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Policy Update: Spring Budget 2023
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Spring Statement to Parliament on 15th March 2023. At Spring Budget 2023 the government is continuing...
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Mayor’s Message – March 2023
You might be looking at this email thinking “March has gone quickly!”, but there’s a good reason I’m sharing this month’s news now,...
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TVCA UKSPF P&S Investment Proposal Form
UKSPF P&S Investment Proposal Form UKSPF Evidence Pack Simple Logic Model Template UKSPF Proposal Assessment Criteria
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TVCA UKSPF SLB Investment Proposal Form
UKSPF SLB Investment Proposal Form UKSPF Evidence Pack Simple Logic Model Template UKSPF Proposal Assessment Criteria
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Trees on Tees
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UKSPF Funding Opportunities
CALL NOW OPEN under the ‘Supporting Local Business Priority’ About the Call The Tees Valley UKSPF Supporting Local Business...
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TVCA UKSPF Investment Proposal Form
UKSPF Investment Proposal Form BLANK UKSPF Evidence Pack Simple Logic Model Template
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Mayor’s Message – February 2023
February might be the shortest month, but it has been another successful one, with a number of key projects hitting milestones. In a...
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Competition 3 – Thank You
If you’re aged 19+ and don’t have GCSE maths grade C (or equivalent), Multiply is available to you. Multiply offers easy access to...
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Competition 2 – Thank You
If you’re aged 19+ and don’t have GCSE maths grade C (or equivalent), Multiply is available to you. Multiply offers easy access to...
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Competition 1 – Thank You
If you’re aged 19+ and don’t have GCSE maths grade C (or equivalent), Multiply is available to you. Multiply offers easy access to...
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Competition 3
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Competition 2
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Multiply
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Competition 1
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Mayor’s Message
It’s a New Year, so welcome to your new-look Combined Authority Newsletter – highlighting all the transformational projects we’re driving across Teesside, Darlington...
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Creative Place Newsletter Winter 2022
Thank You All We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your engagement, openness and partnership in driving forward...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Winter 2022
Message from the Mayor As 2022 draws to a close, we can be proud of what we’ve achieved in the past 12 months...
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Year of Construction
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Multiply
If you’re aged 19+ and don’t have GCSE maths grade C (or equivalent), Multiply is available to you. Multiply offers easy access to...
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Tees Valley New Futures
Looking for a fresh start in your career? Get supported to retrain or change careers with Tees Valley New Futures, including fully funded...
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Jo Manning – Fibre Installation Engineer
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses lasting up to 16 weeks to build in-demand sector skills and offer a fast-track to an...
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Amy Richards – Gateway to Construction
“This course has made me look at a lot of things differently. I now know where I want to go in my career...
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Luke Willgress – Gateway to Construction
Funded by Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Adult Education Budget via Hartlepool College of Further Education and in conjunction with Seymour Skills Academy,...
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Sean Kier
“I was employed working in warehousing part time and was always looking for something better. The opportunity to gain all the accreditations required...
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Ricardo Calcina
“I have truly found a career as a fibre optics engineer. I love what I do and it makes it all the easier...
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A Vision for Hydrogen in the Tees Valley
The Tees Valley’s pioneering hydrogen sector is laying the foundation for the world’s first net zero industrial cluster with a paper setting out...
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Adult Education Budget
Tees Valley Combined Authority is responsible for the Adult Education Budget for the Tees Valley, which was devolved to us from the Education...
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Level 3 Free Courses
Looking to achieve your first Level 3 qualification? If you’re aged 19+, living in the Tees Valley, and have not yet achieved a full...
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Skills Bootcamps
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks helping adults aged 19+ build up sector skills that local employers are...
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An Hour to Skill
By setting aside an hour a week for online learning, you can learn new skills that could help unlock job opportunities or get...
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Support for Providers
If you’re one of our Adult Skills Providers, we have a number of helpful tools to support you. Funding Policies Here are the...
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Support for Employers
Making sure that our adult skills provision directly meets the needs of local employers means we can help equip the Tees Valley...
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Investment Zones
Tees Valley Investment Zones In September 2022 the Government announced a UK-wide scheme to accelerate growth by creating Investment Zones. Three of the...
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Sharing Data
Personal information may be collected by TVCA in accordance with the terms and conditions of funding imposed on providers of learning, for example,...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Autumn 2022
Message from the Mayor While people from across the region were jetting off to Alicante, Corfu, Majorca and more as part of Teesside...
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MDC Consultations
The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority are working alongside Hartlepool and Middlesbrough Councils to establish Mayoral Development Corporations (MDCs) in their town...
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Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement applies to the content published on www.teesvalley-ca.gov.uk. This website is run by the Tees Valley Combined Authority. We want as...
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Tees Valley Region of Learning (RoL)
Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) in partnership with Tees Valley Creative Education Partnership (TVCEP) is working with The Royal Society of the Arts...
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Tees Valley Festival Scale Up Programme
Project Overview Festivals and events play a vital role in bringing communities together, transforming experience and perceptions of place and attracting visitors to...
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Tees Valley Creative Education Partnership (TVCEP)
Project Overview The Tees Valley Creative Education Partnership is a call to action to create more opportunities for children and young people to...
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North East Screen Industries Development Programme
Project Overview The North East of England has a long history of investing in the cultural and creative industries and in recent years,...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Summer 2022
Message from the Mayor We are now halfway through 2022, our year of construction, and we’re seeing even more spades in the ground...
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Home Upgrade Grant (HUG)
The Tees Valley Combined Authority in partnership with Stockton, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Councils, has secured more than £3 million...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Spring 2022
Message from the Mayor In the past year of these newsletters, I had been talking a lot about our accelerated demolition programme over...
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StepFoward Tees Valley
StepForward Tees Valley help people across the Tees Valley overcome barriers to work or training so they can move forward with their lives....
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Digital Inclusion and Skills
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Digital Innovation
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Digital Infrastructure
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Digital
A digitally connected region isn’t just one of our ambitions for the Tees Valley economy – it’s fundamental to achieving all of them. ...
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Skills Support for Adults
If you’re aged 19+ and live in the Tees Valley, there is training and skills provision available to help you build your confidence...
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National Apprenticeship Week 2022
National Apprenticeship Week kicks off Monday 7th February with a jam-packed week in celebration of all things apprenticeships! The theme for 2022 is...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Winter 2021
Message from the Mayor Many people will have been winding down as the nights have been drawing in and we’re approaching Christmas, but it couldn’t...
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Linthorpe and Woodland Road Phase 1
Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan – Linthorpe and Woodland Road Phase 1 Phase 1 consultation was held between December 2020 and February...
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2021/22
5th August 2021 Agenda & Papers The meeting was inquorate and therefore there are no minutes to publish. 15th September 2021 Agenda &...
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Cummins Inc.
Cummins Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of decarbonisation solutions for commercial vehicles and off-road equipment. It produces everything from advanced diesel and clean natural gas engines to...
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Case Studies
There are some fantastic businesses and organisations in the Tees Valley all playing their part, working together and contributing to the UK’s Net...
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Let’s Go Tees Valley
We all know that small steps and everyday changes can make a big difference in the race to Net Zero but might need...
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Whitetail Clean Energy
Carbon capture projects will be essential to decarbonising industry on the UK’s transition to a Net Zero future. One of the first projects...
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RCVDA Community Housing
RCVDA Community Housing (RCH) provides affordable high-quality, community-led housing in the Tees Valley. Set up and incubated by parent organisation Redcar & Cleveland...
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SME Energy Efficiency Scheme
The SME Energy Efficiency Scheme (SMEES) supports SMEs in the Tees Valley to reduce energy use, cut carbon emissions and save money, through...
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AV Dawson
AV Dawson’s Port of Middlesbrough, located on the River Tees, provides a multi-modal freight logistics service across a number of sectors, including energy...
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Northumbrian Water
Northumbrian Water supplies 2.7million customers in the North East with both water and sewerage services. Named the world’s most ethical water company for...
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Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
RWE Renewables is one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, with onshore and offshore wind farms, photo photovoltaic plants and battery storage...
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Wheels 2 Work
The Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency (RCVDA) is a social action organisation that works to support local charities, voluntary organisations and social...
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Net Zero Teesside
In the UK’s race to Net Zero it must decarbonise industry to achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050. The East...
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Net Zero
Uniting the world to tackle climate change The UK is hosted the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow in November 2021,...
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2020/21
18th June 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 13th August 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 12th November 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 7th January...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Autumn 2021
Message from the Mayor This summer we made huge strides with two of our biggest projects – demolition work at Teesworks ramped up...
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Tees Valley Wheels 2 Work
Do you find transport a barrier for attending work or training? Do you live in the Tees Valley? Do you have a firm...
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2019/20
12th July 2019 Agenda & Papers Minutes 19th July 2019 Agenda & Papers The meeting was inquorate and therefore there are no minutes...
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Tees Valley Enhanced Partnership
On 15 March 2021, the Department for Transport published ‘Bus Back Better: The National Bus Strategy’. The strategy sets out the vision and...
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2018/19
26th April 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 7th June 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 19th July 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 13th September...
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2020/21
21st May 2020 Meeting Agenda Minutes 15th June 2020 Meeting Agenda Minutes 13th July 2020 Meeting Agenda Minutes 24th August 2020 Meeting Agenda...
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2019/20
25th February 2019 Minutes 25th March 2019 Minutes 7th May 2019 Minutes 10th June 2019 Minutes 8th July 2019 Minutes 12th August 2019...
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2020/21
21st July 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 19th November 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 28th January 2021 Agenda & Papers Minutes 25th May 2021...
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2019/20
24th July 2019 Agenda & Papers Minutes 15th October 2019 Agenda & Papers Minutes 23rd January 2020 Agenda & Papers Minutes 28th May...
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2018/19
31st May 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 25th July 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 27th September 2018 Agenda & Papers Minutes 29th November...
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2019/20
5th July, 2019 Agenda Declarations of Interest Draft Minutes 5th July 2019 Draft Minutes 11th January 2019 Draft Notes 22nd March 2019 Under...
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2018/19
26th June 2018 Agenda & Papers To view our archive papers please click here Draft Minutes 11th January 2019 (Special) This meeting is...
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2020/21
Under the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales)...
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2019/20
28th June 2019, AGM Cabinet Agenda Declaration of Interests Procedure Annual Meeting Governance and Appointments Appendix 1 – Appointments List 2019-20 Appendix 2...
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2018/19
1st June 2018 (Annual General Meeting and Business Meeting) Draft minutes are subject to approval at the next meeting DRAFT Cabinet Minutes 010618...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Summer 2021
Message from the Mayor As the country continues to slowly come out of lockdown, we’ve been taking every opportunity to press ahead with...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Spring 2021
Message from the Mayor What a start to the year! It’s fair to say 2020 was one of the most difficult, tragic and...
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Economic campus in Darlington
Countryside and coast on the doorstep; a vibrant community of creative and independent businesses; growing industry and innovative emerging sectors; a friendly, upbeat...
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Teesside Freeport
In March 2021, as part of the Spring Budget, Tees Valley was announced as one of the first places to get Freeport status...
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5 Reasons why an apprentice could unlock your business growth potential
While many apprenticeships may have taken a different shape this year, apprentices have continued to play an essential role in supporting businesses to...
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National Apprenticeship Week 2021
Each year, National Apprenticeship Week reflects on and celebrates the value and opportunities that apprenticeships bring to people of all ages, to businesses,...
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Master Plan
You can download a copy of the full South Tees Development Corporation Master Plan here.
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Forward Plan
The Forward Plan will contain details of all decisions of the South Tees Development Corporation which are proposed to be taken by the...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Winter 2020
Message from the Mayor As we come to the end of a most unprecedented year, it’s clear that back in January no one...
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Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan
This consultation is now closed. Further information about why we are investing in cycling and walking, what we want to deliver and how...
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The North East, Yorkshire and Humber Energy Hub
The North East, Yorkshire and Humber Energy Hub Background The North East, Yorkshire and Humber Energy Hub (the Hub), is an initiative...
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Redcar Blast Furnace Report
To read the full report on the Redcar Blast Furnace, please click here.
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Visitor Economy and Culture Industries COVID-19 Recovery Programme
In June 2020, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen announced the establishment of a new, independent and sector-led Task Force to advise on the...
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Documents and Appendices
South Tees Development Corporation Constitution STDC Board Members STDC Complaint Procedure
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Polices and Procedures
Anti-fraud and Corruption Strategy Data Protection Policy Declaration of Interests Procedures Freedom Of Information Policy Publication Scheme
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Annual Statement of Accounts
Annual Statement of Accounts 2020/21 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Regulation 16 of the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015: The...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Autumn 2020
Message from the Mayor It has been another busy three months despite the uncertainty and challenges, with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic...
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Tees Valley E-Scooter Trial
Tees Valley is one of the first pilot regions to test the rental of e-scooters as an alternative to conventional public transport for...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Summer 2020
Message from the Mayor When the last newsletter was sent out, we were on the verge of lockdown, the true impact of the...
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New Employer Grant for Apprenticeships
Applications for this grant are now closed. Tees Valley Combined Authority aim to have a geographical spread across Tees Valley as well...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Coronavirus Update
Message from the Mayor This would normally be around the time we would send out a newsletter updating you on what I, the...
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Latest Information for Coronavirus
The Government has now lifted almost all restrictions relating to the coronavirus pandemic. For full information on the latest guidance, please click here....
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Winter 2019
Message from the Mayor How things come full circle in a year! We kicked off 2019 by agreeing a ten-year, £588.2million investment plan...
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2020 Calendar
2020 calendar With spectacular countryside, dramatic coastlines and some of the best people in the world, Tees Valley really is a great place...
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Sign up to our newsletter
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Autumn 2019
Message from the Mayor While the previous quarter has been one of significant activity, it has also contained the toughest week in the...
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Consultations
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Summer 2019
Message from the Mayor If one theme has come out of the past few months, it’s that Tees Valley is going national –...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Spring 2019
Message from the Mayor The year has got off to a flying start – literally – as my election pledge to bring back...
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Tees Valley Newsletter – Winter 2018
Message from the Mayor As you’ll see from this newsletter, almost every aspect of our work – from transport to the South...
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Form Login
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Adult Education Application
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Newsletter – Autumn 2018
Message from the Mayor From household-name companies to hugely popular sporting events, the past three months has seen big things afoot across the...
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Research & Intelligence
Our SP&I team provides a wide range of statistics to help decision makers decide key polices, identify areas of concern, establish priorities and...
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Local Industrial Strategy Evidence Base Report
This report provides a summary of the evidence base, developed by the Tees Valley Combined Authority, to inform the development of the area’s...
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Science and Innovation Audit
The Science and Innovation Audits (SIAs) were first announced on 16 July 2015 by the Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson MP. SIAs...
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Tees Valley Data Insights
The Tees Valley Data Insights tool contains a wealth of regularly updated data covering the five Tees Valley Local Authority areas, including demographics,...
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Business and Economy
A wide range of business and economic intelligence helps to provide an up to date picture of the Tees Valley economy and the jobs...
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Monthly Economic Updates
The following monthly summaries present frequently released key metrics relevant to the state of the Tees Valley economy. They will be updated every...
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The Stockton and Darlington Railway
The 26 miles of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) went from Witton Park in County Durham, through Shildon, Darlington and Stockton. The...
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Heritage Action Zones
Historic England’s Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) initiative is working to unleash the power in England’s historic environment to create economic growth and improve...
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Who we are
The Railway Heritage Board is responsible for delivery of the programme. The following organisations are currently on the Board: Darlington Borough Council Durham...
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What we do
Our vision is: “By 2026, the Stockton and Darlington Railway will be recognised as a world class heritage attraction, having built on its...
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Tees Valley Economic Assessment
The Tees Valley Economic Assessment is the core statistical document related to economic development in Tees Valley. It is based upon data and...
