BUSINESS
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Tees firms
join forces
on Spanish
project for
Catholic
church
A
n historic Catholic
college in the middle
of Spain that trains English-speaking
men for the priesthood has turned to four
Teesside businesses to produce its new
high-quality website and a series of short
films.
The Royal English College of St Alban’s
in the Spanish city of Valladolid has a
rich history dating back to 1589 – times
of the Spanish Armada and Gunpower
Plot – when Catholicism was banned in
England, leading to the church accepting
an offer from the Catholic King of Spain
to set up a training college in the city.
The college’s rector, Canon Paul Farrer,
spent 20 years as a Middlesbrough priest
before moving back to Valladolid –
having studied there for six years in his
younger days – two years ago.
When Hull-born Canon Paul decided
to update the college’s image and
communications, he was determined to
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utilise the professional skills of businesses
back in his adopted home of Teesside.
He turned to his friends, former
Middlesbrough Football Club PR
colleagues Michael McGeary and Dave
Allan, to pull together a wide-ranging
project fitting for a college that remains
hugely important to the Catholic church.
Michael, who runs his own
ghostwriting and PR business, and Tees
Life co-editor Dave, who owns DNA PR
& Publicity, talked to several Teesside
businesses before appointing Yarm-based
Happy Leaves to create the college’s new
website, with Middlesbrough’s Ithica
Films creating videos to feature on the
site.
Canon Paul said: “My years on Teesside
meant that I have good friends there who
are at the top of their game. What we
have produced is absolutely fantastic.”
an impressive new function room will be
complete by the autumn and the club is
awaiting planning permission to build
facilities that would see them be the first to
bring the fast-growing sport of padel tennis
to the North-East.
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Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen served up
a winner when he marked the start of the
British Open at Wimbledon by unveiling
the first phase of a £200,000 investment in
Tennis World Middlesbrough.
The investment in new indoor and
outdoor courts together with LED lighting
is the first phase of what will comprise
the biggest project since Teesside’s biggest
independent tennis club opened in 1986.
While the new courts are now in use,
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Tees Life’s sister publication Tees Business is
calling Teesside business owners, directors
and executives to help in the fight against
local poverty and homelessness.
Two years ago Tees Business organised a
hugely successful event for Middlesbrough-
Jacksons Law Firm recently teamed up with
Connect Property North East to help owners
of Smoggie Doggie Day Care make their
dream a reality by opening their new centre in
Middlesbrough.
Smoggie Doggie Day Care offers a fully
licenced day care centre with facilities and
services that include a dog grooming salon,
dog training classes to encourage good
behaviour, delivery and collection and a DIY
dog wash.
The centre also boasts a small shop
selling pet supplies and food. The dogs
are encouraged to have fun during their
time spent at the centre in a large area with
different rooms hosting smaller groups of
similar dogs of size and personality, where
they also host a wide range of activities.
WYNYARD PARK RETAIL
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Up to 40 full and part-time jobs could be
created following the granting of full planning
permission for four new retail units at
Wynyard Business Park.
The new shops, restaurants or cafes, at the
junction of the A19 with the A689, will serve
more than 2,000 office workers at Wynyard
Business Park, 1,500 household