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BUSINESS BITES
Martin Barber and Sara Hall (front)
with Evolution’s six new recruits.
UNIVERSITY’S £10M PLAN
Teesside University has announced
further investment of more than £10m
on the back of its success in a national
satisfaction survey of its students.
The National Students’ Survey (NSS) has
revealed that Teesside had once again
matched the overall benchmark for the
satisfaction of its 22,000-strong student
community with overall satisfaction at
the university at 86%.
Now Teesside is set to add to the
quarter of a billion pounds it has
invested in its town centre campus in
recent years with further spending on its
facilities.
FIRMS BENEFIT FROM
BROADBAND SCHEME
A hundred small and medium-sized
businesses across the Tees area have
already benefited from a voucher
scheme to help turbo-charge their
businesses communications through
better broadband links.
Eligible organisations, across
Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar &
Cleveland, Hartlepool and Darlington can
apply for a voucher worth up to £3,000,
towards the fixed cost of getting better
connected.
The vouchers, which are designed to
cover the cost of installing the next
generation of broadband services, are
backed financially by the government as
part of the Business Is Great campaign.
More details are at www.
teesbusinesscompass.co.uk or
www.connectionvouchers.co.uk
RECORD DEAL FOR PD PORTS
PD Ports has announced the arrival
of a record Ro-Ro service direct from
Japan to Teesport by global shipping line
K-Line.
The new route will use K-Line’s newly
announced 7,500-unit Ro-Ro vessels
to transport cargoes from the Port
of Tokuyama-Kudamatsu, Japan to
Teesport.
The vessels will be the largest vessels
of their kind to arrive at Teesport, at a
length of just under 200m and 75,216
GWT and will allow exporters of project
cargoes to connect directly from
Teesport with K-Line’s global network.
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SIX NEW RECRUITS
AS EVOLUTION
CONTINUES TO GROW
N
orth East accountancy practice
Evolution LLP has just celebrated its
fifth birthday and announced six new
team members.
In the 10 months since their brand
relaunch, this entrepreneurial business has
moved into a flagship office at Wynyard Park
House, continued to grow both its client
base and team members, and has broadened
its service offering.
From the day one, Evolution has gone
out of its way to attract a team of ambitious
individuals each with a broad commercial
perspective who make it their business to
understand their clients inside out in order to
deliver bespoke and intelligent solutions.
Evolution client Mike Greenup, co-founder
and managing director of Middlesbroughbased home improvement supplier MB DIY,
said: “From the very beginning, the team at
Evolution has engendered a feeling of trust
and reliability, consistently providing us with
advice we can depend upon without undue
risk.
“As we expand our geographic reach
across the UK, having the Evolution team on
our side encourages us to develop new ideas
and provides us with the back-up we need to
make those big decisions.”
Joining the team earlier in 2015, recent
recruit Nichola Donnelly said: “I am excited
to be part of the team not only for my future
progression and career but also for that of
the firm. The possibilities seem endless and
I am very happy to join. I knew this was the
firm I wanted to be a part of and that it would
equip me with all of the skills needed for
success”.
Indeed, as Evolution continues to grow, its
service offering now includes management
and brand consultancy.
Managing partner Martin Barber said: “We
are thrilled to add to our outstanding team
and client base and will continue to do so.
“We have a diverse range of brilliant
individuals dedicated to building strong
commercial relationships and delivering the
best added value solutions to our clients. We
want to become a trusted business partner
to all our clients by encouraging them to
think big, make informed decisions and help
deliver their ambitions.”
For more information on this dynamic
practice visit: www.evolutionllp.com
Training company expands
A
professional development training
business is expanding further
less than a year after launching as
demand exceeds expectations.
Georgina Selmi, from Great Broughton
near Stokesley, launched Bespoke
Professional Development and Training
(BePro) providing tailored, flexible
professional development qualifications.
Since launching at the Terry Dicken
Business Park in Stokesley in January, BePro
has seen a better-than-expected growth in
people wanting