UKSE accommodation helps Tees businesses flourish
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Innovation – UKSE regional manager for the north Sarah Thorpe.
A space to grow your business
UKSE accommodation helps Tees businesses flourish
Businesses across Teesside, from sole traders through to growing SMEs, are finding their long-term homes in UKSE Innovation Centres in Redcar and Hartlepool.
The Innovation Centre at Kirkleatham Business Park in Redcar currently has office and workshop units available, with easy in, easy out terms available, as well as ample free parking and 24 / 7 access.
Units offering the same benefits are also available at the Innovation Centre in Hartlepool, with both locations also including a serviced reception to greet your clients and guests, high-speed broadband and first-class security.
Sarah Thorpe, UKSE’ s regional manager for the north, said:“ One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is seeing new businesses move into our Innovation Centres and growing their businesses from our state-of-the-art facilities.
“ Both our Innovation Centres in Redcar and Hartlepool offer businesses
Interior – inside the Hartlepool Innovation Centre. a space where they can grow, flourish and contribute to the regeneration of our region, within a safe and secure space that feels modern and fresh.
“ There are even gyms on site within both Innovation Centres, which demonstrates UKSE’ s commitment to health and wellbeing within the workplace.”
UKSE, the Tata Steel business support subsidiary, also operates business and innovation centres in Sheffield, Scotland and Wales, so businesses looking to expand out of Teesside can also be accommodated elsewhere in the UK.
Sarah adds:“ Any business looking for a space in which they can operate and develop should consider our Innovation Centres, which offer a range of modern units at competitive rates, close to great transport and road links.”
One growing business which has flourished within the Hartlepool Innovation Centre is Pivotal Sec Plus.
The provider of cash management and ATM services has tripled its office space in Hartlepool with support from UKSE, as it looks to take on more staff, make further acquisitions and operate at a global level.
Pivotal Sec Plus, which provides cash and valuables-in-transit and cash processing, was formerly known as Pivotal but experienced a significant period of growth in October 2024, when it acquired Security Plus + Limited.
The family-run business was operating from a smaller base at the Innovation Centre in Hartlepool, which housed administrative staff looking after operations in the North-East.
However, following its acquisition of Security Plus + Limited, the company went from having about 2,500 clients to 6,000, which led to a need for more space for the team in Hartlepool – and Pivotal Sec Plus tripling its office space at the Innovation Centre.
Julieanne Crawford, head of customer service, said:“ Our new, larger office in UKSE’ s Innovation Centre provides the perfect base for us.
“ It is close to main roads connecting the whole of the North-East and beyond, and it also provides us with high-quality accommodation and facilities.
“ The Hartlepool office is crucial to our business as it houses our customer service and sales team, which had been growing rapidly since the acquisition in 2024, so it is fantastic that we have been able to increase our footprint at the Innovation Centre.”
Pivotal Sec Plus, which enables other businesses to securely transport cash between their premises and their bank, is currently recruiting more sales and customer service staff in Hartlepool.
Sarah said:“ We congratulate Pivotal Sec Plus on the move to bigger premises within our Hartlepool innovation Centre, which reflects their growth and ambition and our ability to meet the needs of growing businesses with the facilities we offer.”
More information about UKSE, including its workspaces and the financial support it offers, is available at ukse. co. uk or call 01642 777 777.
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