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Cornerstone cornering
the market for IT
Cornerstone Business Solutions
managing director Chris Petty (centre)
with fellow directors Chris Clark (right)
and John Storey.
T
eesside-based IT experts Cornerstone
Business Solutions have hit the £2m
turnover milestone for the first time after
sealing significant contracts with Spanish
giants Tecnicas Reunidas for the new Tees
Renewable Energy Plant, Durham Tees Valley
Airport and offshore structures giant OSB.
The £650m biomass energy plant at
Teesport, which is creating hundreds of new
Teesside jobs, will provide electricity for
600,000 homes by burning imported wood
chips and pellets.
Recent winners of the Cloud Solution
Provider category in the UK Corporate
Excellence Awards for northern England,
Cornerstone are providing IT support for the
plant, the airport and Port Clarence-based
OSB.
Further contracts have been won
to supply IT services to their Stockton
neighbours, Icon Plastics, and
Middlesbrough-headquartered Punch
Robson Solicitors.
Chris Petty, managing director of the
Stockton firm, says the “significant”
new contract wins will allow the firm to
expand and create more jobs.
He said: “Winning contracts with such
prestigious names is a huge boon for us
and all of the organisations fit well with our
exis ting flagships such as Middlesbrough FC,
TTE, MAP, Camerons Brewery and Endeavour
Partnership.
“I believe this could be the start of
something massive for Cornerstone. The
Teesside market is buoyant right now – better
than I’ve ever known it – so there are plenty
more opportunities for fast-growing firms like
ours.
“We launched Cornerstone during the
credit crunch of 2008 but we’ve remained
stable by focusing on outstanding service.
“Now we’re ready for take-off and a big
push forward over the next two years.”
WYNYARD HOTEL
AND PUB GETS
NOD
Up to 50 new jobs could be created
following the granting of outline
planning permission for a new 99-bed
hotel and pub/restaurant at Wynyard
Business Park.
The new leisure developments, at the
junction of the A19 with the A689, will
serve more than 2,000 office workers
at Wynyard Business Park, 1,500
households in the nearby Wynyard Park
housing development, and 500,000
people who live within 20 minutes’
drive of the location.
The joint venture, between Wynyard
Park and Northumberland Estates
which owns Wynyard Business Park,
is seeking operators for the two
development sites fronting the A689.
Icon Plastics reveals
£600k expansion plans
NEW OFFSHORE WIND
DEALS FOR FRANCIS
BROWN
Fabrication and engineering firm Francis
Brown is making its mark in the global
offshore wind sector following a series of
prestigious contract wins.
Based in Stockton, the company has
successfully secured contracts with major
fabrication specialist BiFab to deliver
boat landing access equipment, subsea
equipment and cable handling deck gear.
Most recently Francis Brown was
commissioned by Ecosse Subsea Systems
to fabricate and install a 700Te carousel
which will be used for the storage of spare
cables for UK offshore windfarm projects.
The company successfully delivered the
project in only 11 weeks.
Icon Plastics, a precision plastic
injection moulding business, is
acquiring a new site in a move that
will reaffirm its position as a market
leader after consistent growth of 20%
year-on-year.
The Stockton-based company has
acquired an additional 10,000 sq ft
factory that sits on a 2.5-acre site
directly opposite its current 36,000 sq
ft premises.
The new site, which is next door to
its current location on Durham Lane
Industrial Park in Eaglescliffe, will be
used to expand its manufacturing and
technical assembly processes within
the business.
Icon has invested £450,000 in
buying this new site and will spend
another £150,000 in refurbishing and
kitting out the factory.
Waste services firm
O’Brien wins Nifco
deal
Automotive firm Nifco UK has partnered
with O’Brien to supply a range of
waste and recycling services across its
Stockton operation.
The deal will see the creation of two
new jobs in the form of O’Brien waste
operatives who will based full time at
the Nifco site.
They will be tasked with segregating
the recyclable waste into different
streams which will then transported
directly to recyclers to be made into
new products.
This move towards a facilities waste
management service is becoming more
popular regionally, as it improves the
quality of waste segregation, saves
valuable headcount and offers increased
recycling rates.
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