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Rockliffe Hall is investing £180,000 in its spa
after spending £200,000 refurbishing the
gym last year.
Hundreds of Tees jobs could be created after
the launch of a partnership to build a new
type of nuclear power station. Penultimate
Power UK is planning to use Japanese
nuclear technology to develop a string of UK
power stations, starting on Teesside.
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FURTHER INVESTMENT IN
ROCKLIFFE HALL’S SPA
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ockliffe Hall is investing a further
£180,000 in its spa with plans for
new thermal rooms and experience
features to develop the resort’s existing five-
star spa offering.
It follows a £200,000 refurbishment of
Rockliffe’s gym at the end of 2018.
A new igloo, infrared sauna and
experience showers will be added to the
spa’s thermal suite.
The tropicarium (sauna) and foot spa will
be enhanced, together with a salt inhalation
system installed in the caldarium (steam
room).
A cold drench bucket shower will be
installed outside, next to the hot tub, and
there are also plans to install a spa wave
treatment bed in the current salt room
adjacent the spa treatment rooms. This
state-of-the-art waterbed enables deep
relaxation, anti-stress sound therapy and
aids mindfulness, meditation and wellbeing.
One of the most exciting additions is the
infrared sauna. New research indicates that
regular use of infrared saunas significantly
lowers death rates from cardiovascular
disease and stroke, and also reduces the
risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
The carefully planned, phased
development, will take place in April and
early May, and to ensure guests can still
enjoy the spa facilities, all pools will remain
open throughout.
The resort’s spa operations manager,
Alistair Bramwell, said: “Rockliffe Hall’s
spa has been renowned for many years as
one of the best in the region but as always
at Rockliffe, we are looking to invest in
improving the overall spa experience.
“During the work we aim to ensure that
disruption is kept to a minimum and we
are sure our members and guests will love
the spa’s new look and features when it’s
complete.”
Cleveland Bridge
secures Humber project REDUNDANCY LEADS
TO NEW BUSINESS
Cleveland Bridge UK has secured a
prestigious refurbishment project
in Humberside, which will see the
company return to a bridge it helped
construct more than 40 years ago.
The Darlington-based company
will act as principal contractor in the
refurbishment of the Humber Bridge,
specifically a project of planned main
cable inspection.
The 12-month contract, which began
in February, has been awarded by the
Humber Bridge Board. Aspiring
entrepreneur
Adam Walker has
launched Hubspoke
Marketing,
providing a range of
marketing services
to small businesses
throughout the UK from his office at Business
Central Darlington.
Public spending cutbacks that hit the sports
and leisure industry proved to be a turning
point for Adam.
Facing redundancy from his role as a sports
development officer, he took a part-time
position with PWLC Projects in a marketing
role, taking a lead on the Modeshift STARS
project, a national initiative which focused on
encouraging more children to walk to school.
While setting up the project, Adam and
his colleague Nick Butler took advantage of
Business Central’s shared workspace – Open
Space – which led to him launching his own
venture, Hubspoke Marketing.
Dunlop Sports expands
its Darlington base
An international sports brand has
pledged to continue investing in the
region after taking on two new members
of staff and expanding its office space.
Dunlop Sports relocated its UK office
to Darlington’s Lingfield Point in 2017,
after it was sold by Sports Direct to
Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries for
$137.5m.
And now, the new owner is focused
on investing heavily in the business, and
has already doubled the size of its offices
at Lingfield House to accommodate its
growing sales and marketing team.
EXPANSION TO CREATE
50 NEW JOBS
Around 50 new jobs are expected to
be created for Darlington as a technical
mouldings firm moves to the town.
York-based Thysis has signed a 10-year
lease on the former EE data centre
site on Yarm Road Industrial Estate in
Darlington.
Responding to news that Thysis was
keen to expand in the area, Darlington
Council’s Business Support team worked
with them to find suitable premises and
has helped introduce them to partner
organisations able to help with the move
and potential future expansion plans.
The move places them closer to one
of their key customers and offers good
access to the key transport links of the
A1 (M), A66 and A19.