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Travel to Work Patterns
Based on the latest Census in 2011, this report details the key results from the Travel to Work pattern data at local authority...
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Education, Employment and Skills
Education, Employment and Skills are key drivers for our local economy. This section includes data and research which provides a clear view of...
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Apprenticeships
The following reports provide a detailed assessment of apprenticeships in Tees Valley: Apprenticeships started by Tees Valley residents in 2018-19 Apprenticeships 2018-19 Infographic...
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Higher Education
The Tees Valley Higher Education report uses data sourced from the Higher Education Statistics Agency to analyse the following characteristics of Tees Valley...
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Labour Market Intelligence Factsheets
Advanced Manufacturing Factsheet Chemical Process Factsheet Construction Factsheet Culture, Tourism & Leisure Factsheet Darlington Labour Market Intelligence Factsheet Digital Factsheet Education Factsheet Energy...
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Tees Valley Job Demand
The following reports provide a detailed overview of job demand in Tees Valley by analysing the number and characteristics of Tees Valley job...
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Unemployment
This page provides monthly updates of unemployment in Tees Valley. This covers an update of the Annual Population Survey unemployment, the new ONS...
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Policy and Procedures
To view Tees Valley Combined Authority Conflict of Interest Procedure click here To view Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Data Protection Policy click here...
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Protected: Ambassadors
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What’s Happening
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Downloads
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Gallery
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Ask The Team
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Message from Ben
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Our Investment
Tees Valley Investment Plan To view the updated One Year On Investment Plan, please click here In January 2019, at a Special Cabinet...
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Projects
Projects All our latest projects can be found here.
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Investment Opportunities
The Tees Valley Investment Fund is open to proposals for projects that will contribute to the delivery of our Strategic Economic Plan and...
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Tees Valley Business
There is plenty of support for both businesses looking to invest in Tees Valley and those already located here. Tees Valley Business is the...
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European Funding Opportunities
ESF Lump Sum Digital Interventions Call is now closed The COVID-19 Response ESF Lump Sum Digital Interventions Call published (23 April 2021) supports...
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SSI Funding
The SSI Task Force has secured £80 million of government funding in response to the closure of the steelworks in Redcar. A number...
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UK Community Renewal Fund
The Tees Valley Community Renewal Fund call for applications has now CLOSED Key Dates and Deadlines Call Opens 14 April 2021 Call...
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UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
Tees Valley is an area of challenge and opportunity. Our region is rapidly transforming to realise new economic opportunities, whilst addressing some of...
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Spending Public Money Wisely
LOCAL PEOPLE MAKING LOCAL DECISIONS The devolution deal agreed in 2015 committed to a new place-based approach that gives Tees Valley greater flexibility...
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Job Vacancies
A number of exciting job opportunities are advertised below they are all eligible through the SSI Task Force Jobs and Skills Fund. Please...
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How we work
Tees Valley Combined Authority is committed to a clear and open agenda with transparency at the core of our business. The following information...
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Chief Executive Register of Interests
To view the declaration of interests for the Combined Authority’s Chief Executive, please click here.
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Publication Scheme
We are required to have a Publication Scheme by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and have adopted the standard Publication Scheme published...
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Remuneration
To view the Tees Valley Combined Authority Pay Policy Statement click here To view details of Senior Officers earning more than £50,000 click here. Pay multiple;...
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Expenditure
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Combined Authority Contracts
To view details of contracts that Tees Valley Combined Authority has procured click here. To find out about Tees Valley Combined Authority’s procurement practice...
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Purchase orders over £5,000
To view details of purchase orders over £5,000 click here.
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Payments to Suppliers
The reports available to download on this page list payments made to suppliers with a value greater than £500 (exclusive of VAT). Publication...
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Delegated Decisions
The Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Constitution sets out how decisions will be taken in the Tees Valley. Fundamentally, only Cabinet can make investment...
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Freedom of Information Requests
Please note: On March 16th 2020 the Local Government Secretary announced that as part of the government’s response to the coronavirus statutory deadlines...
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Register of Members’ Interests
The Combined Authority Group has a declaration of interests policy, which is available here. This policy applies to all members of the Combined...
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Forward Plan
The Forward Plan will contain details of all decisions of the Combined Authority which are proposed to be taken by the Combined Authority...
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Declarations of Gifts and Hospitality
All offers of gifts and hospitality of £25.00 or more in value, including any offers of sponsorship for training or development, whether accepted...
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Meetings
Agendas and papers for all formal meetings are published 5 clear working days before the meeting. Draft minutes are published within 10 working...
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Annual Statement of Accounts
Annual Statement of Accounts 2021/22 Notice of Inspection Rights – TVCA Statement of Accounts for TVCA Group 2021/22 can be found here...
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Annual Report
Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Delivery Plan The Combined Authority in Tees Valley is unique amongst its peers in having a fully integrated Local...
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Welcome to Tees Valley Combined Authority
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About
The Tees Valley Combined Authority was created in April 2016. Our purpose is to drive economic growth and job creation in the area....
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Our Leadership
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South Tees Development Corporation
The South Tees Development Corporation is committed to open and transparent working practices, ensuring that information is readily available and easily accessible. We...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet
The Tees Valley Combined Authority Board is chaired by the Mayor of the Tees Valley and is made up of representatives from the five...
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Overview & Scrutiny Committee
As part of the Combined Authority’s democratic governance, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee has statutory powers to oversee all aspects of our work. ...
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Audit & Governance Committee
The Audit and Governance Committee’s role is to assure sound governance, effective internal control and financial management of the Combined Authority, and to...
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Transport Committee
The Combined Authority plays an important role as the Tees Valley’s Transport Authority, with overall responsibility for an effective transport system. This includes...
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Senior Management Team
Tees Valley Combined Authority is supported by a team of experts in all aspects of economic development. To view the Tees Valley Combined...
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Talking Up Tees Valley
Tees Valley is a region on the up. It is where five distinct boroughs come together to make one exceptional destination. This section...
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Our Tees Valley
Tees Valley is where five distinct boroughs come together to make one exceptional destination in which to invest, work, live and visit. From...
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Invest
Bitesize Benefits A profitable place to invest Great workforce, great skills, great opportunities Boost your return on investment Low costs and high quality...
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Work
Bitesize Benefits Doing business in the Tees Valley is easy Global industrial standing Big-name businesses and great job and career opportunities on your...
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Live
Bitesize Benefits Fantastic standard of living and quality of life You can afford to do more here Get more house for your money...
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Visit
Bitesize Benefits Tees Valley is bursting with things to do, places to see and stories to tell One of the UK’s emerging visitor...
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Images Free to Download
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Videos Free to Download
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Tees Valley Toolkit
Tees Valley is a region on the up. It is where five distinct boroughs come together to make one exceptional destination. This section...
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Devolution
Devolution is a process that transfers powers and funding from central Government to a local area. It means decisions can be made closer...
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Current Job Vacancies
The Tees Valley is at the forefront of northern economic growth, and a flagship for successful devolution. We have big ambitions for our...
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Tees Valley? The Tees Valley describes the area covering Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees. The five councils have...
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Policies and Procedures
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Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force on 1 January 2005 and allows anyone to ask Tees Valley Combined Authority for...
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Complaints Procedure
Tees Valley Combined Authority has a dedicated complaints procedure which is followed upon receipt of a complaint, an overview of which is given...
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Whistleblowing Policy
Whistleblowing Whistleblowing enables employees, elected Members, contractors, members of the public and other third parties that the Combined Authority deals with to voice...
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Data Protection
Policy Statement Tees Valley Combined Authority will ensure that its policy upholds the rights and protects the interests of all those with whom...
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Equality and Diversity
The Equality Act 2010 replaces previous equality laws with a Single Act, the majority of which came into force on 1 October 2010....
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Procurement
Procurement covers the process by which goods and services are acquired from suppliers and providers and managed throughout the life of the asset...
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Tees Valley – Working together for more than 20 years
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Tees Valley Mayor – Ben Houchen
Ben Houchen was elected as the first Mayor of Tees Valley in May 2017. Tees Valley area covers the five boroughs of Darlington,...
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What the Mayor Does
As Mayor, Ben is accountable to and represents around 670,000 people across all five Tees Valley boroughs. Ben’s primary role is to steer...
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The Mayor’s Priorities
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Freeports
Freeports provide special freedoms to trade, within a specific area around a major port. Freeport status supports the expansion of international trade by...
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Our Airport
Since bringing Teesside Airport back into public ownership and saving it from closure, Mayor Houchen has set to work on his 10-year turnaround...
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Teesworks
The South Tees Development Corporation is the first Mayoral Development Corporation outside of London. It has been set up to promote the economic...
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Jobs and Investment
Jobs Mayor Houchen’s plan for Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool is a plan to create good quality, well paid local jobs for local people....
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Transport
As well as securing a deal to buy Teesside Airport and saving it from closure, Mayor Houchen has invested in and facilitated improvements...
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Education & Skills
As part of his plan for jobs, Mayor Houchen wants to invest in home-grown talent and make sure local people, especially young people,...
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Coronavirus Recovery Support
The Tees Valley Coronavirus Business Support line Mayor Houchen set up a business support line for Tees Valley companies seeking advice and support...
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Contact the Mayor’s Office
Email Mayor@teesvalley-ca.gov.uk Call 01325 792600 Write Tees Valley Mayor Tees Valley Combined Authority Teesside Airport Business Suite Teesside International Airport Darlington DL2 1NJ
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News
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Contact
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Transport
As outlined within our Strategic Economic Plan, over the next 10 years the Combined Authority wants to create 25,000 new jobs and build 22,000...
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Strategic Transport Plan
Strategic Transport Plan Tees Valley Combined Authority is the local transport authority for Tees Valley. This is the first Strategic Transport Plan...
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Education, Employment & Skills
The Tees Valley Combined Authority is driving forward an ambitious agenda for growth with a clear Education, Employment and Skills strategy focusing on transforming...
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Useful Links and Documents
Below are links to some helpful websites: Department for Transport Highways England Network Rail Transport for the North Urban Transport Group Below are...
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Education
Training for Governors of Maintained Schools and Academy Trusts As a governor, you play a key role in the success of our schools across the...
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Employment
The Combined Authority’s plan is to provide new job opportunities for working-age residents and young people, attract new talent and grow our own...
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Community Grants
Tees Valley ESF Community Grants programme is being delivered by Hartlepool Borough Council, in partnership with the other four Local Authorities within the...
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Skills Support for the Unemployed
Skills Support for the Unemployed (SSU) is currently being delivered by PeoplePlus with an aim to reduce long-term unemployment and the numbers of...
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ESF NEET Programme
The ESF NEET programme is currently being delivered by Learning Curve. It is a programme to support Tees Valley residents aged 15-24 who...
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New Directions – Youth Employment Initiative
New Directions is a Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) scheme aimed at people aged 15 to 29 who are classed as NEET (Not in...
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Pathways and Routeways – Youth Employment Initiative
The Tees Valley Pathways and Routeways Programmes form part of the Youth Employment Initiative. If you are aged 15 to 29 years old...
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Skills
Devolution presents a fantastic opportunity for Tees Valley. The Combined Authority will have the ability to align skills funding streams for a more...
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Skills Support for the Workforce
Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) is funded by the European Social Fund and is currently being delivered by Calderdale College through a...
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Skills for Growth
The £3million Skills for Growth Programme supports Tees Valley SMEs to fill any skills gaps within their team – now, or in the...
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Technical Education
New technical education reforms are at the heart of a skills partnership between the Combined Authority, business, education and training providers. This partnership...
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Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are playing an increasingly important role in Tees Valley industry. They support young people and adults to secure a lifetime of sustained...
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Tees Valley’s Strategic Economic Plan
The overall aim of Tees Valley Combined Authority and the Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership is to maximise the amount of investment in Tees...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet
Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet meets bi-monthly and additional meetings may be called at other times if required. An agenda will be published five...
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Tees Valley Sector Action Plans
The Industrial Strategy for the Tees Valley (SEP) established an ambition for Tees Valley to become a high value, low carbon, diverse and...
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South Tees Development Corporation
The South Tees Development Corporation was launched in August 2017 and is the single biggest development opportunity in the UK today. As a...
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Meetings
Agendas and papers for all formal meetings are published 5 clear working days before the meeting. Draft minutes are published within 10 working...
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Audit & Governance Committee
The Audit & Governance Committee meets three times a year and additional meetings may be called at other times if required. Agendas and...
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Overview & Scrutiny Committee
The Overview and Scrutiny Committee reviews the most important strategic decisions and the direction of Tees Valley Combined Authority, and ensuring that any...
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Transport Committee
The Tees Valley Transport Committee is made up of representatives from the five Tees Valley Local Authorities and the Tees Valley Local Enterprise...
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Local Enterprise Partnership
The Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) meets every month. Please note, the LEP is not a formal Combined Authority meeting. Please note...
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South Tees Development Corporation
The South Tees Development Corporation meets bi-monthly and additional meetings may be called at other times if required. An agenda will be published...
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Audit & Governance Committee (STDC)
The South Tees Development Corporation Audit & Governance Committee meets bi-monthly and additional meetings may be called at other times if required. An...
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Freeport Board
The Freeport Board has been established to make recommendations to Cabinet on Freeport strategy and policies, to review Freeport services, ensure compliance with...
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Hartlepool Development Corporation Board
Forthcoming Hartlepool Development Corporation Board meeting dates: 20th March 2023 Agenda & Papers
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Middlesbrough Development Coporation Board
Forthcoming Middlesbrough Development Corporation Board meeting dates: 22nd March 2023 Agenda & Papers
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Archive Papers and Minutes
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet (Archive)
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2017/18
14th May 2018 (Special Cabinet Meeting) Draft minutes are subject to approval at the next meeting: Draft Cabinet Minutes 14th May 2018 Agenda Declaration...
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2016/17
28th April 2017 – Meeting Cancelled 22nd March 2017 Meeting Agenda and Papers Tees Valley Investment Plan Agenda Item 10 Tees Valley Housing Agreement...
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Transport Committee (Archive)
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2017/18
26th March 2018 Agenda Declaration of Interests Draft Minutes 5th September 2017 Agenda and Papers
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2016/17
22nd March 2017 Agenda and Papers 30th November 2016 Minutes – 30th November 2016 Agenda and Papers 22nd June 2016 Minutes – 22nd...
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Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Archive)
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2017/18
15th March 2018 (Special Meeting) Exclusion of the press and public – this meeting is confidential as it will involve the disclosure of...
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2016/17
23rd February 2017 Minutes 23rd February 2017 Agenda and Papers 10th January 2017 Minutes 10th January 2017 Agenda and Papers 24th November 2016 Minutes 24th...
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Audit & Governance Committee (Archive)
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2017/18
28th February 2018 Agenda & Papers *Meeting Cancelled due to adverse weather 19th January 2018 Agenda & Papers *Please note – this meeting was...
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Tees Valley LEP Board (Archive)
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2015/16
27th January 2016 Minutes 28th October 2015 Minutes 22nd July 2015 Minutes 22nd April 2015 Minutes
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2014/15
28th January 2015 Minutes 22nd October 2014 Minutes 23rd July 2014 Minutes 30th April 2014 Minutes
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Local Enterprise Partnership
Local Enterprise Partnership “The Tees Valley Combined Authority and Local Enterprise Partnership are a fantastic example of public-private partnership – the strongest and...
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2013/14
26th March 2014 Minutes 17th February 2014 Minutes 22nd January 2014 Minutes
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Housing & Communities
High-quality, sustainable housing growth and renewal are central to achieving our ambitious plans to expand the economy. Building new homes, revitalising existing communities...
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South Tees Development Corporation Board
The South Tees Development Corporation is the biggest economic regeneration project in the UK today. The board is made up of strong leaders...
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Business
The Tees Valley Combined Authority has an ambitious Strategic Economic Plan to grow the local economy. Our plan will see the creation of...
