Tees Business Tees Business issue 11 | Page 72

72 | Tees Business Nordic Training Centre launch event, Stockton An engineering centre which is helping to plug a global skills gap was officially opened by the Mayor of Stockton, Councillor Maurice Perry, who cut a ribbon at the company’s high-tech facilities in Church Road. Nordic’s managing director Peter Robinson said: “This is really just the beginning. It’s our aim to be the best engineering training and testing facility in the UK.” Tees Business Networking Event for Summer 2017 Issue, Acklam Hall Dozens of Tees Business clients and other prominent local businesses converged on the impressive facilities at Acklam Hall in Middlesbrough for an event marking the launch of our last issue. After a presentation by Tees Business co-editor Dave Allan, Neil Whittingham of Acklam Hall talked about his plans and vision for the hall and the medical centre that’s being built alongside it.