, but it does seem like work is picking up on Teesside.”
And she says Cavendish is a proudly Teesside firm, with many of the current workforce from the area.
She added:“ It’ s great to get this award because it shows that everyone’ s hard work is paying off.
“ Everyone works so hard to keep winning more projects and grow the business, so it’ s nice to show that all the hard work is getting somewhere.”
56 jobs created( 14 % growth) Specialist materials and engineering company Paralloy employs more than 460 people at sites in Billingham and Middlesbrough as part of its 1,000-strong European workforce.
A world-class manufacturer of centrifugallyspun static cast steel and nickel-based items, its products are used to drive the modern world – from power generation and transportation to manufacturing and critical chemical industries.
And it not only invests heavily in its own staff’ s development through“ on the job” training or supporting them through courses, it develops engineers of the future through its apprenticeship scheme – an approach that has earned it gold standard accreditation from apprenticeship hub Next Gen Makers.
FINALIST
Prestige Care Group
Ingleby Barwick
72 jobs created( 18 % growth) A growing Care Quality Commission( CQC)- registered organisation, Prestige Care Group has built an impressive reputation for excellence in the care sector throughout the North-East over the past 25 years.
Chaired by Raj Singh, it’ s a business where all of its nearly 500 staff strive to deliver the highest-quality care standards in a range of centres across the region, including Middlesbrough, Redcar, Darlington, Hartlepool, Bedale and Ingleby Barwick.
Its commitment to creating a“ home from home” for residents and their families is paramount, but the group has also been at the forefront of investment and building within the sector, creating a legacy of better caring environments for generations to come.
SPONSOR’ S MESSAGE:
Dr Noel Dennis, director of business development, Atomix Educational Trust All the organisations in this room are doing far more than creating jobs – you are closing the skills gap, you’ re helping to place Tees Valley on the international stage and you are shaping the workforce that will power our region forward for generations to come. This is about you – it’ s about celebrating the extraordinary commitment you’ ve shown to growth – not just your own, but the growth of the people you employ, the communities you serve and the future of this region.
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