8 | Tees Business
LINGFIELD POINT LEADS THE WAY
Those looking for office space with a difference should look no further than
Lingfield Point in Darlington – a hugely creative business park.
T
he site - just minutes from Teesside –
was recently identified as an example of
best practice for customer service and
it’s easy to see why.
Lingfield Point offers unbeatable
connectivity with a 100MB bearer served
by BT and Virgin Media, a 24 hour concierge
and security service along with extensive
car parking. A wide range of facilities are
available including a bistro café with deli
points and a welcoming nursery. Break out
rooms and informal meeting areas all add to
the atmosphere, there’s even free bike hire
and a book swap club.
The site also benefits from great rail and
road links, making it within easy reach of
the rest of the UK including London, Leeds,
Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It’s easy to understand why good business
feels at home at Lingfield Point with highspecification office and industrial space
available from 200 sq ft to over 100,000 sq ft.
environment for growing
businesses with offices
available from 2,500 sq ft to
10,000 sq ft.
From outside terraces to cool meeting
spaces, there’s even a converted VW Camper
which doubles up as a quirky little meeting
space which has been recognised as one of
the ‘coolest’ offices in the North East.
Space at Lingfield Point also includes the
Art Deco centrepiece Lingfield House –
with its sweeping staircase and impressive
double-height ceiling – home to some of the
North East’s biggest companies including
AMEC, Foster Wheeler, Four Seasons Health
Care and about to welcome Capita.
Even the terms at Lingfield Point are
flexible and appealing.
For more information on Lingfield
Warehousing & Logistics, please contact
Julian Brooke on 01325 485533. For more
information on leasing units, please call
Jonathan Simpson at Connect Property
NE on 01642 602001.
Lingfield Point’s flagship Art Deco
centrepiece Lingfield House
Those in need of flexible
office space should make a
bee-line for Beehive – a stylish
centre that provides the perfect
RAISING THE BAR ON RECRUITMENT
New recruitment agency KMS Partners is looking to
shake up the North-East recruitment industry by setting
new standards while providing a unique client offering.
K
MS Partners sees experienced
recruitment specialists Melissa
Thompson and Gemma
Holmes join forces with Keith
Miller, managing director of
Middlesbrough-based Ecco
Finishing Supplies, 2015 winners of the
North-East Export Team of the Year.
Initially based in County Durham but
with plans to open offices on Teesside
and Tyneside, KMS Partners specialise in
recruiting for the manufacturing, production,
engineering, blasting and painting, retail,
logistics and supply chain sectors across the
North-east.
Having already sealed several local
contracts, KMS aims to be a beacon within
an industry its partners believe too often
suffers from a poor image and reputation.
“Recruitment should not be difficult,”
says managing director Melissa. “It’s about
working with our clients to understand that
attracting the best staff is about so much
more than the job description.
“It’s about the organisational culture, what
makes the business a