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TEES Business appointments
Ashley Lane and James Liddle,
Stagecoach North East (Stockton)
Two keen young engineers have taken the
first step towards a career in engineering
after being selected to join a four-year
apprenticeship with Stagecoach North East.
The local bus operator has just appointed
the two apprentices to train at its Teesside
depot in Stockton.
The apprenticeship offers a combination
of block release training to achieve the
Technical Certificate in Bus and Coach
Engineering Maintenance, and on-the-job
training at the local depot.
Having moved from Texas in the US ten
years ago, 33-year-old Ashley Lane, now
living in Darlington, is the first in her family
to step into the world of engineering, and
joins 19-year-old James Liddle, also from
Darlington.
Greg Whalen, Middleton Hall Retirement
Village
A master’s graduate has joined the team at
one of the UK’s leading retirement villages
as part of a prestigious national fast-track
scheme to train future leaders for the social
care sector.
Greg Whalen, 22, who graduated with an
MSc Management master’s degree from
Durham University this summer, is on a
placement at the award-winning Middleton
Hall Retirement Village at Middleton St
George, near Darlington, as part of the Skills
for Care graduate programme.
An independent charity, Skills for
Care works as a delivery partner for the
Department of Health and Social Care. Its
graduate programme aims to widen the
pool of recruits and develop new sources of
talent for the social care sector.
Jake Small and Beth Lane, Pickerings
Lifts
Lift maintenance and installation company
Pickerings Lifts has welcomed two new
appointments to their service sales and
marketing team.
The Stockton-based company has seen
significant growth over the past 12 months
and is now looking to expand operations
even further and bring in a wide range of
new customers.
Jake Small has recently been promoted
from within the business to bid writer, while
Beth Lane joins the company from DHL as
internal sales coordinator.
The bid writer role is a new one for the
business and will enable Pickerings Lifts
to tender for additional work across the
country.
Alyson Tullock, Active Chartered Financial
Planners
Active Chartered Financial Planners is
celebrating a successful year by expanding
its team and welcoming a new client
support officer, who has a wealth of
experience in customer service.
Middlesbrough-based Alyson Tullock
has worked in customer service all her
life, having started her career in the travel
industry, in both telephony and retail roles,
before moving into work as a customer
services adviser at Royal Bank of Scotland.
Most recently, Alyson was a full-time
carer for Lady Davina Barnard, who sadly
passed away late last year. She has now
made a return to the financial sector, where
she had previously worked for almost 10
years.
Faye Daniels, Beyond Housing
Beyond Housing has helped a young Redcar
woman cement the foundations for a career
in housing.
Faye Daniels, 21, has started a full-
time position as a housing assistant
after achieving a distinction in her Level
2 Housing Apprenticeship delivered by
Beyond Housing.
Faye’s apprenticeship was completed
through the new Housing Standard
Apprenticeship in partnership with the
Chartered Institute of Housing.
Beyond Housing was one of the
organisations involved in implementing
the apprenticeship’s industry-leading new
standards.
The Redcar-based housing provider –
formed in October last year following the
merger of Coast & Country Housing and
Yorkshire Coast Homes – took on six new
apprentices last year.
Neil Slade, Bannatyne Hotel Darlington
The Bannatyne Hotel Darlington has
appointed a new general manager to run
the signature venue.
Neil Slade, 41, brings a wealth of
experience to the role, in which he will
manage the day-to-day running of the
historic town house.
Originally from Middlesbrough, Neil has
built a successful career in the hospitality
industry spanning 30 years, with managerial
positions at leading hotels and premium
health facilities in the West Country.
After moving to Falmouth in Cornwall as
a young boy, Neil began his lifelong love of
hotel management at the tender age of 11,
when he began helping out after school and
during the weekend with porter duties for a
small family run-hotel.
His most recent post, as manager at
Headland Hotel in Newquay, saw Neil
increase the award-winning hotel’s rating
from four to five stars, an achievement of
which he is exceptionally proud.
Stephen Flintoft, Grace Nash and
Andrew Jennison, Rockliffe Hall
Rockliffe Hall has welcomed three new
apprentices to its team.