Evening Gazette

Tees Valley

A powerful consortium of business interests to drive wind energy development is just the first demonstration of collective muscle on Teesside, says ROBIN DAVISON, TVEP Director and Managing Director of the Wolviston Group, pictured right AT the TVEP Project Preview event held in July 2009, Claire McDermott of ONE North East presented an update on the regions wind farm project The Northern Way brings together three of the UK's Regional Development Agencies, One North East, Yorkshire Forward an...

Jade's Idea Is a Real Gem

FOR 21-year-old Jade Stephenson, a former fashion assistant from M&S, Twiggy is not only a style icon but also the woman who turned her into an entrepreneur - Teesside's very own pretender to the queen of frocks. It was while watching Twiggy's hit show Frock Exchange that Jade's dream of running her own business crystallised into a proposal that last week won her a free shop for a year at Stockton's Wellington Square.

Switching On to Big Savings ; Is Your Innocuous Looking Mac or Pc a Hidden Heavy Polluter? Kelley Price, Environment Correspondent, Finds Out More.

THE Government has highlighted IT as a forgotten sector in the fight against climate change - yet globally the industry emits as much CO as air travel. Tees Valley's whizz-kids say we've reached a technological tipping point, where our heightened reliance on gas guzzling power systems makes the prospect of a blackout potentially disastrous.

Park Diagnosed As Best Option

RIVERGREEN Business Park at Hartlepool's Queen's Meadow has welcomed medical diagnostic firm Hart Biologicals as its latest arrival. Hart joins cable company Eve NCI, part of the Babcock Group, on the mixed business estate, which was part of a regeneration project, supported by One North East and Tees Valley Unlimited.

Business Park Is On the March

BUSINESSES are being urged to take advantage of the last remaining space at a state-of-the-art business park in Catterick Garrison. Target@Colburn at Colburn Business Park offers six brand-new light industrial/warehouse units which have been created by CFK Developments of Wetherby.

Help Your Bizness to Grow Further

OWNERS and developers of empty commercial buildings across the North East are being urged to contact Bizspace, the UK's largest operator of managed workspace, which is looking to increase its portfolio of more than 110 business centres in England and Scotland. "The recession has not dented demand for flexible managed workspace at our 30 centres in the region," said Bizspace's operations director Emma Long, "And while we have traditionally purchased all of our office, workshop, light industria...

Bowled Over by Kit

TBI Solicitors has once again showed its support for grass roots sport by sponsoring new shirts for Seaton Carew Cricket Club. The law firm, which has offices in Hartlepool, Wynyard Park, Stockton and Barnard Castle, has added the new sponsorship to a number in place throughout the region.

Dedication Helps Tony to Boost Charity

PEDAL power has paid off for a member of staff at JenningsFord who has raised hundreds of pounds for a local centre which is very close to his heart. Tony Wilson, 35, has raised more than pounds 450 for the patients at Stockton Dialysis Centre, based at the University Hospital of North Tees.

Gentle Touch in Exercising ; Help People to Breathe Easier

EXERCISE classes helping people with lung conditions breathe easier are still going strong in Redcar. Inspired by the late Sister Deirdre Corbett, who realised the benefits gentle exercise could have for people with respiratory problems, Redcar and District Breathercise was formed in September 2003.

I'm Pimpin' Up My Pad - Buy Me

I AM in the process of creating a facade. Having paid a painter to freshen up chez Bruce, and with a valuation pending, I now have the task of persuading visiting strangers that my home is exactly what they need.

Swim Your Way to Fitness

MORNING swims are back on the agenda. Changes to the leisure programme at Hambleton Leisure Centre, in Northallerton, mean that for the first time the public can use the pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

We're in Tune with Saint's Aim

A SCHOOL in Billingham has celebrated the saint after which it is named by holding a fundraising day. For the third year in a row, pupils at St Michael's Roman Catholic School were excused from their usual timetable to mark St Michael's Day.

Belt-Up Blitz: 55 Caught

POLICE caught 48 adults and seven kids without seatbelts during a clampdown on Teesside. Officers staged a week-long campaign timed to coincide with the start of a new school year.

Referendum On Elected Mayors ; Residents Across Boroughs to Get Vote

THE people of Stockton and Redcar and Cleveland are to be consulted on whether they want elected mayors. Changes in legislation mean all councils will have to adopt either a system involving a council leader with a cabinet, or a directly elected mayor with a cabinet. Early next year, Stockton Council will organise a referendum on a preferred model, in which all local government electors will be able to vote, with the new system introduced in 2011.

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