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Key Sectors
Tees Valley’s key sectors have historically been in heavy industry, with hundreds of years of established infrastructure and expertise in advanced manufacturing and...
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Energy & Renewable
Tees Valley is leading developments in the renewable sector. We boast a growing cluster of biomass, biofuel, bioethanol and energy from waste plants....
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Rural Community Energy Fund
All funding made available for the Rural Community Energy Fund has now been fully committed to community energy projects across the region. If...
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Logistics
The freight and logistics sector is crucial for Tees Valley and integral to our plans for economic growth and job creation. There are...
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Offshore
Tees Valley has one of the UK’s greatest concentrations of businesses operating in the offshore, oil and gas, subsea, decommissioning and offshore wind...
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Business Services
The professional services sector is on the rise in Tees Valley, with companies increasingly looking for their service centres to be based in...
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Life Sciences
The health and life sciences industry is one of our key sectors for economic growth. The region is committed to the development of...
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Chemicals and Process
Tees Valley is one of the most significant integrated industrial economies in the world, producing some 30% of the UK’s chemical output and...
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Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering
Tees Valley has a long and illustrious history in advanced manufacturing and engineering. With several hundred years of manufacturing and engineering excellence, Tees...
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Business Support
Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur taking your first steps on your start up journey, or a SME with high growth ambitions, Tees Valley...
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Community Grants
Tees Valley ESF Community Grants programme is being delivered by Hartlepool Borough Council, in partnership with the other four Local Authorities within the...
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Skills Support for the Workforce
Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) is funded by the European Social Fund and is currently being delivered by Calderdale College through a...
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Tees Valley Apprenticeship Support For Employers
Apprenticeship Support Grant Tees Valley Combined Authority supports the creation of Apprenticeships in the Tees Valley areas of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar &...
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Collaborative Networks Programme
Tees Valley Combined Authority supports businesses, universities and research and technology organisations in the Tees Valley local authority areas of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough,...
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Business Finance
There is finance available in the Tees Valley to help grow or scale up your business If you are looking to grow or...
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Inward Investment
Tees Valley has an attractive offering for any business looking to invest here. Whether you are starting up a new business, looking to...
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Great Place Tees Valley
Great Place Tees Valley is an ambitious four-year programme (2018-2021) devised by partners across the Tees Valley and brought together by Tees Valley...
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Enjoy Tees Valley
Spectacular countryside, dramatic coastlines, vibrant market towns and impressive historical venues are the backdrop to an exciting and growing cultural events calendar. There is...
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Rugby League World Cup 2022
We are working with Middlesbrough Council, Middlesbrough Football Club, Mowden Park and with the Rugby League Association aiming to bring a significant part...
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Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage Programme
Tees Valley Combined Authority is working closely with partners and are investing in the amazing heritage of our area, aiming to create world-class...
News (921)
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“Best Ever” Networking Event Puts Clean Energy Ambitions in Spotlight
Date Posted: March 13, 2023Two of the region’s major clean energy projects were the focus of Tees Engineering Network’s latest event, hailed as the “best ever” by...
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Mayor Calls For Investment Zone In Teesside Ahead of Budget
Date Posted: March 13, 2023The Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, has called for the Tees Valley to be awarded Investment Zone status. Upon taking office, the Government...
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Mayor Welcomes Chancellor’s £20billion Investment in Clean Energy ‘Reset’
Date Posted: March 13, 2023Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed an announcement that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is set to invest £20billion to “clean up”...
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Plans Officially Submitted for Services Complex to Serve Teesworks
Date Posted: March 10, 2023Plans have been officially lodged to create a service complex to serve thousands of workers on the edge of the Teesworks site. A...
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Huge Drive to Plant One Million Trees Across the Region Launched
Date Posted: March 9, 2023An intensive programme that aims to see one million new trees planted across the region has today (9 March) been kicked off by...
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Teesside Airport is UK’s First to Scrap 100ml Liquid Security Limit
Date Posted: March 8, 2023Teesside Airport has beaten bigger airports to become the UK’s first to entirely do away with the 100ml limit on liquids when passing...
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Leaders of the Future Look Behind the Scenes to Mark Women in Aviation Week
Date Posted: March 8, 2023Teesside University students have had a hands-on look behind the scenes at Teesside Airport to mark Women of Aviation Worldwide Week. A visit...
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Majorca Tops the Charts at Teesside Airport as TUI Unveils More Hotels for 2024
Date Posted: March 7, 2023Holiday operator TUI has revealed Majorca has come out on top in the popularity charts at Teesside Airport as it unveils a raft...
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Dambuster Adam Returns Home to Willis Role After Decade In Air Force
Date Posted: March 3, 2023An engineer has returned home to a job at Teesside Airport after a decade in the Royal Air Force. Billingham dad Adam King...
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Teesworks Park and Ride Given Green Light For Go-Ahead
Date Posted: March 2, 2023A new Teesworks park and ride scheme to serve thousands of workers has been given the go-ahead, meaning building work can now accelerate....
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£25Million Aviation Village and Jet Centre Approved for Teesside Airport
Date Posted: March 1, 2023A cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facility has been approved at Teesside International Airport with the promise of hundreds of jobs. Darlington Borough Council Planning...
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Funding Boost For Big Screen To Come To Darlington For Coronation and Eurovision
Date Posted: February 28, 2023A plan to screen the Coronation of King Charles III and the Eurovision Song Contest in Darlington is set to receive a five-figure...
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Key Staff Unveil Recruitment Timeline to Staff SeAH Wind Project
Date Posted: February 27, 2023Two key staff behind the jobs drive at the SeAH Wind development have offered an update on recruitment for the project. Piling work...
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Hartlepool Mayoral Development Corporation Unanimously Backed By Council
Date Posted: February 24, 2023Moves to set up a new Mayoral Development Corporation to drive Hartlepool forward have been unanimously backed by Hartlepool Borough Council. All Councillors...
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Hartlepool Production Company Receives Indie Fund Cash Injection in Boost To Home-Grown Talent
Date Posted: February 23, 2023An emerging Hartlepool production firm has received another BBC boost as our region continues to attract and foster more film-making talent. Hartlepool firm...
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£25Million Aviation Vision To Bring Hundreds Of Jobs Recommended For Approval At Committee
Date Posted: February 22, 2023Officials have recommended a cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facility at Teesside International Airport gets the go-ahead. Darlington Borough Council Planning Committee will vote on...
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More Than 50 Local Firms Boosted Thanks To £826,000 Business Challenge
Date Posted: February 21, 2023Schemes to help tackle the ongoing cost of energy crisis, research into carbon capture and even mental wellbeing in the workplace have all...
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Mayor Agrees New Tees Flex Deal
Date Posted: February 20, 2023It has today (Monday, 20 February) been announced that the Tees Flex bus service has been extended for a further 18 months by...
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‘Make or Break’ For Middlesbrough Mayoral Development Corporation As Asset List Revealed
Date Posted: February 20, 2023A crunch meeting is to take place over the future of Middlesbrough’s new Mayoral Development Corporation. Middlesbrough Councillors will have their say on...
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It’s Action Stations as Lift Shafts Installed in Hartlepool Overhaul
Date Posted: February 17, 2023The redevelopment of Hartlepool Station is continuing, as new images reveal how construction crews installed two lift shafts as part of the project....
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Thrill-Seeker Tom Aims to Go Far as He Builds Career at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: February 16, 2023A thrill-seeker is hoping to go far at Teesside Airport while enjoying some of the most hair-raising rollercoasters in the world in his...
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More Funding Up For Grabs In Second Phase of Net Zero Innovation Pilot
Date Posted: February 14, 2023The next phase of a pilot to build on local innovation strengths is now open for applications, with a share of £3million of...
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Passenger Numbers Highest For More Than a Decade at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: February 13, 2023New figures have revealed passenger numbers have hit their highest level since 2011 at Teesside International Airport. No fewer than 173,006 people used...
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British Steel to be Used in Vital Middlesbrough Station Overhaul
Date Posted: February 13, 2023A vital upgrade of Middlesbrough Station will see British Steel used as part of the huge £34million revamp. Teams are hard at work...
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Teesworks Skills Academy Hosts Businesses for Employment Event
Date Posted: February 10, 2023Teesworks Skills Academy threw its doors open this morning (10 February 2023) to local firms working on the Teesworks site. More than 30...
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Rising Star Tells Of Work On Major Projects To Mark National Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: February 8, 2023A rising engineering star has urged others to take on apprenticeships after gathering valuable experience on nationally significant projects. Katie Rotherham, 21, is...
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CGI Reveals How New Circular Fuels Ltd Renewable Plant Will Look
Date Posted: February 7, 2023First images of a ground-breaking low carbon plant to be built at Teesworks have been unveiled. Circular Fuels Ltd have lined up a...
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New Mayoral Development Corporations Take Step Forward as Legislation Laid
Date Posted: February 6, 2023Two new Development Corporations to supercharge progress in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough have taken another step closer. Legislation was officially laid before Parliament for...
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Colossal Drainage Channel Takes Shape as New Aquatic Habitat Planned at Teesworks
Date Posted: February 3, 2023A colossal drainage system is taking shape at Teesworks to cope with surface water run-off from the upcoming SeAH Wind factory and future...
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Keys Handed Over For Impressive Six Centre Square as Interior Fit Out Begins
Date Posted: February 2, 2023Ownership of a brand-new office in the heart of Middlesbrough has been officially handed over to the Tees Valley Mayor and Tees Valley...
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Add to Your Maths Skills with New Free Multiply Courses
Date Posted: February 1, 2023Adults from across the region who want to improve their numeracy skills are being urged to sign up to a new £3.6million mathematics...
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Amanda Lifts The Lid on 30 Years Controlling Teesside’s Skies
Date Posted: January 30, 2023An experienced controller has urged others to consider a career in Air Traffic after revealing what it takes to keep Teesside Airport moving....
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Officials Recommend Approval For Teesworks Park and Ride Ahead of Committee Vote
Date Posted: January 25, 2023A new Teesworks park and ride scheme to serve thousands of workers will go to committee next week – with planning officials recommending...
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Tees Valley Helps Shape National Policy as Advisers Visit Major Projects
Date Posted: January 24, 2023Creating the right environment for the Tees Valley to continue to attract business investment and create new jobs in the coming decades was...
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Teesside Becomes UK’s First Airport to Sign Green Aviation Fuel Agreement
Date Posted: January 23, 2023Teesside has become the UK’s first airport to partner with Air France-KLM for the airline’s programme to boost the use of Sustainable Aviation...
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Statement from Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen
Date Posted: January 20, 2023Please see below for a statement from Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen on the report published today (20 January) examining the cause of...
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Prime Minister Given Tour Of Exciting Hartlepool Vision By Mayor
Date Posted: January 20, 2023Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was given a tour of the impressive facilities at the Northern School of Art on Thursday (19 January) during...
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Guisborough, Hartlepool and Transport Benefit From Huge £54Million Injection
Date Posted: January 18, 2023A boost of almost £18million for vital transport projects in the Tees Valley has been confirmed. The Tees Valley Combined Authority bid to...
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Teesside Airport Welcomes Students For University’s Aviation Conference
Date Posted: January 18, 2023More than 50 students and delegates have been welcomed to Teesside Airport today (18 January) to learn about career opportunities in the aviation...
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Airport Says It With Flowers As New Freight Pass Secured For Valentine’s Day
Date Posted: January 17, 2023A vital licence to allow Teesside Airport to handle food and flowers has been officially granted – just in time for Valentine’s Day....
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Time Called on Longstanding Pub as Demolition Date is Set
Date Posted: January 13, 2023A date has been set to begin demolishing a longstanding pub as the Darlington Station project gathers pace. The former Hogan’s pub, on...
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£15Million Boost to Revitalise Gresham and Fund Vital Airport Hangar
Date Posted: January 13, 2023A huge cash boost to help a major regeneration in the heart of Middlesbrough has been unveiled. A total of £15million has been...
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From Stage School to Duty Manager: Sky is the Limit For High Flying Ellie
Date Posted: January 11, 2023A young star has urged others to forge a career at Teesside Airport after rising to become a Duty Manager aged just 27....
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New £580,000 Boost For Culture Sector
Date Posted: January 10, 2023More than half a million pounds will be used to further boost the region’s culture sector, it was announced today (10 January). A...
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Teesside Airport is UK’s First to be Ready for New Security Rules
Date Posted: January 9, 2023Cutting-edge technology has helped Teesside International Airport become the first in the UK to be fully ready for changes to security rules. The...
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Striking Images Unveiled of New Teesworks Services Featuring 160-Bed Hotel
Date Posted: January 4, 2023An exciting vision to create a service complex on the edge of the Teesworks site has been unveiled. A 160-bed hotel, two parades...
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Trip to Iceland Offers Unique Winter Tour From Teesside
Date Posted: January 5, 2023A winter flight from Teesside will offer a unique chance to sample the stunning scenery and natural phenomena of Iceland. Bookings for the...
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Major Schemes Driven Forward in Region’s Year of Construction
Date Posted: January 3, 2023In 2022, the region’s Year of Construction, many vital projects were completed spanning the length and breadth of the Tees Valley – with...
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Middlesbrough Contractor to Begin Work on Cutting-Edge Quay Platform
Date Posted: December 21, 2022A Middlesbrough contractor has been signed up to help create a huge 150,000-tonne platform for the vital South Bank Quay. GRAHAM has brought...
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First Export Leaves Teesside Airport’s Cargo Handling Facility As Imports Roll In
Date Posted: December 20, 2022Teesside Airport’s cargo handling facility has waved goodbye to its first export shipment, following more than a dozen import movements in just two...
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Teesworks Makes Final Shortlist For New Rolls-Royce SMR Factory
Date Posted: December 19, 2022Teesworks has secured a spot on the final shortlist of locations to host Rolls-Royce’s first factory manufacturing parts for its fleet of clean...
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Typhoon Flypast to Honour RAF Veteran on His 100th Birthday
Date Posted: December 16, 2022A Typhoon flypast and guard of honour have marked the 100th birthday of a Second World War veteran. Kaz Yajima had a remarkable...
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Leaders Sign Pledge to Help Boost Filming in the Region
Date Posted: December 15, 2022Tees Valley leaders have signed up to an initiative to boost the TV and film industry by making it even easier to shoot...
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Teesside Airport Staff Launch Huge Drive to Boost Awareness With Travel Agents
Date Posted: December 14, 2022Workers at Teesside Airport are visiting more than 120 travel agents in a huge push to highlight its offering for the 2023 summer...
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EV Charging Points Installed in Huge Rollout Across Region
Date Posted: December 13, 2022A fleet of new electric vehicle charging points have been installed in Darlington as part of a huge rollout to improve facilities for...
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Family Firm Urges Others To Seek Out Lifeline Grants After Investments
Date Posted: December 12, 2022A successful family firm has urged others to look into grant support after reaping the benefits of new machinery and energy efficient equipment....
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Net Zero Airport By 2030 Unveiled in Bold New Vision
Date Posted: December 9, 2022A bold vision to make operations at Teesside International Airport Net Zero by 2030 has been backed. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and...
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Work to Get Started on Vital South Bank Link Road
Date Posted: December 8, 2022Work on constructing another vital piece of transport infrastructure at Teesworks is primed to begin after a contractor was selected for the project....
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Mayor Welcomes £25Million Freeport Boost
Date Posted: December 7, 2022Up to £25million in Government funding to help turbocharge the Teesside Freeport has today (7 December) been welcomed by Tees Valley Mayor Ben...
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Behind the Scenes as £450Million SeAH Project Begins to Take Shape
Date Posted: December 6, 2022Four in five workers now employed in building a huge wind turbine monopile factory have come from the region. Postcode data has shown...
