Tees Business Tees Business Issue 14 | Page 4

4 | Tees Business Tees Business 3rd Birthday Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough FC Tees mayor Ben Houchen led business leaders from across the region in backing the Tees Business campaign of #TalkingUpTeesside during a major event at Middlesbrough FC’s Riverside Stadium. Houchen spoke to 80 Tees business leaders at an event organised by Tees Business to mark three years of the Tees region’s business magazine Talking Up Teesside. He was joined on a business panel by Wilton Engineering’s Bill Scott, Sharon Lane of Tees Components and Vikki Jackson-Smith of J&B Recycling. Winning Locally, Going Global STEM Centre, Middlesbrough College The Tees region has world-beating companies along with the skills and expertise to continue to grow its central role in the booming offshore wind sector. That was a key message from former energy minister Sir Michael Fallon as he launched a major new report on the UK’s offshore wind projects. Commissioned by Bill Scott of Port Clarence-based Wilton Engineering, the report – Winning Locally, Going Global – was launched to a full house at the Middlesbrough College STEM Centre.