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“Always treat others
how you would expect
to be treated yourself.”
What do you do?
I work for Newton Press as key account manager and
I’ve recently been appointed to the Aycliffe Business
Park Community board of directors.
2. Who have you worked for in the past?

Mainly in the commercial laundry world at Stanland/
Ashbank and JLA ltd but also at QNET and my first job
was as a park ranger at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough.
3. Best part of your job?

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I am a very sociable person, so definitely getting to
speak to many different people and businesses.
Is there anything about your job that you really
don’t like?
No, not really. If I was pushed, then maybe all the
food on offer when networking, which seems to have
destroyed my once Adonis-like body, but really I love it.
Favourite thing about working on Aycliffe Business
Park?
I love the community spirit. Working on ABP has
shown how, by working together and helping one
another, you can make the area a great place to work
and make it a stronger area collectively.
6. Which company/individual on the park do you do

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the most work with?
Too many to mention.
Who’s your tip for future success?
Crafters Companion – we have supplied Sara from
start-up and think it’s a fantastic business with great
ideas and potential. It will go from strength-to-strength.
Four famous people you’d love to have round for
dinner and why?
Freddie Mercury, Richard Branson, Marilyn Monroe and
Juninho. To sing, learn, dance and laugh.
If you could do something else in business, what
would it be?
I would like to work in and help and support people
who suffer from mental health problems.
12. What’s the best piece of business advice you’ve

13. If money was no object, what would be your ideal

It has to be Greggs without a shadow of a doubt, they
are really humorous. Although Middlesbrough FC seem
to have someone new running their Twitter account
and that is also good.
11. Have you ever done anything really daring?

I have abseiled down the Transporter Bridge which is
something that was daring for me.
car?
Apart from the obvious Ferrari, my favourite car to own
would be a Nissan GTR.
14. Money no object, your dream holiday would be?

Somewhere warm where I could take along my family
and friends for a treat.
15. Do you have a favourite band or type of music?

I like all genres of music really – my iPod on shuffle is
certainly an interesting mix that flicks between one
genre and another. But I’d say that my favourite is
probably Rap, Hip-Hop & R&B.
16. What is your greatest achievement?

Without question, my daughter.
17. How would you best describe yourself in four

words?
Tall, dark, handsome… and a joker.
18. Where do you see yourself in five years?

Hopefully still working for Newton Press but perhaps
in a more managerial role, to help the business to
continue to grow and to be here for at least another 56
years.
19. Who’s the most famous person you’ve ever met?

10. Who’s your favourite Tweeter?

been given?
Always treat others how you would expect to be
treated yourself.
Gaizka Mendieta, once the most expensive footballer
in the world and Sally Gunnell. She is the only female
British athlete, to have won Olympic, World, European
and Commonwealth titles, and is the only female 400m
hurdler in history to have won the Olympic and World
titles and broken the world record.
20. Do you have any guilty pleasures?

Parmos… and I think I indulge in this guilty pleasure far
too often!