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Chancellor Rubber Stamps Cash Injection for Darlington Station Overhaul
Date Posted: December 2, 2022A vital cash injection for a vast overhaul of Darlington Station has been confirmed by the Chancellor on a visit to the region....
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Hartlepool Borough Council Officially Backs Plan to Transform Town
Date Posted: November 30, 2022Plans to reinvigorate the centre of Hartlepool by establishing a Mayoral Development Corporation have won unanimous support from the town’s council following an...
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Mayor Welcomes New Plant to Unlock Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
Date Posted: November 29, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed news that a local clean technology firm has signed an agreement to base its new commercial...
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Region Secures £300,000 Government Funding for Green Jobs and to Boost Tree Cover
Date Posted: November 28, 2022The Tees Valley has been awarded £300,000 in Government funding to kickstart a huge programme of tree planting activity and create new green...
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Number 10 Office Open For Business in Darlington
Date Posted: November 25, 2022An office for Number 10 in Darlington is open for business. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak worked from the new office on Friday (25...
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Christmas Comes Early As Second Teesside To Lapland Day Trip Launched
Date Posted: November 25, 2022Families can make Christmas 2023 more magical as a second day break to Lapland from Teesside Airport has now gone on sale. Tickets...
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Gateway to Construction Gave Amy the Tools She Needed to Succeed
Date Posted: November 24, 2022A beneficiary of a life-changing scheme has told how it boosted her confidence and helped her forge a career in the construction industry....
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Historic Redcar Blast Furnace Successfully Demolished
Date Posted: November 23, 2022The historic Redcar Blast Furnace has been successfully demolished. Using 175kg of explosives, teams from Thompsons of Prudhoe brought down the Casting Houses,...
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Ten Year Deal Secured for World-Leading Fire Training Centre
Date Posted: November 21, 2022A new 10-year deal has been signed to keep a world-leading fire training centre at Teesside International Airport. Serco has signed a 10-year...
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Teesworks Skills Academy Welcomes Hundreds of Pupils As It Throws Open Doors
Date Posted: November 18, 2022Hundreds of students have been the first to take advantage of the all-new Teesworks Skills Academy building as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week....
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Path To Unleashing Region’s Hydrogen Potential Outlined In New Report
Date Posted: November 17, 2022The Tees Valley’s pioneering hydrogen sector is laying the foundation for the world’s first net zero industrial cluster – with a new paper...
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Boost as Two Oil-Busting Boeing 727s to be Based at Airport
Date Posted: November 16, 2022Two oil-busting jets are to be based at Teesside International Airport. The first of a pair of Boeing 727s landed on Wednesday (16...
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Draken’s Teesside Fleet Grows As New Airport Hanger Completed
Date Posted: November 15, 2022Aviation services and technology firm Draken has welcomed a fleet of advanced combat jets to its base at Teesside Airport following the completion...
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Date Unveiled for the Demolition of Iconic Redcar Blast Furnace
Date Posted: November 14, 2022A date has been set for a major demolition of the historic Redcar Blast Furnace. The bulk of the furnace is to be...
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Another Big Boost for Teesside Airport as TUI Unveils Flights to Dalaman in 2024
Date Posted: November 11, 2022The UK’s number one holiday company, TUI, has unveiled yet another holiday route from Teesside Airport. Passengers will be able to fly to...
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Sinter Chimney to be Brought Down by Ex Plant Worker
Date Posted: November 9, 2022Another piece of the former Redcar steelworks is to be brought down in an explosive demolition on Thursday (10 November). And pushing the...
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Milestone Reached as Global Aviation Firm Lodges Plans for £25Million Facility
Date Posted: November 8, 2022A significant milestone in bringing a cutting-edge aircraft maintenance facility to Teesside International Airport has been reached. Global aviation giant Willis Lease Finance...
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TUI Announces Second Majorca 2023 Connection from Teesside International Airport
Date Posted: November 7, 2022Passengers looking to take off from Teesside for summer sun now have even more options as airline TUI has unveiled a second weekly...
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Electric Vehicle Battery Firm Charging Ahead with New Teesside Facility
Date Posted: November 7, 2022The UK’s largest planned EV battery recycling facility has selected Teesside to set up a multi-million pound factory. Global firm Altilium Metals would...
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Arts Council England Gives New £3.3million Boost to Region’s Culture Sector
Date Posted: November 4, 2022The Tees Valley’s culture sector has been given a fresh boost today (26 October) as Arts Council England announced £1.3million in extra funding...
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Early Morning Link to the World Makes Welcome Return from Teesside Airport
Date Posted: November 2, 2022An early morning flight making a welcome return will allow passengers to get to even more spots around the world from Teesside. Teesside...
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Multimillion Pound Boost to Film and TV Industry Already Reaping Rewards
Date Posted: November 1, 2022A multimillion-pound partnership to boost the Tees Valley’s TV and film industry is already reaping rewards with a string of programmes being made...
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NASA and ESA Astronauts Touch Down In Teesside To Help Students Aim for the Stars
Date Posted: October 31, 2022Hundreds of students from across the region took part in a programme to help their STEM careers take off, guided by experts including...
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Final Summer Flights Take Off From Teesside As 2023 Holiday Sales Begin
Date Posted: October 29, 2022The final passengers of this summer season are jetting out from Teesside as the airport looks back at a successful 2022 and ticket...
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Board Members Set To Guide Regeneration Of Towns Revealed
Date Posted: October 28, 2022The members of two new boards set to drive regeneration in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough town centres have been revealed today (28 October). Just...
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Cook Islands Ties to Tees Valley Explored by Rugby Stars
Date Posted: October 27, 2022Sporting stars have taken a look around one of the Tees Valley’s landmark museums and exchanged gifts in the latest engagement event taking...
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New Open Call to Boost Growth of Region’s Culture Sector
Date Posted: October 26, 2022Businesses, individuals and organisations in the region’s cultural industries sector can now apply for investment to help deliver projects aimed at creating jobs,...
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Plans to Boost Towns Laid Before Secretary of State as Local Firms Learn of Benefits
Date Posted: October 25, 2022The bid to secure two Mayoral Development Corporations in the region has taken another step closer, as events were held to tell local...
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Green energy projects front and centre of showpiece engineering event
Date Posted: October 21, 2022Exciting progress on a major green energy project was front and centre of a showpiece conference today (21 October). More than 100 attendees...
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Major Former Steelworks Plant To Be Razed In Explosive Demolition
Date Posted: October 17, 2022A major plant which boosted steelmaking in its former life is to be demolished on the Teesworks site. The Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI)...
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Construction Starts on New Platform For Hartlepool Station’s £12million Revamp
Date Posted: October 14, 2022Work has begun on the construction of Hartlepool station’s new second platform, with piling being carried out in the first phase of the...
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Cook Islands Welcomed To Tees Valley As Starting Gun Fired On Rugby League World Cup
Date Posted: October 11, 2022The final countdown to a global rugby league showpiece has begun with the spectacular arrival of the Cook Islands men’s squad. The team...
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Work Under Way On Darlington Station’s £100Million Redevelopment
Date Posted: October 7, 2022The ground has today (07 October) been broken on Darlington railway station’s £100million-plus transformation as some of the first buildings are being knocked...
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Mayor Welcomes £10.65Million Government Investment For Darlington Vaccine Site
Date Posted: October 7, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (07 October) welcomed a £10.65million cash injection for Darlington’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) that will...
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Region’s Hydrogen Transport Hub To Hold £20million Innovation Competition
Date Posted: October 6, 2022Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP has visited the region to announce it will play host to a new £20million competition thanks to its...
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Things Are Heating Up For Insulation Firm After Mayors’ Visit
Date Posted: October 4, 2022A family-run firm specialising in insulation systems has learned how its expertise could benefit some of the region’s biggest projects after a visit...
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Manufacturers Urged To Secure Grant Funding To Go Digital
Date Posted: September 30, 2022Manufacturing businesses in the Tees Valley are being urged to secure up to £20,000 in grant funding to invest in new software and...
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First UK Freeport Activity As Steel Consignment Arrives In Teesside
Date Posted: September 28, 2022A shipment of steel has now arrived at the Teesside Freeport, marking the first activity of a Freeport anywhere in the UK. Around...
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Tees Valley Chosen To Pilot New Initiative To Drive Net Zero Innovation
Date Posted: September 27, 2022The Tees Valley has been chosen as one of just two locations to pilot a new initiative to build on local innovation strengths...
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Countdown Begins For 2025 Stockton and Darlington Railway Celebrations
Date Posted: September 27, 2022The official countdown to the 2025 Stockton & Darlington Railway bicentennial celebrations has today (27 September) begun, as the new brand was unveiled...
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Chancellor Announces Teesside Airport In Running To Be New Investment Zone
Date Posted: September 23, 2022Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng announced this morning in a Growth Plan that Teesside International Airport is in the running to become...
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Platform Demolition Kick-Starts £12Million Hartlepool Station Upgrade Works
Date Posted: September 21, 2022Work has now begun to demolish Hartlepool station’s disused platform 3, signalling the first phase of its multimillion-pound redevelopment. Workers from Story Contracting...
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Teesworks Park And Ride Plans Submitted To Help Site Construction Crews
Date Posted: September 20, 2022A new Teesworks park and ride scheme has taken a huge step forward as plans were officially submitted for its car park. The...
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Statement from Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen
Date Posted: September 8, 2022“I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. As our nation mourns, my thoughts are with the King,...
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Statement Issued On Behalf of Teesworks
Date Posted: September 1, 2022Civil engineering firm Graham has today begun dredging work in the river Tees on behalf of the South Tees Development Corporation (STDC). This...
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Transport Minister Visits Teesside Airport for Hydrogen Vehicle Trial
Date Posted: August 31, 2022Transport Minister Trudy Harrison MP has today (31 August) visited Teesside Airport to learn more about the £2.5million hydrogen vehicle trial taking place...
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Teesside Airport’s New Cargo Handling Facility Open For Business
Date Posted: August 29, 2022Teesside International Airport has today (29 August) officially thrown open the doors to its new £2.5million state-of-the-art cargo handling facility. The purpose-built 21,000sq...
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Engineering Apprentice Joins Global Aviation Firm at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: August 26, 2022Aspiring Aircraft Mechanic Olivia Theasby’s career is off to a flying start after securing an apprenticeship with global aviation firm Willis Lease Finance...
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Tees Valley Mayor Meets CF Fertilisers Bosses Over Pause In Operations
Date Posted: August 25, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (25 August) met global representatives from CF Fertilisers to discuss what the pause in ammonia production...
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Plans To Boost Town Centres Win Backing of the Public – And Boro
Date Posted: August 18, 2022Two major projects to transform Hartlepool and Middlesbrough town centres have won public backing – plus the thumbs-up from Middlesbrough Football Club –...
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Work Starts To Prepare Buildings For Demolition In Darlington Station Transformation
Date Posted: August 15, 2022TRANSFORMATION Hi-res images attached Work has today (15 August) begun to prepare the first buildings alongside Darlington railway station for demolition, paving the...
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Explosive Demolition Brings Down Last Of Sinter Plant
Date Posted: August 12, 2022The Sinter Plant that formed part of the former steelworks site has now been completely demolished in a second controlled explosion. Around 8,500...
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Tees Valley Mayor Confirms Region Has Bid To Host Eurovision 2023
Date Posted: August 10, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (10 August) revealed that the region has entered a bid to host next year’s Eurovision Song...
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Mayor Hosts Levelling Up Secretary On Tour of Teesworks
Date Posted: August 9, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (9 August) welcomed the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to Teesworks almost...
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Mayor Welcomes BBC’s Backing of Local TV Production Company
Date Posted: August 4, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed news that Hartlepool-based TV production company Sea & Sky Pictures has been announced as North East...
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Adult Learner Says Bye to Bobsleigh As More Than 50,000 Helped by Education Budget
Date Posted: August 2, 2022The Tees Valley’s devolved £30.5million Adult Education Budget has “changed the life” of one local person – taking her from bobsleigh to telecoms...
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Transformation of Hartlepool Station on Track as Plans Approved
Date Posted: August 1, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the news that the transformation of Hartlepool Station has taken a major step forward after plans...
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Mayor Delivers £6million Boost For Billingham
Date Posted: July 29, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has delivered a £6million boost for Billingham after new funding was agreed to help drive economic development in...
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New Masterclasses Launched As Support Scheme Boosts More Than 300 Businesses
Date Posted: July 27, 2022Business bosses can now sign up to new fully funded leadership masterclasses to help prepare their businesses for the future. Skills for Growth,...
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Tees Valley Kids Go Free By Bus This Summer
Date Posted: July 27, 2022Families from across the region can now enjoy free children’s travel on any Arriva, Stagecoach, or Go North East service until the end...
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Businesses Backing New Vision To Boost Region’s Visitor Economy
Date Posted: July 26, 2022A new five-year plan to boost tourism in the Tees Valley has now been unveiled, with local businesses and organisations keen to get...
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Here’s How Teesside Airport’s Beating the Heat to Keep People Flying
Date Posted: July 19, 2022As record-breaking temperatures hit the UK today (19 July), one team of dedicated Teesside Airport staff was working hard to make sure local...
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Grants Now Available In £400,000 Scheme To Boost Local Energy Projects
Date Posted: July 19, 2022Organisations delivering local energy projects can now apply to secure funding as part of a £400,000 investment scheme. The Energy Project Enabling Fund...
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Global Aviation Firm Begins Planning For Substantial Investment in Teesside Airport
Date Posted: July 18, 2022Teesside International Airport revealed today (18 July) that global aviation company, Willis Lease Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: WLFC) (“Willis Lease”) along with its wholly...
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Eaglescliffe Station on Track for Improvements as Car Park Plans Approved
Date Posted: July 12, 2022Improvements to Eaglescliffe Railway Station have been given the green light today (12 July), as the final planning application was signed off. Officials...
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Construction Firm’s Flying High Thanks to Teesside Airport’s Links
Date Posted: July 11, 2022A Middlesbrough-based construction firm is raising its national profile to help deliver a multimillion-pound hospital project thanks to Teesside Airport’s fast and reliable...
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Business Bosses Praise ‘Brilliant’ Summit As It Returns for 10th Year
Date Posted: July 8, 2022The tenth Tees Valley Business Summit was packed out with more than 700 delegates as it came back as an in-person event for...
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‘Monumental Day’ as Construction Starts on SeAH WIND’S £400million Offshore Facility
Date Posted: July 7, 2022Work has today (7 July) got under way on a new £400million offshore wind facility on Teesside, set to become the biggest of...
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More Jobs Up For Grabs To Help Create SeAH Wind’s Mommoth Offshore Facility
Date Posted: July 6, 2022Local people can now register for 20 senior construction roles being created to drive forward SeAH Wind’s £400million offshore wind facility at Teesworks....
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Here’s How Students Can Get a £5,000 Grant to Study STEM Subjects of the Future
Date Posted: July 5, 2022Students in Redcar and Cleveland can scoop a £5,000 scholarship to support their further education studies, thanks to the firms behind the Dogger...
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Mayor Visits World-Leading Graphene Material Innovators
Date Posted: July 1, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a world-leading innovator in graphene material production based at the Wilton Centre, Redcar. Applied Graphene Materials...
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£2million For Innovation Into New Food Ingredient Production
Date Posted: July 1, 2022A new £2million investment by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority has been confirmed today (1 July) which will see a new...
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Work Begins On Billingham Station’s New Accessible Footbridge
Date Posted: July 1, 2022Work has this week got under way to significantly boost disabled access at Billingham railway station. The station’s existing footbridge is approaching the...
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Public Urged To Have Say On Transformative New Development Corporations
Date Posted: June 23, 2022Local people are today (23 June) being asked to give their views on two major projects that will be key to cutting red...
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Two Weeks To Go Until In-Person Tees Valley Business Summit Returns
Date Posted: June 23, 2022Business bosses are being urged to sign up for the tenth Tees Valley Business Summit as it returns as an in-person event for...
