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Young people get foot on career ladder
Teesside Shopping Park is
giving young people the chance
to embark on a free five-week
training programme.
T
eesside Shopping Park is giving 16-to-
24-year-olds in the region the chance
to embark on a free five-week training
programme, designed to provide them with
the skills they need to build a successful
career in retail or hospitality.
The ‘Bright Lights Starting Out in Retail
and Hospitality’ programme gets underway
in October and will combine classroom
teaching alongside work placements at one
of Teesside’s retail, food and beverage or
leisure brands.
At the end of the scheme, trainees will
receive their formal qualifications at an
official celebration event later this year.
Throughout the course, trainees will also
get access to training from industry experts,
support with interviews and CV writing, as
well as a personal mentor.
The free programme follows
the success of last year’s course
which saw 75% of graduates
land a job in retail or hospitality.
‘Bright Lights Starting Out
in Retail and Hospitality’ will again be
funded by Teesside Shopping Park’s
owner British Land, and delivered in
partnership with The Source Skills
Academy – a leading centre of excellence
for retail and customer service training.
To take part, young people need to
sign up to the taster session on October
4, which will provide them with a flavour
of what the programme will involve and
an opportunity to speak to some of the
course leaders.
Mike Clarke, centre director at Teesside
Shopping Park, said: “This programme is
a fantastic way for young, unemployed
people to discover their potential and gain
valuable experience of what it’s like to
work in the dynamic retail and hospitality
sectors.”
BULLDOZERS CLEAR
SITE FOR HILTON
HOTEL
Work to clear a site for Stockton’s new
Hampton by Hilton hotel is progressing as
the demolition of a former garage is now
under way.
Bulldozers have taken down the former
Kwik Fit building on Church Road before
construction firms moved in.
The Kwik Fit building forms part of the
hotel site along with the neighbouring car
park and former dairy site.
The new Hampton by Hilton hotel will
be Hilton’s first in the town, and will be
owned by Stockton Council.
DRONE FIRM
LANDS IN
TOBAGO
Landmark 100,000th
order since formation
A drone company based in Stockton has
opened its first international office in Trinidad
and Tobago.
Rectrix Drone Services has built a
sizeable customer base since its launch in
2014, providing inspection, surveying and
cinematography solutions to companies in
a diverse range of sectors, from oil and gas,
utilities, emergency response and construction.
The team, led by business development
director Chris Young, 31, and founder Alex
Westwood, 21, has launched a satellite arm
on the Caribbean islands to service numerous
sectors in the region but primarily the thriving
oil and gas industry.
The Rectrix team flew in three staff from the
islands to train at its Stockton base in the digital
technology hub, Fusion Hive.
A workwear supply firm has celebrated
passing a landmark milestone in the
number of orders it has processed since
forming nearly 12 years ago.
M.I. Supplies, based at Teesside
Industrial Estate in Thornaby, recently
completed its 100,000th order.
The firm, which supplies a wide range
of workwear clothing and accessories,
started out selling a handful of units a
week when it was launched in November
2005.
But it’s now processing 25,000 orders
involving more than 600,000 individual
products a year.
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£4.5m lottery cash
for Stockton’s Globe
project
As the Heritage Lottery Fund confirmed
a £4.5m National Lottery grant, ambitious
and much expanded plans to transform
Stockton town centre’s Globe into a live
music and comedy venue costing £15m
were revealed by Stockton Council.
Once restored, the neglected Grade II
listed Art Deco Globe will have a capacity
of 3,000, firmly positioning it as the largest
venue between Newcastle and Leeds,
bringing an estimated £18m to the local
economy each year and creating more
than 250 jobs.
Global leader in live entertainment, The
Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), will
operate the Globe for the next 25 years.
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