SELLAFIELD DEAL FOR TEES TECH EXPERTS
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TTE managing director Steve Grant wants more Tees businesses to benefit from apprenticeships.
TTE supporting Teesside industry’ s workforce investment
TTE, the Middlesbrough-based technical training specialist, is helping industry develop the area’ s next generation of skilled workers by securing additional companies as sponsors for its apprenticeship programmes.
Joining the training provider’ s large cohort of employers from the energy, manufacturing, food, chemical and process sectors are a number of new companies investing in apprenticeships.
Among them are the newly-formed British Steel, Premier Food Solutions, Country Style Foods and LJJ Contractors, which will be sponsoring TTE apprentices for the first time this year.
Through its Engineering and Process Study Programmes, which are delivered at its industry-standard training centre and its employer-sponsored apprenticeships, TTE arms young people with technical skills, competencies and safety practices relevant to current practices across industry sectors.
After two years training at TTE, employeesponsored apprentices spend a further two years as members of their sponsors’ workforce gaining invaluable‘ on the job’ experience.
Managing director Steve Grant said:“ Teesside has a wealth of talented and driven young people who are keen to enter industry.
“ TTE is ideally-placed to help employers benefit from the enthusiasm of these young people and we’ d encourage employers yet to invest in apprentices to speak to our team about how we can introduce apprentices into their business.”
Find out more about TTE at www. tte. co. uk
SELLAFIELD DEAL FOR TEES TECH EXPERTS
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Teesside business, with a reputation spanning more than 20 years has secured a major contract to provide the UK’ s largest nuclear site with state-of-the-art software.
Stokesley-based Opentree provides document management software for sectors such as steel, manufacturing, rail, oil and gas and energy, and is one of the longest established businesses of its kind in the UK.
Opentree has fought off competition from some globally recognised companies in the sector to provide Sellafield in Cumbria with a unique software programme to transform its document management systems which will be delivered in conjunction with another well-known North East company.
Andrew Frank, from Hutton Rudby near Stokesley, took over sole ownership of Opentree in 2014 having been involved with the business since its inception in 1992.
Opentree boss Andrew Frank, who took over the Stokesley firm two years ago.
Since then, he has built a strong management team and is investing in further development of its software and expansion of the business to build on its growing client base.
BUSINESS BITES
DEAL TO SECURE 700 APPRENTICES Tees Valley Combined Authority is one of only five combined authorities to receive devolved funding to deliver a grant scheme designed to enable small businesses to recruit young apprentices.
The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers 16-24( AGE) scheme provides funding of up to £ 3,500 for small businesses to employ individuals aged 16-24 years, through the apprenticeship programme with the potential of creating up to 700 apprentices.
The scheme is available only to those working to approved apprenticeship‘ Frameworks’ and is designed for businesses which would otherwise not have been in a position to employ an apprentice.
Full details of the AGE grant and the qualifying criteria can be found at http:// www. teesvalley-ca. gov. uk / age or by calling 01642 524412. £ 18M ENERGY PLANT IS‘ COOL’ A Teesside firm is at the centre of a new sustainable energy plant that will turn tens of thousands of tons of food waste including ice cream into gas and electricity. Stokesley-based JFS & Associates and London firm Iona Capital have joined forces to create the Leeming Biogas facility in North Yorkshire.
The site, one of the largest anaerobic digestion plants in the country to feed gas directly into the national grid, works by breaking down food waste and capturing the natural biomethane it releases. NEW LEISURE CENTRE UNVEILED FOR INGLEBY BARWICK People living in and around Ingleby Barwick are being invited to share their views about a new multi-million pound leisure centre, library and customer service point for the town.
Among the facilities being considered for the building are a main and learner swimming pool, a gym, health and fitness suite, exercise studio, soft play, a community library and a customer service point.
Subject to planning approval, it is expected that work would start on site next year with the building opening to the public in 2018.
Once completed, the facility in Ingleby Barwick would be operated by Tees Active Leisure, which already operates three high quality fitness and leisure venues in the Borough on behalf of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.
Anyone who is unable to attend the dropin session can find out more and share their views by emailing EGDS @ stockton. gov. uk
THE GOLDEN LION The editors would like to make it clear that some information that appeared in our last issue about The Golden Lion in Osmotherley was incorrect. Christie Connelly has been solely responsible for the development of the business, which has seven bedrooms for diners wanting an overnight stay. We wish all at The Golden Lion the very best as the restaurant celebrates 20 years is Osmotherley.