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Albanian Trade Mission Continues as Mayor Meets UK Ambassador and Tirana Counterpart
Date Posted: June 17, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has continued his Albanian trade mission by meeting more high-profile politicians and diplomats. Mayor Houchen was met by...
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Plans Approved for SeAH Wind’s £300m Teesside Offshore Turbine Base Factory – the Largest in the World
Date Posted: June 17, 2022The proposals for South Korean steel manufacturer, SeAH Wind’s, giant £300m, 40-metre-tall offshore turbine base factory at Teesside’s Freeport have received planning approval. ...
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Mayor Visits Albanian Capital’s Airport and Ports as Part of Trade Mission
Date Posted: June 16, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Albania’s main airport and two of its major ports as he continues his trade mission in...
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Mayor Meets Albanian Prime Minister During Latest Trade Mission
Date Posted: June 14, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Albania to meet the country’s Prime Minister, Edi Rama, and discuss how they can work more...
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Mayor Hosts Scottish Secretary On Visit To Teesside Freeport
Date Posted: June 9, 2022The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Rt Hon Alister Jack MP, has today (9 June) visited the region to see first-hand the...
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Work Under Way On New Draken Hanger At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: June 8, 2022Aviation services and technology firm Draken Europe is set to begin work on its new hangar at Teesside Airport after plans were given...
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Teesside Airport’s Skybar Throws Open its Doors to Public
Date Posted: June 8, 2022Teesside Airport’s new Skybar has welcomed its first customers as the work to transform the terminal moves one step closer to completion. Darlington...
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Final Few Tickets Up For Grabs For Teesside Airshow
Date Posted: June 1, 2022People keen to join in the excitement of the first Teesside Airshow in five years are today (1 June) being urged to snap...
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Region Cemented as UK’s Green Capital After Securing Global Trade Expo
Date Posted: May 31, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (31 May) welcomed the news that the region will play host to a major Government green...
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Tees Components Joins Major Engineering Support Network Ahead of its Next In-Person Event
Date Posted: May 30, 2022Saltburn-based machining firm Tees Components has signed up as an organiser and sponsor of a major supply chain networking organisation. Managing Director Sharon...
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Teesside Airport Welcomes Businesses For Major Summit
Date Posted: May 27, 2022Teesside Airport has welcomed around 150 delegates for a major annual business event bringing together the area’s largest and most influential private and...
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Boost For Wheels 2 Work Scheme As It Adds 60 E-Cycles To Fleet
Date Posted: May 25, 2022A popular scheme to help people access work and training has seen a boost after it secured an extra 60 e-cycles, almost doubling...
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Hundreds Of Local Firms Turn Out For Successful Net Zero Teesside Event
Date Posted: May 24, 2022More than 300 businesses today (24 May) came together to discover the benefits and opportunities in store when Net Zero Teesside Power’s innovative...
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Ground Broken On New Link Road For Teesside Airport’s Business Park
Date Posted: May 23, 2022Work has today (23 May) begun on a link road to boost connectivity to Teesside Airport’s £200million business park. Construction crews are now...
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First Job Up For Grabs At SeAH’s Mammoth Offshore Wind Facility
Date Posted: May 20, 2022The first job created by SeAH Wind at their mammoth £300million offshore wind manufacturing factory has today (20 May) opened to applications. The...
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Work Under Way On Next Phase of Middlesbrough Station Transformation
Date Posted: May 19, 2022The redevelopment of Middlesbrough’s railway station has taken another huge step forward today (19 May) as preparation work began on the second phase...
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£150million Renewable Gas Facility Coming To Teesworks Site Creating Hundreds Of Jobs
Date Posted: May 17, 2022A pioneering £150million residual waste to renewable gas facility is set to be established on the Teesworks site, it was announced today (17...
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Mayors Join Forces To Launch New Vision For Middlesbrough Town centre
Date Posted: May 16, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston have today (16 May) unveiled a bold new vision for Middlesbrough town centre....
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First Images of New-Look Hartlepool Station Revealed As Plans Submitted
Date Posted: May 12, 2022The transformation of Hartlepool Station has hit another milestone today (12 May) as plans for the redevelopment were officially submitted as the first...
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TUI Takes Off From Teesside For First Time In Almost A Decade
Date Posted: May 10, 2022TUI, the UK’s biggest holiday firm, has today (10 May) welcomed its first Teesside Airport passengers in nine years as it launched its...
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Joint statement from Teesside Airport and Loganair
Date Posted: May 9, 2022Teesside Airport and Loganair have been working in partnership for the past 18months to deliver quick, convenient and regular services for local people...
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Youth Football Team Striker Deal for Sponsorship With Local Construction Firm
Date Posted: May 6, 2022A Darlington-based under-nines football team has been newly kitted out after scoring a local sponsor thanks to Teesside Airport’s help. Middleton Rangers is...
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Building Compliance Specialist Eton Environmental Is Top of Its Class
Date Posted: May 4, 2022A rapidly growing health and safety building compliance firm that counts the likes of the world renowned five-star Ritz hotel in London among...
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More Than 700 Businesses Join Net Zero Teesside Engagement Event
Date Posted: April 27, 2022Hundreds of businesses turned out today (27 April) to learn how they can play a part in the development of Net Zero Teesside...
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Cash Boost For EV Charging As First New Points To Be Installed In Days
Date Posted: April 26, 2022The roll-out of electric vehicle charging points across the region has been given a boost after more than £700,000 was secured to expand...
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Two More Exciting Display Announced To Mark 50 Days To Teesside Airshow
Date Posted: April 22, 2022A world-class precision aerobatics team, made up of two former British Aerobatic Champions, and a breath-taking L-39 Albatross jet display will be coming...
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More than 180 local firms learn how they can benefit from SeAH’s mammoth offshore wind facility
Date Posted: April 21, 2022A raft of local firms yesterday (20 April) turned out to discover the opportunities for them to get involved in the construction of...
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Schools and Community Groups Urged to Grow Rugby League Action with New Funding
Date Posted: April 19, 2022Schools and community groups are today (19 April) being urged to bid for cash to help boost the profile of Rugby League in...
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Captain and Apprenticeship Roles Up For Grabs As Draken Advertises First Teesside Airport Jobs
Date Posted: April 14, 2022Aviation services and technology firm Draken Europe has kick-started its recruitment drive just days after news came of its expansion at Teesside Airport,...
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Mayor Launches Initiative To Boost 5G Connectivity Across The Tees Valley
Date Posted: April 14, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is launching an initiative to introduce 5G mobile technology to the region after it was announced as the...
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Mayor Welcomes More Than £42million For Tees Valley From Government’s New UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Date Posted: April 13, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (13 April) welcomed more than £42million of Government cash to boost local businesses, invest in people...
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More Than 100 Treasury Roles Filled as Mayor Meets Chancellor at Darlington Economic Campus
Date Posted: April 11, 2022The recruitment drive at the Darlington Economic Campus has hit a major milestone, with more than 110 Treasury members of staff now in...
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Draken Set to Double Teesside Airport Base With New Aircraft Hangar
Date Posted: April 8, 2022Aviation services and technology firm Draken Europe is set to expand its operations at Teesside Airport after the submission of a planning application...
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Tees Valley To Be Home Of World’s First Centre For Digital Trade
Date Posted: April 8, 2022A world-first centre dedicated to accelerating the digitalisation of international trade is to be set up in the region, driving forward the government’s...
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Mayor Welcomes £3.3million Funding To Boost Skills For Local People
Date Posted: April 7, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today welcomed £3.3million in Government funding secured for a scheme to give workers in the region the...
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Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Bringing History to Life at Teesside Airshow
Date Posted: April 6, 2022The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is the latest attraction that will be roaring into the skies above Teesside this summer as part...
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Tees Valley Mayor Reveals Schemes To Benefit From £310million Transport Fund
Date Posted: April 4, 2022Improvements to bus corridors, rail lines and stations, walking and cycling routes Funding to boost Hydrogen Transport Hub, low-carbon and digital initiatives Support...
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SeAH Factory A Step Closer As First Images Revealed
Date Posted: April 4, 2022New images detailing SeAH Wind Ltd’s mammoth £300million offshore wind factory were unveiled today (4 April) as the project took yet another step...
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Businesses Hit Kickstart Target As More Than 500 Young People Enter New Roles
Date Posted: April 1, 2022A pledge by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to help create 500 Government Kickstart roles at local businesses has been met after 511...
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First Bumper Schedule of Summer Flights in a Decade Gets Locals Jetting Off Once Again
Date Posted: March 30, 2022A bumper schedule of summer flights has returned to Teesside Airport after almost a decade, with passengers travelling from across the North of...
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Dazzling Typhoon Display Jetting In to Teesside Airshow
Date Posted: March 28, 2022Immense speed, power and agility – that’s what the RAF Typhoon display team will bring as it jets into this summer’s Teesside Airshow,...
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Firms Urged To Learn How They Can Benefit From Construction Of £300million Offshore Wind Facility
Date Posted: March 30, 2022Businesses from across the region have today (30 March) been urged to sign up to a supply chain event and learn how they...
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Trophy Tour Celebrates 200 Days Until Rugby League World Cup Plays Out On Teesside
Date Posted: March 29, 2022To celebrate the 200-days-to-go milestone to the start of the Rugby League World Cup 2021, organisers have embarked on a 48-hour tour of...
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150 Student Loans Company Jobs Up For Grabs In Huge Recruitment Drive
Date Posted: March 25, 2022Massive opportunities are opening up for local people as the Student Loans Company’s Darlington office is looking for motivated and dynamic workers to...
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Sofa, So Good as International Furniture Wholesaler Grows into New Cutting-Edge Warehouse
Date Posted: March 24, 2022AN international furniture wholesaler that set up shop in Middlesbrough back in 2000 has welcomed Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to officially open...
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Red Arrows Flying In To Headline Packed Teesside Airshow
Date Posted: March 21, 2022The Royal Air Force’s world-renowned Red Arrows are set to wow audiences as the headliners of this year’s packed Teesside Airshow, it was...
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Two Explosive Demolitions Take Place At Teesworks to Clear Path for Investors
Date Posted: March 16, 2022Two controlled explosive demolitions of major structures have today (16 March) taken place across the Teesworks site. The blowdowns formed part of the...
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Mayor Welcomes £1billion Investment Into Green Aviation Fuel Research on Teesside
Date Posted: March 16, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (15 March) welcomed the announcement that a global energy firm is set to make a new...
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Kate Willard OBE Appointed Chair of Teesside Airport Boards
Date Posted: March 11, 2022Kate Willard OBE has today (11 March) been appointed the new chair of two boards overseeing the running of Teesside Airport, taking up...
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More Than 5,000 Students Turn Out for Tees Valley Careers Expo
Date Posted: March 10, 2022The 10th annual Tees Valley Careers Expo has been hailed a success after 5,201 students from 37 schools across the region logged on...
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Local Firms Ramp Up Work on Teesside Airport Viewing Platform and Offices
Date Posted: March 10, 2022Construction on Teesside Airport’s new viewing platform, bar and office space is ramping up, with ten local businesses working hard on the next...
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Phase Two Redevelopment of Middlesbrough Station Green Light as Planning Approved
Date Posted: March 8, 2022Planning approval has today (8 March) been granted allowing phase two of the £34million redevelopment of Middlesbrough Station to get under way. Works...
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Stem Careers And Levelling Up On Agenda For International Women’s Day
Date Posted: March 8, 2022A tour of Teesworks – the UK’s largest industrial zone – to encourage young women into STEM careers, plus a panel on levelling...
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Mayor Welcomes Compulsory Purchase Result For Darlington Station Transformation
Date Posted: March 4, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (4 March) welcomed the result of compulsory purchase proceedings which pave the way for Darlington railway...
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Eaglescliffe Station Works Take Major Step Forward As Plans Unveiled
Date Posted: March 2, 2022Major improvements planned for Eaglescliffe railway station have moved a step closer today (2 March) with fresh images of the project unveiled showing...
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Mayor Welcomes Barclays Bosses For Tour of Teesside Freeport
Date Posted: February 28, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has hosted Barclays Bank’s Group Chief Executive and its Head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics for a tour...
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Valve Firm’s Hydrogen Plans In Full Flow After Client Success
Date Posted: February 24, 2022A local valve company aiming to capitalise on the region’s growing hydrogen sector and set to double the size of its headquarters has...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Firm Launching World-First Academy of Workplace Substance Management
Date Posted: February 22, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a growing company that has established the world’s first accredited Academy of Workplace Substance Management. Billingham-based...
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Mayor Welcomes Millions in Funding to Help Homes Become Net Zero
Date Posted: February 21, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (21 February) welcomed £3.6million in new government funding to upgrade homes across the region to be...
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Airport’s Newest Runway Raises £3,500 In Charity Fashion Show
Date Posted: February 18, 2022Local models, students and fashion brands helped raise more than £3,500 for Teesside Airport’s deserving charity partners after featuring on its newest runway...
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Mayor’s Final Call to Young People as Kickstart Deadline Draws Close
Date Posted: February 17, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (17 February) urged unemployed young people not to miss out on securing a paid job placement...
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Mayor Calls on Tees Valley Firms to Enter New £325,000 Business Challenge
Date Posted: February 15, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (15 February) launched a new £325,000 business challenge to help boost innovation for small businesses and...
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New £4.9million Scheme To Boost Energy Efficiency of Tees Valley Homes
Date Posted: February 16, 2022Hundreds of homes across the Tees Valley are set to be made more energy efficient and cheaper to run after the region was...
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SeAH Wind Bringing 750 Jobs With Mammoth Teesworks Offshore Factory
Date Posted: February 14, 2022Global pipe manufacturer SeAH Wind Ltd has today (14 February) confirmed that it will bring a £200-300million UK XXL monopile manufacturing facility to...
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Tees Flex’s Second Year Success Leaves Mayor Over the Moon
Date Posted: February 11, 2022Tees Flex, the region’s on-demand bus service, has gone from strength to strength in its second year with the vehicles having now clocked...
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Windy Wallace Blows Away Careers Contest Judged As Mayor Congratulates Pupils on Win
Date Posted: February 11, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Saltburn’s Badger Hill Academy to meet the winners of the Tees Valley Careers Primary Mascot Competition....
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Mayor Visits Chemicals Firm At Front Line of Aviation Innovation
Date Posted: February 8, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (8 February) visited a local chemical firm working to revolutionise air travel by leading on the...
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Mayor’s Fresh Call To Back Apprentices As More Than 1,500 Businesses Supported
Date Posted: February 7, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (7 February) kicked off National Apprenticeship Week by calling on business leaders to back apprentices –...
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Huge Step Forward As Plans For Airport Business Park Unveiled
Date Posted: February 7, 2022Details of the £200million airport business park set to be established on the southside of Teesside International Airport, and which will create thousands...
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Last Chance For Tees Valley Businesses To Join Innovative Networking Scheme
Date Posted: February 2, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (02 February) urged business bosses to sign up to a popular scheme to help them work...
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South Bank Quay Development Reaches Major Milestone as Pile Driving Gets Under Way
Date Posted: January 31, 2022Work to deliver the South Bank Quay has today (31 January) reached a major milestone with mammoth steel piles being driven into the...
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Hydrogen Refuelling Station And Vehicles Land At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: January 28, 2022A refuelling station which will serve hydrogen-powered vehicles based in the Tees Valley is now up and running at Teesside International Airport as...
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bp Submits Government Bids Over Major Clean Energy Projects
Date Posted: January 25, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (25 January) welcomed news that global energy company bp has submitted bids to government to secure...
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Mayor Launches New Fund To Help Grow Tees Valley Festivals
Date Posted: January 24, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (24 January) unveiled a new £1.6million fund to help festivals across the region grow and innovate....
