16 | Tees Business
Resolution Media and
Publishing directors Dave Allan
(left) and Martin Walker with
the firm’s new non-executive
director Bob Cuffe (right).
Picture by Doug Moody.
PICT UR E BY DOUG MOODY
Ex-Gazette
boss joins
growing
Tees
publishing
team
R
esolution Media and Publishing – the
company behind the Tees Business and
Tees Life magazines – has appointed
former Gazette boss and Trinity Mirror
regional managing director Bob Cuffe as a
non-executive director.
The move is designed to help Resolution,
which is run by ex-Middlesbrough FC
colleagues Dave Allan and Martin Walker, to
build on existing publications while rolling out
new projects.
Cuffe has more than 30 years’ experience
in publishing, working from advertising
representative at the Teesside Gazette to
managing director of the Gazette and regional
managing director at Trinity Mirror North East.
He’s now working for a small number
of local firms in similar consultancy roles,
including Darlington Building Society (as vice
chair), Jacksons Law and Recognition PR.
“I’m delighted to be joining Dave, Martin
and the team,” he said. “Their achievements
since launch have been outstanding, the
Tees Businesswomen Awards being a great
example.
“Tees Business has an excellent and
growing reputation in the business
community, and I look forward to helping
them accelerate their ambitious plans.”
“Tees Business has an excellent
and growing reputation in the
business community, and I look
forward to helping them accelerate
their ambitious plans.”
Middlesbrough-based Resolution – named
after Captain Cook’s HMS Resolution – was
launched in early 2017 after the success of
their pilot publication, Tees Business.
Now with two established quarterly
publications, they’re printing an annual
3.4million pages of news and features
covering the Tees region, and also
recently successfully launched the Tees
Businesswomen Awards – the first
awards event to recognise the region’s
businesswomen.
Resolution’s printing work supports
Middlesbrough firm MV Print and its 22
employees, while they also support a pool of
more than 10 local freelance photographers,
writers and a graphic designer.
But the ambitious company plans to create
a number of full-time posts to support future
growth plans.