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Cornerstone backs first-ever
Tees Businesswomen Awards
Businessman Andy Preston, the well-
known charity leader, is investing £1.25m
with partner Gareth Cherry to transform
an underused Stockton office block into
Teesside’s most prestigious business
location, complete with a private gym, café
and cinema room.
#TalkingUpTeesside
Cornerstone Business
Solutions managing director
Chris Petty (right) with
Tees Business co-editor
Dave Allan, after the
Stockton IT firm agreed to
sponsor the first-ever Tees
Businesswomen Awards.
C
ornerstone Business Solutions has
thrown its weight behind the first-
ever business awards competition for
women by sponsoring one of the categories.
Tees Business will host the Tees
Businesswomen Awards at a glitzy ceremony
in Wynyard Hall’s beautiful Conservatory
Room on November 8.
And Stockton-based Cornerstone, the Tees
region’s leading IT specialists, is one of the
first businesses to back the competition by
sponsoring the Business of the Year category.
The firm’s managing director Chris Petty
said: “We think this is a fantastic idea. It’s
something great for us to get involved with.
“It’s a new awards ceremony, a first for
Teesside to recognise women in the region,
and as the region’s leading IT company it’s
fantastic to get involved.
“We always want to get involved in local
initiatives. We’re from the region, we love
Teesside, so to get involved in things like this
and help to establish other businesses and
people is always good to do.
“I hope the awards will bring more
business-minded local women into the
spotlight and show what can be achieved.”
Category Sponsorship opportunities are
still remaining for other organisations keen to
show their support for successful Teesside
businesswomen.
For more details see pages 14-15 or go
to teesbusiness.co.uk/awards
CAREERS FAIR FUELS JOBS
MOBILE MINI’S
£1.4M VEHICLES
A Stockton-based hirer of portable site
accommodation and secure storage
containers has taken delivery of eight
new delivery vehicles after investing
£1.4m in its industry-leading fleet to
increase operational efficiency and
customer service.
The fuel-efficient trucks, which
take Mobile Mini’s fleet to a total of
60, represent a major upgrade to its
existing fleet of lorry-mounted loader
crane vehicles, the largest of its kind
in the UK.
Tech firm to reveal latest digital product
A technology-driven company based in Stockton’s
Fusion Hive building is poised to launch a new digital
product that will revolutionise the fleet management
market for SMEs.
The team behind the successful National Safety
Passport business, DRIVER, is building a tool – ready
for launch later this year – which will help companies
manage their “grey fleets”.
It is the latest technology company to grow from
Fusion Hive – the Northshore-based innovation hub
managed by Teesside University – where tenants can
access university skills, knowledge and contacts.
Businesses looking to recruit young
people in digital and IT have instantly
benefited from a successful careers fair
held in the region.
Atom Bank and Tombola are just two
of several businesses who lined up
interviews with potential new employees
following the Digital Careers Fair.
Stockton-based tech firm RAW Digital
Training teamed up with DurhamWorks,
a County Durham youth employment
initiative funded by the European Social
Fund, to host the event in the Rivergreen
Cen