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Mayor Earmarks £4.5million To Boost Screen Industries
Date Posted: January 21, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is backing the region’s TV and Film production industry with a proposed £4.5million boost after the BBC pledged...
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Public Urged To Have Say Over Cycling And Walking Route Plans
Date Posted: January 20, 2022People from across the Tees Valley are today (20 January) being asked to give their views on plans to boost cycling and walking...
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First Steel In Ground For Teesworks Skills Academy Building
Date Posted: January 18, 2022The first steel frames that will become the Teesworks Skills Academy building have been erected today (18 January) as work kicked off on...
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Plans Unveiled for Stockton & Darlington Railway’s 200th Anniversary Celebrations
Date Posted: January 14, 2022Special steam train journeys, exhibitions, parades and arts and theatre events are all being planned to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton...
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Mayors Step In to Launch Bus Service to Help Teesworks Workers
Date Posted: January 14, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston have helped to kick-start a new bus service to ensure local people working...
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Teesside Airshow Gets Set For Take-Off At Airport After Five Years
Date Posted: January 17, 2022The Teesside Airshow is set to return this summer bigger and better than ever, with plans to attract up to 25,000 people to...
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Community Groups Across Tees Valley Receive More Than 100 Laptops & Tablets From Huawei To Help “Digitally Excluded”
Date Posted: January 13, 2022Global technology leader Huawei has donated more than 100 laptops and tablets to The Hope Foundation charity as part of a drive to...
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More Than 100 Apprenticeships Up For Grabs In New Year Recruitment Drive
Date Posted: January 12, 2022Young people wanting to kick-start a rewarding career in 2022 can choose from 105 apprenticeship roles that are currently available across the Tees...
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Mayor Visits Civil Engineering Firm Expanding into the Tees Valley
Date Posted: January 11, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited the new Middlesbrough office of growing business Story Contracting, who are currently redeveloping the town’s railway...
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Mayor Urges Local People to Apply For Dozens of New Government Jobs
Date Posted: January 10, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (10 January) called on local people looking for jobs to apply for one of dozens of...
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Ten Firefighter Jobs Up For Grabs At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: January 7, 2022Teesside International Airport has launched a new recruitment drive to secure ten firefighters to join its on-site team. As the airport gears up...
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Where Will Teesside Airport Take You In 2022?
Date Posted: January 7, 2022Teesside International Airport is ready to take off once again in 2022, offering local people an easy, friendly and unexpected airport experience to...
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Law Firms Backing The Region As They Sign Deal With Tees Valley Mayor
Date Posted: January 5, 2022Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the announcement that seven local and specialist law firms have committed to help boost the region...
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Creative Professionals Seeing Success Thanks To Support Scheme
Date Posted: December 23, 2021A raft of people newly qualified in the creative industries sector have seen their lives turned around thanks to an innovative scheme to...
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Teesside Airport’s Duty-Free Store Throws Open Doors For Passengers
Date Posted: December 23, 2021Teesside International Airport’s first duty-free shop in eight years has today (21 December) welcomed its first customers. The store, part of the airport...
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Construction Work Begins on Next Phase of Teesside Airport Improvements
Date Posted: December 20, 2021Major work to build Teesside International Airport’s new Sky Bar, viewing platform and office space has begun today (20 December), as part of...
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Mayor Signs Off Huge Rollout of Electric Vehicle Charging Points
Date Posted: December 16, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (16 December) announced a multimillion-pound investment to hugely expand the number of public electric vehicle charging...
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Net Zero Teesside Takes Major Step Forward As First Engineering Contracts Awarded
Date Posted: December 15, 2021Net Zero Teesside Power’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project has hit another major milestone today (15 December) as the first contracts...
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Tees Valley Mayor Welcomes LNER’s New Middlesbrough To London Service
Date Posted: December 13, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (13 December) welcomed the news that LNER have commenced its first direct train from Middlesbrough to...
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Mayor ‘Thrilled’ As Hitachi Wins Government Contract For Cutting-Edge Rolling Stock
Date Posted: December 9, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen has today (9 December) welcomed the news that the Government has awarded the contract to build the next generation of...
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Last Chance For Businesses To Kickstart Young People’s Careers
Date Posted: December 8, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen had today (8 December) urged local businesses to take advantage of Government’s Kickstart Scheme before it closes as it was...
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Mayor Welcomes Liquid Hydrogen Plane Plans As Tees Valley Firms Lead Fuel Research
Date Posted: December 7, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen has today (7 December) welcomed a Government-backed scheme to develop a plane powered by liquid hydrogen, as two local businesses...
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Net Zero Teesside Project Reaches Another Key Milestone
Date Posted: December 3, 2021Net Zero Teesside’s carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project has taken another huge step forward today (3 December) as plans were submitted...
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Mayor Hails Local Steel Alloy Manufacturer’s Jobs Growth
Date Posted: December 2, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has learned about a local steel firm’s recent growth after it invested in a new facility at a...
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Schools Spread Christmas Cheer At Teesside Airport Charity Carol Concerts
Date Posted: December 1, 2021Schools from across the Tees Valley today (December 1) began touching down at Teesside Airport for a series of carol concerts to spread...
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Mayor Welcomes bp’s Plans For New Green Hydrogen Project
Date Posted: November 29, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (29 November) welcomed the announcement by bp that it plans to bring a new large-scale green...
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Tees Valley Mayor Gets To The Art Of The Region
Date Posted: November 26, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (26 November) visited part of a major art installation celebrating the region’s landscape and heritage. The...
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Dozens Of Businesses Learn About Teesworks And Freeport Benefits At Major Deloitte Event
Date Posted: November 25, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has highlighted the huge opportunities available at Teesworks and the Teesside Freeport to dozens of the biggest businesses...
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Mascot Contest Will Help Young Entrepreneurs Stay Local But Logo Far
Date Posted: November 22, 2021Primary pupils across the region are being given the chance to see their character creations come to life in a contest to design...
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Mayor Welcomes Latest Government Agency Moving to Darlington
Date Posted: November 19, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (19 November) welcomed news that yet another Government agency is set establish a base in Darlington,...
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Ex-Army Engineer Is Latest To Benefit From Teesworks Skills Academy
Date Posted: November 19, 2021Nine people – including an ex-army engineer – are celebrating after securing new roles at Teesworks, the UK’s largest freeport, thanks to the...
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‘Transformative’ Teesside Freeport Throws Open Doors To Business
Date Posted: November 19, 2021Teesside Freeport – the UK’s first and largest freeport – has today (19 November) begun operations, unleashing its “transformative potential” on the region....
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New Airport Boss Hayley Gets Back to Her Routes
Date Posted: November 16, 2021The newest member of the Teesside Airport team is ready and raring to go now she has secured a role back in her...
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Transport Apprentice Shows Drive to Succeed in Scooping Top Award
Date Posted: November 15, 2021A Teesside apprentice knows his career is on-track after winning a top industry award. Michael Richardson, 20, from Ingleby Barwick, works in the...
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Ryanair’s 2022 Summer Schedule From Teesside Airport Now On Sale
Date Posted: November 11, 2021Local people looking to get away for some summer sun can now book their flights from Teesside International, as Ryanair’s summer 2022 flights...
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Tees Valley Mayor Signs Off £1.6million to Kick-Start Eaglescliffe Station Works
Date Posted: November 10, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (10 November) signed off £1.6million of funding to kick-start work on major improvements at Eaglescliffe railway...
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Mayor Welcomes Treasury Minister on Visit to Teesside Freeport
Date Posted: November 9, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (9 November) hosted the Exchequer Secretary Helen Whately MP as she visited Teesworks, the site at...
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Mayor Visits National Fabrication Firm Expanding Into Teesside
Date Posted: November 3, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (3 November) welcomed to the region a national fabrication and engineering firm which has secured a...
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Mayor Welcomes Loganair’s New One-Stop Service From Teesside to Esbjerg
Date Posted: November 2, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Loganair’s latest boost to its services from Teesside Airport, as it announced a one-stop service between...
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Mayor Visits Packaging Firm Investing £500,000 in New Technology
Date Posted: October 29, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited the Hartlepool base of an innovative packaging firm which has made a £500,000 investment to help...
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Tees Valley Mayor Officially Launches Teesside Freeport
Date Posted: October 28, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (28 October) officially launched the Teesside Freeport after Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP gave...
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Mayor Welcomes “Second Budget For Teesside” that Delivers Investment and Jobs
Date Posted: October 27, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the Chancellor’s latest Budget, dubbing it “the second Budget for Teesside” after Teesside’s freeport status was...
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Near Billion Pound Investment For Green Energy Plant At SABIC Confirmed
Date Posted: October 28, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the news that Sabic has pledged to invest £850million into a new green energy project at...
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Time is Right for KLM to Boost Schiphol Connections from Teesside
Date Posted: October 26, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (26 October) welcomed news that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to introduce earlier flights from...
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Mayor Welcomes UKIB’s £107million Investment In South Bank Quay
Date Posted: October 25, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (25 October) welcomed confirmation that the new UK Infrastructure Bank will make its first ever investment...
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Government Announces £310million Investment To Transform Tees Valley Transport
Date Posted: October 23, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (23 October) welcomed an announcement from Government that it will be investing hundreds of millions of...
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Teesworks Skills Academy Revealed As Planning Permission Submitted
Date Posted: October 22, 2021New images of how the Teesworks Skills Academy building could look have been revealed as planning permission was today (22 October) submitted for...
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Teesside Airport Makes Property The Focus Of Its Next Phase
Date Posted: October 21, 2021Teesside International Airport has today (21 October) revealed how it aims to capitalise on its land and property assets as it enters the...
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Airport Passengers to Enjoy Some Revelry Following New Gin Partnership
Date Posted: October 18, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the news that Teesside Airport’s passengers can now enjoy a shot of Revelry pre-flight following a...
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Zero Carbon Bus Rolls Into Region As Part Of Flagship Net Zero Event
Date Posted: October 20, 2021A 100% electric ‘Carbon Battle Bus’ has rolled into the Tees Valley today (20 October), just 24 hours after the region was selected...
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Government Selects Teesside To Lead UK’s Zero Carbon Targets
Date Posted: October 19, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (19 October) welcomed the announcement by Government that Net Zero Teesside, as part of the East...
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Mayor Joins Global Investment Summit To Push For Further Net Zero Investment
Date Posted: October 15, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen will be joining the Government’s Global Investment Summit 2021 next week to push for further investment in new...
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Mayor Welcomes Transpennine Service Extension To Saltburn
Date Posted: October 14, 2021Two years after starting the fight to extend the TransPennine Express (TPE) services from Manchester to Saltburn, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has...
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Work Ramps Up On New Roundabout For Teesworks Access
Date Posted: October 13, 2021Work on a critical access point for the Teesworks site has ramped up, with a new roundabout now beginning to take shape. The...
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Airport Manager Departs Heathrow For New Job At Teesside
Date Posted: October 12, 2021One of Teesside Airport’s newest recruits is getting back to her northern roots after leaving London’s Heathrow Airport in favour of a new...
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Mayor Visits Northern School Of Art’s New Middlesbrough Campus
Date Posted: October 11, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited The Northern School of Art’s newly completed multimillion-pound campus in the heart of Middlesbrough. The Mayor met...
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Mayor Welcomes Second Major Low Carbon Hydrogen Project To The Region
Date Posted: October 7, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (7 October) joined the launch of the latest project to develop a low carbon hydrogen facility...
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View to a Thrill as Teesside Airport Reveals New Lookout Platform and Bar
Date Posted: October 4, 2021Teesside International Airport has revealed plans for a brand new Sky Bar and viewing platform, to give passengers and enthusiasts a new space...
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Plans Approved For Darlington Railway Station’s £105million Transformation
Date Posted: October 1, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today welcomed news that £105million plans to transform Darlington railway station are a step closer following planning approval of the eastern gateway...
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Construction Starts On Quayside For The Uk’s Premier Offshore Wind Hub
Date Posted: September 30, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (30 September) welcomed UK contractor Graham to the Teesworks site to kick-start development of the new...
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Mayor Welcomes Levelling Up Secretary on Visit to the Tees Valley
Date Posted: September 24, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (24 September) joined the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove MP...
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More Than 1,600 Apprentices Created After £3.7million of Investments
Date Posted: September 21, 2021The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have helped support the creation of more than one new apprentice every working day since April...
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STATEMENT ISSUED ON BEHALF OF TEESWORKS
Date Posted: September 17, 2021STATEMENT ISSUED ON BEHALF OF TEESWORKS Please find below a statement on behalf of Teesworks regarding demolition work that will be taking place...
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Green Light Given to Demolish Dorman Long Tower After Successful Appeal
Date Posted: September 17, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (17 September) confirmed that the demolition of the Dorman Long Tower at Teesworks will go ahead,...
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Mayor Welcomes Global Hydrogen Deal Set To Boost Tees Valley Investment
Date Posted: September 16, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (16 September) welcomed a deal between three global energy firms which would see them collaborate to...
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Middlesbrough College Students See Careers Take Off At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: September 15, 2021Ten Middlesbrough College students have seen their careers begin to take off after securing roles with teams working across almost every part of...
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£1million Signed Off To Upgrade Billingham Station Access
Date Posted: September 14, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has signed off a £1million investment to significantly improve disability access at Billingham railway station. Billingham is the...
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Planning Approved for GE Renewable Energy’s Teesworks Offshore Wind Factory
Date Posted: September 13, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (13 September) welcomed another major milestone in the redevelopment of the Teesworks site with the news...
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Approval To Demolish Dorman Long Tower Granted As Study Shows “Irreversible” Damage
Date Posted: September 10, 2021The Dorman Long Tower at Teesworks will be demolished after an independent study revealed “ongoing and irreversible” damage to the structure and highlighted...
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Mayor Visits Manufacturing Firm Expanding Apprentice Intake
Date Posted: September 9, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (9 September) visited a long-standing Tees Valley manufacturer who has boosted its workforce by taking on...
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Loganair Unveils New Teesside To Southampton Route
Date Posted: September 8, 2021Local people looking to visit the south coast will soon be able to get there quicker and easier than ever, as Loganair today...
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Mayor Welcomes Minister to Launch Next Stage of Scheme to Map Underground Pipes and Cables
Date Posted: September 7, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (7 September) welcomed Cabinet Office Minister Lord True CBE to the region as Government launches the next...
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Local People Urged To Help Shape Future Of Region’s Bus Services
Date Posted: September 6, 2021Local people are being asked for their thoughts on bus services in the region in a national drive to get more people on...
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Land a New Role as Teesside Airport Air Traffic Controller
Date Posted: September 3, 2021Teesside International Airport wants to put a new job opportunity on the radars of local people looking to work as an Air Traffic...
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Mayor Urges Local People To Attend Recruitment Drop-in Sessions For Darlington Treasury Jobs
Date Posted: September 1, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (1 September) called on local people who would like to work at the government’s new Darlington...
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Loganair Adds Dublin From Teesside As It Launches 2022 Summer Schedule
Date Posted: August 26, 2021Loganair has today (26 August) announced that people will be able to fly direct to Dublin from Teesside International Airport as it revealed...
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Interns Enjoy Summer Success At Combined Authority
Date Posted: August 24, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the hard work and enthusiasm of eleven summer interns, as they talked about the “amazing, eye-opening...
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Holidays Now On Sale for TUI’s Teesside to Turkey 2022 Break
Date Posted: August 23, 2021Local people can now book to fly from Teesside to Turkey next summer as TUI, the world’s leading holiday company, has officially placed...
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Revolutionary Covid Sanitiser Technology Comes to Teesside Airport
Date Posted: August 20, 2021A locally developed revolutionary sanitiser, which is certified to kill all types of bacteria and enveloped and neutralise viruses, including coronavirus, is set...
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Mayor Praises Life Sciences Firm Helping Fight Against Coronavirus
Date Posted: August 18, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a leading life sciences firm to learn about its role in helping to combat the coronavirus...
