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AWARD FOR BORO FIRM
Another honour – Bill Scott OBE, boss of
Wilton Engineering which has been named
as one of the UK’s top 100 exporters in a
prestigious league table ranking small and
medium-sized private businesses with the
fastest growing international sales.
Wilton named as UK’s 13th
fastest growing SME exporter
W
ilton Engineering has been
named as one of the UK’s top 100
exporters in a prestigious league
table ranking small and medium-sized
private businesses with the fastest growing
international sales.
The Tees Valley-based company is ranked
13th in the fifth annual Sunday Times
WorldFirst SME Export Track 100.
Wilton’s position was achieved on the
back of its diversification from its traditional
oil and gas markets into the offshore
renewables sector, most notably the
delivery of 7,000 tonnes of steel offshore
wind turbine transition pieces for German
customer SteelWind.
From its 54-acre site on the banks of
the River Tees, which is home to some
of the UK’s largest construction halls,
Wilton produced 21 transition pieces, each
weighing 340-tonnes, for Ørsted’s Hornsea
Project One offshore wind farm.
The company provides multi-discipline
engineering services, specialising in
engineering design, fabrication and
construction, analysis and coatings and
services for the onshore and offshore
energy industries.
This latest accolade follows on from the
company receiving a Board of Trade Award
from the Department of International Trade.
Announced by the Secretary of State, Liam
Fox, the Board of Trade awards recognise
companies that have made an outstanding
contribution to UK exports.
At the same time, Wilton CEO Bill Scott
OBE was named as an Export Champion
as part of the Department for International
Trade’s campaign to encourage and inspire
businesses to export internationally.
“Achieving such a high position in the
SME Export Track 100 is recognition of
the exceptional skills, dedication and
commitment of our team at Wilton and our
sister business Universal Coatings,” said
Scott.
“It also demonstrates the opportunities
that the offshore wind industry is creating
for quality UK SME firms that have the
capabilities and experience to deliver
complex projects on time and on budget.”
£29.5M ADULT EDUCATION BUDGET
IS DEVOLVED TO REGION
T
he Tees Valley mayor and combined
authority have officially taken control
of an annual devolved budget of
around £29.5m to deliver adult education
provision across the region.
To mark the event, the mayor visited
Stockton training provider DTN Academy,
which provides a comprehensive learning
experience for the Telecommunications
industry, including local firms such as Map
Group, for its adult training open day.
He was joined by Cllr Bob Cook, the
combined authority’s cabinet lead for
education, employment and skills, to meet
DTN Academy’s Business and Quality
director Roy Fraser, Map Group CEO Mike
Carlin and a number of residents who are
looking to access adult training.
As part of the Government’s devolution
Training – Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen
with Mike Carlin, Cllr Cook, Roy Fraser and
trainees at DTN Academy.
agenda, areas with Metro Mayors have
been granted control over the post-
19 adult education budgets, alongside
powers covering delivery and performance
management.
This is the first time Tees Valley will have
control of this budget, and it is one of only
seven areas in the country with the powers.
A business founded by two Teesside
University aerospace engineering
students has won a prestigious
entrepreneurial award.
Middlesbrough-based StratoBooster
has been recognised at The Duke of York
Young Entrepreneur Awards 2019.
The awards are presented to students
or graduates who have displayed
remarkable entrepreneurship whilst at
university by creating a business or social
enterprise.
TWO MORE LOCAL DEALS
Teesside International Airport has
continued to hire locally-based
companies with two new appointments.
The airport has hired Stockton-
based ROVIN Environmental to provide
specialist waste removal services.
Tees-based Tindle’s Chartered
Accountants has also been appointed to
manage the airport’s payroll services. The
airport’s payroll was previously managed
out of Doncaster Sheffield Airport.
RECOGNITION FOR NUFFIELD
A leading health provider which operates
on Teesside has picked up the award for
Private Hospital Group of the Year for the
third time at the Health Investor Awards
2019.
Won by Nuffield Health, the award
is designed to recognise outstanding
contribution to healthcare over the past
12 months, through innovation and
excellence in healthcare products and
services.
STOCKTON FIRM’S LAKES
CONTRACT
A Tees Valley-based provider of rope
access services has secured a deal
to support a significant infrastructure
project in the Lake District.
Stockton-based Total Solutions, in
partnership with Cubby Construction,
is working on the final phase of the
development that will help create the
new multi-user trail between Keswick
and Threlkeld, which was severely
damaged by Storm Desmond during
December 2015.
Stokesley-headquartered Quorn –
specialists in meat alternative products
– saw a 7% rise in sales to £220m in its
latest accounts. The firm, which opened
a new manufacturing facility in Billingham
last year, employs around 800 people and
exports to 20 countries.
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