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Staff from Endeavour Partnership take
part in a Cocktail Masterclass at The
Nuthatch in Stockton.
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BUSINESS BITES
COCKTAIL LESSONS
A CLASS ACT
ne of the area’s leading cocktail
venues has launched a range of
corporate hire and events packages
for Tees businesses.
And several companies have already sent
some of their employees on cocktail-making
classes at The Nuthatch cocktail bars as
team-building exercises.
The Nuthatch has intimate venues in both
Middlesbrough and Stockton and recently
launched its new corporate and events
packages which are also perfect for business
development events and entertaining clients.
The Nuthatch in Stockton recently hosted
a team-building Cocktail Masterclass with
the commercial property team at Endeavour
Partnership.
“The venue was fabulous and the staff
were brilliant at sharing their extensive
knowledge, demonstrating their cocktail
making skills and helping us to make up
our own creations,” said Endeavour partner
Jamie Brown.
“The challenges set were competitive and
great fun. Most importantly the cocktails
were delicious and just kept on coming!”
Leading property developer Jomast also
recently held an event at the venue, and
commercial director Mark Hill said: “It was a
real success. We were looking for something
different to a plain box function room, and
The Nuthatch certainly provided that.
“Our guests were able to enjoy some
fantastic cocktails, beers and gins in a great
setting and everybody left happy.”
The Nuthatch director Simon Hatfield said:
“Our bars are already extremely popular with
the business community across the region,
so this seemed a perfect next step for us
to work with local businesses to create
experiences a little different to simply hiring a
function room or taking clients for dinner.
“We have a variety of different package
options available and we can arrange
everything from catering to entertainment.”
To discuss your event requirements
contact The Nuthatch by email at events@
the-nuthatch.co.uk or call 01642 688505.
£9m contracts boost for Hartlepool firm
H
artlepool-based building contractor Gus
Robinson Developments celebrated
starting work on three new schemes
with a combined value of over £9m in the
summer.
The business, that has employed 11
new members of staff over the last year, is
working towards a financial target of £20m
turnover this year.
Since January, the company has started
work on two projects with Karbon Homes, at
the former St Mary’s School in South Shields
and at the former Newbottle Community
Centre near Houghton-le-Spring, which
will see 54 new homes being completed
throughout 2017.
Work has also started on the firm’s first
collaboration with Bernicia Homes, with
11 new bungalows and houses under
construction in Fawdon, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
The new developments are part of Gus
Robinson Developments’ growing pipeline
of work and business plan, which is set
to exceed £20m in each of the next two
financial years.
STADIUM GROUP’S RECORD
TURNOVER
Hartlepool-based Stadium Group
has bolstered its factory with a new
mechanical line to support circuit board
work.
The business, which employs well
in excess of 100 staff in the region,
was founded as a motorcycle helmet
company but is now responsible for
designing and making vehicle control
panels, wireless devices and electronic
displays, with its catalogue including
vehicle fleet tracking and black box
systems for insurers to assess drivers’
safety.
Its current order book has risen to a
record £30.8m, which was up 19% from
the £25.8m announced last year.
£11M SALES FOR CLEVELAND
CONTAINERS
Middlesbrough-based Cleveland
Containers has increased turnover to an
expected £11m this year and doubled its
workforce to nearly 50.
In the past two years Cleveland
Containers has built a new suite of
offices, illustrating one of the growing
uses for its shipping containers, as well
as a paint-blasting facility costing more
than £300,000 on its seven-acre site in
Grangetown.
The company has taken on more
fabricators and welders as well
as growing its sales, accounts,
administration and credit control teams.
ELRINGKLINGER’S £500K INVESTMENT
Automotive parts manufacturer
ElringKlinger is set to create a number of
new jobs after investing £250,000 in the
expansion of its tool room.
The Redcar-based company has made
the significant investment to install state-
of-the-art machinery as part of its tool
room expansion and as it continues its
recruitment drive.
ElringKlinger also says it will invest a
further £250,000 over the next year as it
seeks to increase its scope of work and
reduce its use of subcontractors.
BORO’S NEW ENTERPRISE ZONE
Middlesbrough’s booming digital and
creative business sector is set to benefit
from a new enterprise zone in the heart
of the city centre.
The town’s Historic Quarter becomes
the latest of the Tees Valley’s 12
Enterprise Zones.
Centred on the thriving Boho digital
cluster, the unique offer includes newly
refurbished Grade A office space,
buildings with considerable architectural
and historical merit and a prime central
location near the rail station and leisure
area.