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TEESSIDE AIRPORT PILOTS UK FIRST HYDROGEN TRANSPORT TRIAL
Date Posted: August 17, 2021Teesside Airport has today (17 August) been announced as one the UK’s first pilot area to test hydrogen vehicles as part of the...
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Business Start Up Scheme Helps Hospitality Lecturer Practice What She Teaches With New Community Café
Date Posted: August 16, 2021A hospitality lecturer has opened a new community café and taken on nine members of staff, including her own students, thanks to funding...
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Work Gets Under Way On Teesside Airport’s New Duty-Free Store
Date Posted: August 13, 2021Work to create Teesside International’s new duty-free shop has today (13 August) begun, as the airport completes the final part of its multimillion-pound...
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LNER Launches Tickets For Middlesbrough To London Azuma Service
Date Posted: August 12, 2021Tickets have today (12 August) gone on sale for LNER’s new service between Middlesbrough and London, which is set to begin in a...
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Queen And Prime Minister Learn Of ‘Stockton Stories’ From Region’s Children
Date Posted: August 11, 2021Windsor Castle and No 10 Downing Street have written to Stockton schools after a charity book of primary pupils’ coronavirus lockdown experiences was...
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New Campaign Throws Spotlight On Tees Valley Career Opportunities
Date Posted: August 10, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (10 August) launched a new campaign to encourage young people to consider future careers in the...
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Middlesbrough Station Transformation is Engineering Opportunities for Young People
Date Posted: August 9, 2021The redevelopment of Middlesbrough railway station is helping local people with more than just improved transport links – by taking on young people...
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‘Steel and Iron’ Premiere Takes Place At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: August 6, 2021A new play celebrating the region’s rich iron and steelmaking heritage has held its premiere at Teesside International Airport. Steel and Iron, written...
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Tees Valley Wheel Women Cycle To Success
Date Posted: August 5, 2021Schemes to get more people cycling for leisure and work have been a huge success following a series of campaigns delivered by the...
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TUI Adds Another New Route For Next Summer – Teesside To Turkey
Date Posted: August 4, 2021TUI, the UK’s biggest holiday firm, has today (4 August) announced a second summer service when it returns to Teesside Airport next year...
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Business Plans Become Virtual Reality For Gaming Centre As Grants Help 50 Firms
Date Posted: August 3, 2021A Tees Valley gaming centre is just one of 50 businesses which has benefitted from a grant scheme helping small businesses to start-up,...
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Historic Day For Teesside As Demolition Work Begins On Iconic Redcar Blast Furnace
Date Posted: August 2, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (2 August) kick-started demolition of the historic Redcar Blast Furnace as work began to clear every...
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Fujifilm Throws Open Doors of New BioCampus After £3.6million Investment
Date Posted: July 29, 2021A world leader in biotechnology development and manufacturing has officially launched its new Billingham BioCampus, following £3.6million of support from the Tees Valley...
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Mayor Calls on Government to Halt New East Coast Timetable
Date Posted: July 28, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has called on the Government to step in and stop LNER from introducing a new timetable for the...
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Mayor Give Teesside International New Protections Against Being Sold Without Referendum
Date Posted: July 27, 2021To safeguard Teesside International Airport for future generations, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has introduced new protections that will mean the people’s airport...
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Taskforce Unveils Plans To Celebrate Heritage Of Teeswork Site
Date Posted: July 26, 2021With demolition work on the blast furnace and major steelmaking structures scheduled to begin next week (2 August), the Teesworks Heritage Taskforce has...
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Teessiders Take Off To Corfu For The First Time In 12 Years
Date Posted: July 21, 2021Ryanair has today (21 July) launched its summer service to Corfu, connecting Teesside Airport to the Greek island for the first time in 12 years. The route is operating every Wednesday...
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Industrial Services Firm Doubles Teesworks Workforce As It Secures New Contract Wins
Date Posted: July 20, 2021An industrial services contractor firm which has been working at the Teesworks site for four years has boosted its numbers after a series...
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New Scheme to Help Businesses Introduce Digital Technology
Date Posted: July 19, 2021Local manufacturers are being urged to sign up to a new programme that will help them adopt digital technology to transform the way...
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Hundreds of Primary Pupils Learn About College Life in Careers Scheme
Date Posted: July 16, 2021A total of 330 primary school pupils from across the region got their first taste of college life as part of a careers...
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£1.4million Funding Boost Helps Engineering Firm’s Major Expansion
Date Posted: July 15, 2021A £1.4million grant signed off by the Tees Valley Mayor has helped a major engineering services company boost its production potential by buying...
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100 Days to Go Until Rugby League World Cup Comes to the Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 15, 2021Rugby League World Cup 2021 organisers have today (15 July) confirmed that the 100-day countdown to the tournament has begun – with the...
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Free Rides for Heroes Extended as E-Scooter Trial Reaches First Birthday
Date Posted: July 14, 2021NHS, Armed Forces and emergency service workers can take advantage of free travel on e-scooters until the end of the year as the...
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Mayor Welcomes New Net Zero Power Plant Plans Set to Support 2,000 Jobs
Date Posted: July 13, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (13 July) welcomed hugely ambitious plans develop a new multimillion-pound net zero electricity plant in the...
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More Than £25,000 Raised for Good Causes as Teesworks Coins Sell Out
Date Posted: July 9, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has paid tribute to two Redcar-based community groups after more than £25,000 was raised from the sale of...
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Training Firm Goes Global After £30,000 Business Grant
Date Posted: July 8, 2021A Middlesbrough-based training and development company is now delivering its services worldwide after a £30,000 grant helped them create a new digital education...
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bp’s Global CEO Visits Tees Valley Over Transformational Clean Energy Projects
Date Posted: July 7, 2021The global CEO of bp has visited the Tees Valley today (Wednesday 7 July) to meet Mayor Ben Houchen to discuss the multibillion-pound...
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22 New Workers Join Airport in Successful Recruitment Drive
Date Posted: July 6, 2021A host of new faces have joined the Teesside International Airport team after a huge recruitment drive which took place as part of...
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New Business Leaders Join Tees Valley Mayor at Top Table
Date Posted: July 2, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (2 July) welcomed new business leaders who have signed up to work with him to shape...
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Mayor Brings Forward £12million Plans to Boost Teesworks Transport Links
Date Posted: July 1, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is set to bring proposals for an £11.7million investment to boost road and rail links to the Teesworks...
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Local Businesses Snap-Up Opportunities To Back Teesside Airport
Date Posted: June 30, 2021Businesses from across the Tees Valley have quickly snapped up key marketing sites within the new-look terminal primed to target the new passengers...
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World-First Hydrogen Project Coming To The Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 28, 2021A pioneering hydrogen energy project set to be launched in the Tees Valley has today been welcomed by Mayor Ben Houchen. Northern Gas...
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Teesside Airport’s Vital KLM Service to Amsterdam Takes Off Once Again
Date Posted: June 28, 2021KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has today (28 June) renewed its key international connection between Teesside and Amsterdam Schiphol, with the first flight taking...
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More Than 1,000 People Join Teesworks Skills Academy As First Enter Jobs
Date Posted: June 25, 2021A scheme to help local people take advantage of job opportunities at the Teesworks site has received applications from more than 1,000 local...
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Groundbreaking Coronavirus Detector Trialled At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: June 23, 2021A new system being developed to detect coronavirus in the air has today (23 June) been installed at Teesside International Airport as part...
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£4million Pledged For Vital Industrial Estate Expansion
Date Posted: June 23, 2021A £4million funding boost to help expand a major industrial estate, paving the way for a further £15.7million of business investment, has today...
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Mayor Calls For Young People To Join Summer Intern Scheme
Date Posted: June 22, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (22 June) urged young people from across the region to apply to join his Summer Intern...
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Mayor Announces Steelworks Site Will Be “Down Within A Year”
Date Posted: June 21, 2021£113million demolition plan with more than 1,000 people on site Demolition on Redcar Blast Furnace to start on 2 August Around half a...
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Teesside Airport Offering Cheapest Airport Parking in the North of England
Date Posted: June 18, 2021Teesside Airport has announced the result of a review into car parking charges, introducing the cheapest prices in the North of England with...
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Loganair & British Airways Agreement Makes Flying Worldwide From Teesside Even Easier
Date Posted: June 17, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (17 June) welcomed a new deal that Loganair has struck to make travel from Teesside...
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First Flight To Portugal In 13 Years Takes Off From Teesside
Date Posted: June 16, 2021The first holiday flight to Portugal in nearly 13 years has today (16 June) jetted off from Teesside International Airport. Ryanair has launched...
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Business Leaders Urged To Join Support Scheme as Second Phase Launched
Date Posted: June 15, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen had today (15 June) called on local businesses looking to grow to sign up for a support network...
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Mayor Welcomes Azuma Training Following Completion of Middlesbrough Station Platform Work
Date Posted: June 14, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (14 June) welcomed the first of LNER’s Azuma trains calling at Middlesbrough station as part of...
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Mayor’s Funding Boost Helps Wheels 2 Work Scheme Expand
Date Posted: June 11, 2021A popular scheme which helps local people get to work and training has been given a funding boost by Tees Valley Mayor Ben...
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Business Grant Unlocks Door To New Offices For Digital Firm
Date Posted: June 10, 2021A growing digital firm has secured a new headquarters and three new members of staff thanks to funding and support from the Tees...
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KLM To Resume Flights From Teesside Airport In A Matter Of Days
Date Posted: June 9, 2021KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is set to resume its popular service from Teesside to Amsterdam Schiphol on 28 June, Tees Valley Mayor Ben...
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Darlington Station Transformation Moves A Step Closer
Date Posted: June 8, 2021Plans for the multimillion-pound transformation of Darlington railway station took another major step forward today (8 June) as the formal planning application was...
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Work Begins to Transform Teesworks’ Steel House
Date Posted: June 3, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (3 June) welcomed 15 new workers to Teesworks who are helping to transform the iconic Steel...
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Expanded Routes To Work Scheme Helps Aspiring Scaffolder Hit New Heights
Date Posted: June 2, 2021A programme which helps unemployed people get back into work is going from strength to strength since it was expanded last year by...
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Work Ramps Up As Plans Unveiled For Teesworks’ Offshore Wind Factory
Date Posted: May 31, 2021GE Renewable Energy’s plans for a mammoth factory to manufacture state-of-the-art blades for offshore wind turbines have taken a major step forward after...
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Tees Valley Mayor Celebrates Construction Of Global Chemical Firm’s New Production Facility
Date Posted: May 28, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen has toured the construction site of a global chemical firm’s new chemical production plant for the region, which will help...
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Teesside Airport to London Heathrow Service Going Three Times Daily
Date Posted: May 27, 2021Loganair has today (27 May) announced that it will add an extra service to its Teesside International to London Heathrow route, bringing the...
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Enjoy Tees Valley Launches New Campaign As Festivals Secure Funding For 2021
Date Posted: May 26, 2021A new campaign has today (26 May) been launched to get people enjoying Tees Valley’s businesses as 17 festivals were also awarded part...
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HARTLEPOOL FIRM SECURES TEESWORKS CONTRACT TO CAPTURE DEMOLITIONS AND PROGRESS ON FILM
Date Posted: May 25, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has this week welcomed Hartlepool-based In Studio on site at Teesworks, the latest in a long line of...
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First Bristol Flight Takes Off From Teesside As Loganair Launches New Seat Sale
Date Posted: May 25, 2021Loganair’s first flight to Bristol jetted off from Teesside International Airport yesterday (24 May), its fourth service launched from the airport as coronavirus...
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E-Scooter Trail Set To Be Extended As Regional Pilot Hailed A Success
Date Posted: May 20, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (20 May) hailed the success of the region’s E-scooter pilots as the Government announced that they...
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First Teesworks Coins Land on Doormats as Thousands Raised for Charity
Date Posted: May 19, 2021The first commemorative coins cast from some of the last iron to be made on Teesside are now being delivered, with almost £17,500...
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125 Government Jobs Coming To Darlington As Mayor Joins Talks For New Investment Powerhouse
Date Posted: May 19, 2021More than 100 new civil service jobs will be moved to Darlington it was revealed today (19 May) as Mayor Ben Houchen entered...
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Mayor Praises Stem Challenge Finalists As Big Big Project Winner Revealed
Date Posted: May 18, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has applauded pupils’ ideas to help protect our environment as the winners of schools Science, Technology, Engineering and...
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Ryanair Launches New Summer Flights To Portugal From Teesside
Date Posted: May 18, 2021Ryanair has today (18 May) announced that it is launching a new twice-weekly service to Portugal from Teesside Airport next month thanks to...
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Mayor Urges Local People To Apply For New Construction Jobs At Teesworks
Date Posted: May 14, 2021Programme Managers needed to drive forward Teesworks site Jobs at £70,000 – £80,000 a year Quality opportunities for local construction industry talent Tees...
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Duty-Free Shopping Returns to Teesside Airport
Date Posted: May 12, 2021Duty-free shopping is set to land at Teesside International once again after World Duty-Free today (12 May) revealed that they will be returning...
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Full Steam Ahead As Plans Revealed For Darlington Station Redevelopment
Date Posted: May 11, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (11 May) unveiled what a revitalised Darlington Station will look like once a major multi-million redevelopment...
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Tees Valley Mayor Gets Back To Job Of Teesworks Development After Re-Election
Date Posted: May 8, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen today (8 May) wasted no time in getting back to the job following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor, driving...
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Just One Week To Go Until Tees Valley Mayoral Election
Date Posted: April 29, 2021With only seven days to go until the Tees Valley Mayoral Election on Thursday 6 May, residents from across Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar...
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15 New Food And Drinks Jobs On The Menu At Teesside International
Date Posted: April 28, 2021Teesside Airport has today (28 April) launched a recruitment drive for 15 new retail, food and beverage staff to join its growing team...
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Emergency Proxy Vote Introduced For Tees Valley Mayoral Election
Date Posted: April 26, 2021Time is running out for anyone who wants to apply for a proxy vote for this year’s Tees Valley Mayoral Election, however new...
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Salon A Cut Above As It Helps Taxis Drive Mayoral Vote Message
Date Posted: April 19, 2021Hairdressers and taxi drivers from across the region have been helping to promote the Tees Valley Mayoral Election as Monday, 19 April at...
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Bids Now Open For Fund to Help Boost Tees Valley Communities
Date Posted: April 15, 2021Organisations are today (14 April) being invited to submit bids into a new fund that aims to support communities across the region. Applications...
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Statement From Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen
Date Posted: April 9, 2021With my humble duty I wish to express, on behalf of the people of Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool, our sincere and heartfelt...
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Stars Come Out to Launch ‘Steel and Iron’ as Teesside International Set to Host Premiere
Date Posted: April 7, 2021A raft of local celebrities including Chris Kamara, Steph McGovern and Mark Benton have today (7 April) helped Teesside International and Twenty Seven...
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Mayor Pushes Button On Explosive Demolition Of Teesworks’ Coal Handling Facility
Date Posted: March 20, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen detonated the first explosive demolition on the former Redcar steelworks site today (20 March), kick-starting work to remediate...
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Local Firm Joins Airport Works For Car Park Improvements
Date Posted: March 19, 2021Teesside International’s car park is the latest area to be undergoing a revamp thanks to the help of another local business joining the...
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Mayor Welcomes £3Million Funding Boost For UK’s First Hydrogen Hub
Date Posted: March 17, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (17 March) hailed a £3million Government investment and master plan to kick-start the UK’s first ever...
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Go ’Pools-side With Teesside As Airport Aims To Fly High With Football Club
Date Posted: March 19, 2021Teesside International Airport has today (19 March) revealed it is now focusing on a different type of “Poolside” as Tees Valley Mayor Ben...
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Mayor Agrees Teesworks Partnership With Global Mining Company
Date Posted: March 19, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (19 March) revealed that Teesworks has entered a deal with Woodsmith Project developer Anglo American which...
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Time Is Right For Watch Entrepreneur To Launch Ranges At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: March 19, 2021A Tees Valley watch entrepreneur has decided there’s no time like the present to join Teesside International Airport and sell her designer timepieces....
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Teesside Airport’s History Goes On Display As It Celebrates 80th Birthday
Date Posted: March 18, 2021Teesside International has put its history front and centre as part of its redevelopment, with key items from its past now taking pride...
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More Than 40,000 Tees Valley Properties To Get Next Generation Gigabit Broadband
Date Posted: March 19, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (19 March) welcomed news that 40,000 homes and businesses across the region will benefit from hugely...
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Plans Move Step Closer For Major A689 Road Improvements
Date Posted: March 18, 2021Work to upgrade the A689 for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists have taken a step forward, with plans for the key road link formally...
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More Than 1,000 Young People Join Virtual Tees Valley Careers Expo
Date Posted: March 18, 2021The first virtual Tees Valley Careers Expo has today (March 18) been hailed a huge success, with more than 1,000 students taking part...
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Triton Becomes Latest Firm to Back Tees Valley Jobs as Hunt Begins to Fill 35 New Roles
Date Posted: March 18, 2021A specialist safety firm is set to establish the National Mines & Tunnels Rescue Service in the Tees Valley, creating a further 35...
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BP Plans UK’s Largest ‘Blue’ Hydrogen Project In The Tees Valley
Date Posted: March 18, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (18 March) welcomed BP’s announcement that it plans to create the UK’s largest “blue” hydrogen production...
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New Grant To Help Region’s Festivals Bounce Back Safely
Date Posted: March 17, 2021A new fund has today (17 March) been launched to help kickstart hugely important and much-loved festivals across the Tees Valley following the...
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Net Zero Teesside Project Moves Step Closer Following £52Million Funding Boost
Date Posted: March 17, 2021Net Zero Teesside and partners have been awarded £52million to deliver UK’s first decarbonised industrial cluster The funding will accelerate development of carbon...
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Mayor Helps Chief Constable Create Commemorative Medals For Prestigious Award
Date Posted: March 16, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (16 March) revealed that he has teamed up with Cleveland Police’s Chief Constable to help create...
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Mayor Launches £1Million Teesworks Gatehouse And New Jobs Site
Date Posted: March 15, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (15 March) thrown open the doors to the new £1million Teesworks Gatehouse as he launches a...
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New Support to Boost Careers of Region’s Young Creatives
Date Posted: March 12, 2021A new scheme to help young people in the creative sector start on the path to a rewarding career in the face of...
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Mayor Welcomes Funding Boost For CPI As Business Secretary Visits Innovation Centre
Date Posted: March 11, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (11 March) welcomed the Secretary for State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to a cutting-edge...
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Three Local Charities Check In At Airport to Secure New Fundraising Partnership
Date Posted: March 12, 2021Teesside International Airport has today (12 March) revealed that it is partnering up with three local charities to support their fundraising, with the...
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Mayor Agrees Multimillion-Pound Deal With Global Manufacturing For Teesworks
Date Posted: March 11, 2021GE Renewable Energy confirmed to build new factory at Teesworks creating 750 jobs and a further 1,500 in the supply chain Up to...
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New Grant Launched To Help Businesses Become Energy Efficient And Save Money
Date Posted: March 10, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is urging small and medium-sized businesses from across the region to take advantage of new funding and advice...
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Mayor Launches Coin To Celebrate Steelmaking Heritage
Date Posted: March 9, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (9 March) launched a celebratory coin forged out of some of the last iron to be...
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Teesside Airport Fire Crew Boosts Its Numbers And Secures New Engine
Date Posted: March 5, 2021Teesside International Airport’s on-site fire service has this week increased its ranks by welcoming two new recruits after it also recently secured an...
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Mayor Welcomes £2.7million Funding Boost To Help Adult Learners
Date Posted: March 4, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (4 March) hailed a new £2.7million pot of cash which will give adults the chance to...
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Mayor Welcomes Green Light For Teesside Freeport As “Game Changing” For Jobs
Date Posted: March 3, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, that his bid to set up...
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Tees Valley Mayor: Budget Gives Us A “Seat At The Top Table Of Government” As Treasury Heads To Darlington
Date Posted: March 3, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the decision to locate the Treasury’s new Northern Economic Campus, dubbed “Treasury North” in Darlington,...
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Award-Winning Company Joins Tees Valley Careers Initiative As It Hits 1,000 Business Target
Date Posted: March 2, 2021A Hartlepool-based logistics company has become the 1,000th business to support the TeesValleyCareers.com initiative, helping to raise ambitions and improve the career prospects...
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Demolition Begins To Pave Way For Teesside Freeport As Mayor Announces 10 New Jobs For Former Steelworkers
Date Posted: March 1, 2021Demolition work is today (1 March) due to begin on the former Redcar Steelworks Coal Handling Facility, on a site earmarked to become...
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Mayor Visits The Northern School Of Art Site To Learn How £14.5million Project Is Taking Shape
Date Posted: February 26, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited the Middlesbrough site of the new Northern School of Art to see first-hand how the multimillion-pound...
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Construction Firm At Teesworks Pitches In To Help Local Football Club
Date Posted: February 26, 2021A construction firm carrying out work to transform the Teesworks site has given back to the community by painting a local football club’s...
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Volunteers Needed To Kick Rugby League World Cup 2021 Off To Great Start
Date Posted: February 25, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is backing calls by the Rugby League World Cup 2021 for local people to join “The Power Squad”...
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Tees Valley Mayor Welcomes News Cutting-Edge Fuel Will Be Made On Teesside Securing Local Jobs
Date Posted: February 25, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (25 February) welcomed an announcement that a new, lower emission petrol set to be rolled out...
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Teesside Airport Helps Fly Flag For Local Businesses With New Concept Store
Date Posted: February 24, 2021Two popular local businesses have signed a deal with Teesside International today (24 February) to launch a new shop in the airport’s departure...
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“Incredible Boost” As Mayor’s Funding Hits Right Note For Tees Valley Music Group
Date Posted: February 23, 2021A Stockton-based band has been supported to grow and record more music during lockdown thanks to funding launched by Tees Valley Mayor Ben...
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Teesworks Coach Tours Postponed As Prime Minister Reveals Route Out Of Lockdown
Date Posted: February 22, 2021Public coach tours around the Teesworks site have been postponed until further notice as the UK continues to be subject to national lockdown...
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Mayor Meets Local Firms Joining Work on Airport Transformation
Date Posted: February 19, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (19 February) visited Teesside International to welcome on-site local businesses newly appointed to work on the airport’s...
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Major Demolition Project Begins on Teesworks’ Torpedo Ladle Shed
Date Posted: February 18, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (18 February) kick-started work to knock down Teesworks’ torpedo ladle shed in what is the site’s...
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Mayor Hails Success of Tees Flex’s First Year In Face of Coronavirus Pandemic
Date Posted: February 17, 2021Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the success of the Tees Flex on-demand bus service as it was revealed that in its first year...
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Tees Valley Mayor Signs Off Funding for Next Phase of Major Brownfield Housing Scheme
Date Posted: February 15, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has agreed the latest tranche of funding to redevelop disused brownfield land and help create 14 homes in...
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More Than 17,000 Learners Supported By £30million of Local Education Cash
Date Posted: February 16, 2021The Tees Valley’s adult education budget has helped more than 17,000 adults across the region to improve their skills during its first year...
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First Images of New Steel House Redevelopment Revealed
Date Posted: February 15, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has revealed what the iconic Steel House at Teesworks will look like under plans to transform the building...
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Specialist Aviation Consultancy Expands to New Site at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: February 12, 2021Cyrrus is expanding its operations to the airport, with its office focused on services designing airspace take-off and landing route plans, as well...
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Teesworks Construction Firm Welcomes New Starter for National Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: February 11, 2021One of the firms helping to transform Teesworks has hired a new apprentice to help prepare the site for investment and give him...
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First Loganair Service Takes Off From Teesside Airport
Date Posted: February 2, 2021The first Loganair flight in two-and-a-half years has taken off from Teesside International Airport – the airline’s first ever flight departing under the...
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Teesside Airport Launches Competition for People to Name New Bar
Date Posted: February 5, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is calling on members of the public to help name Teesside International Airport’s new bar – and be...
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Mayor Submits ‘Game Changing’ Teesside Bid To Government For The UK’s Biggest Freeport
Date Posted: February 8, 2021The Teesside Freeport would touch all 5 local council areas across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool The Freeport would create more than 18,000 jobs...
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Mayor Approves First Funding For New Homes As Part Of New Brownfield Housing Scheme
Date Posted: February 5, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has given the green light for funding to deliver the first homes to be built in Hartlepool as...
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Mayor Launches £3million Scheme to Boost Local Skills Grow Local Firms
Date Posted: February 3, 2021Businesses across the region will be given support to identify their skills needs and access employee training to help their businesses to grow...
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CPI Awarded £4Million Grant To Create State-Of-The-Art Bio-Manufacturing Site
Date Posted: February 1, 2021The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet have today (January 29) committed £4million in funding to a cutting-edge innovation centre to help...
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Region’s Freeport Moves Step Closer As Cabinet Backs Tees Valley Mayor’s Bid
Date Posted: January 29, 2021Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet has today (January 29) unanimously backed Mayor Ben Houchen’s proposal to submit a bid to Government calling on...
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Tees Valley Mayor Calls for Local Firms to be Part of Latest Airport Redevelopment Work
Date Posted: January 27, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is calling on local businesses to play a crucial part in the transformation of Teesside International Airport as...
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Teesside International Airport Celebrates 80th Birthday
Date Posted: January 26, 2021Teesside International Airport is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, as it looks to make 2021 a transformative year full of opportunity despite...
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Direct Trains From Middlesbrough To London Starting This Year Following Start Of Station Upgrade
Date Posted: January 25, 2021Platform extension set to be complete by May Direct trains to London for first time in decades Plans include new platform and station...
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Plans For £90Million Teesworks Quay Move A Step Closer
Date Posted: January 22, 2021Demolition work that will pave the way for a new £90million quay at Teesworks has moved a step closer today (22 January). An...
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Mayor Issues Last Call For Business Bosses to Join Support Network
Date Posted: January 20, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (20 January) urged Tees Valley businesses to take advantage of a popular scheme designed to help...
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Mayor’s Successful Careers Initiative Expands to Thousands of Primary Pupils
Date Posted: January 18, 2021A new £750,000 pilot has today (18 January) been launched to provide top-quality careers education for Tees Valley’s primary school pupils. The move...
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Loganair Launched Teesside International Service To London Heathrow
Date Posted: January 18, 2021UK’s biggest regional airline provides single ticket international flights from Teesside Loganair today announced a new route between Teesside International Airport and London...
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More Than 100 Businesses Learn How They Can Help Transform Airport
Date Posted: January 12, 2021Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (12 January) told local businesses and tradespeople how they can play a crucial role in the...
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Mayor Urges Local Businesses to Join Airport Upgrade Work
Date Posted: December 23, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is calling on local business bosses to sign up to an event which will outline how they can...
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Tees Valley Business Backs Almost 900 Companies In Its First Year
Date Posted: December 23, 2020Tees Valley Business has helped almost 900 businesses in its first year of operation, which are now on course to create and safeguard...
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Major Steps Taken To Improve Walking & Cycling Routes For Residents Across Tees Valley
Date Posted: December 22, 2020Major new proposals have been set out to improve walking and cycling for people across the Tees Valley through the implementation of the...
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Teesside Airport Spreads Festive Fun Hosting Drive-In Carol Concerts
Date Posted: December 21, 2020Christmas cheer is clear to see in all those who attended the One Voice Darlington’s Drive-In Carol concert, held at Teesside International Airport....
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Plans For Entire Teesworks Site Submitted As Jobs Set To Hit Master Plan Target
Date Posted: December 21, 2020A major milestone has been reached today (21 December) as Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen confirmed that plans for the entire Teesworks site...
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Passenger Covid-19 Testing Launched at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: December 18, 2020Teesside International Airport has today (December 18) launched a coronavirus testing service to give passengers peace of mind and potentially reduce the need...
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Teesside Airport Plans Unveiled With Disused Areas Brought Back To Life
Date Posted: December 16, 2020Mothballed areas reopening after seven years New duty free and food and drink facilities unveiled Recruitment to begin in New Year for extra...
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First Area of Teesworks Transformed As Demolition Works Draw To Close
Date Posted: December 15, 2020These pictures show the transformation of the first portion of land at Teesworks now that demolition work carried out by Hall Construction is...
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Colleges Sign Up To Teesworks Skills Academy to Help Local People Secure Jobs
Date Posted: December 14, 2020Leading colleges from across the Tees Valley have signed up to help deliver the Teesworks Skills Academy to ensure local people have the...
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Teesside Airport’s £3million Security Overhaul Under Way As It Ramps Up For New 2021 Flights
Date Posted: December 10, 2020Work is under way on a £3million overhaul of Teesside Airport’s check-in and security areas to help welcome thousands of extra passengers through...
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Green Light to Develop 9,000 Job Manufacturing Site Primed for Offshore Wind
Date Posted: December 7, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has confirmed plans to develop a world-class manufacturing site at Teesworks for offshore wind, creating 9,000 jobs, have...
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Warnock And Other Festive Shoppers Spoilt For Choice As 1,000 Firms Sign Up to Buy Local
Date Posted: December 3, 2020More than 1,000 independent businesses are now promoting their goods through Buy Local Tees Valley, leaving local shoppers, including Boro boss Neil Warnock,...
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Mayor To Spearhead Bid For UK’s First And Largest Freeport
Date Posted: December 1, 2020Teesworks has today confirmed that a comprehensive bid spearheaded by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen will be submitted on behalf of the region...
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Armed Forces Members and Families Fly to Cyprus for Redeployment
Date Posted: November 30, 2020Hundreds of Armed Forces members and their families have flown out of Teesside International Airport bound for Cyprus for military deployment, waved off...
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£16.5million Boost To Help Creative And Culture Sectors Thrive Post-Coronavirus
Date Posted: November 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority Cabinet have today (27 November) agreed a £16.5million programme to support the long-term recovery...
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Mayor to Introduce Town Centre Free Parking Across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool in New Year
Date Posted: November 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is introducing free parking in town centres across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool in the new year to make...
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Teesworks Heritage Taskforce Consultation Moving on to Next Stage
Date Posted: November 25, 2020A consultation on how best to capture and celebrate the history of the former Redcar steelworks site, which has been central to Teesside’s...
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“Seismic Day” for Teesside Airport As Ryanair Revealed As Low-Cost Carrier
Date Posted: November 25, 2020Teesside International has reached a major milestone after Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen revealed Europe’s no. 1 airline, the low-cost operator Ryanair is...
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Major New Road Schemes To Cut Congestion Revealed
Date Posted: November 23, 2020People can have their say on two major road improvement schemes which are designed to reduce congestion, improve journey times and transform east-west...
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Mayor Urges Local People To Apply For New Jobs Available At Firms Helping To Redevelop Teesworks
Date Posted: November 23, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is urging people looking for work across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool to apply for a host of new...
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Mayor Pledges to Extend Wheels 2 Work Scheme After Praise From Local Workers
Date Posted: November 19, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has pledged to extend a scheme that is helping dozens of people get to work and training opportunities...
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£1.5million Riverbed Investigations Under Way For New Teesworks Quay
Date Posted: November 18, 2020A major £1.5million study has begun to investigate the bed of the River Tees just days after Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen announced...
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Mayor Reaches 500 New Job Target With Government Kickstart Scheme – But Urges More Firms To Sign Up
Date Posted: November 17, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has reached his target of creating 500 new jobs for young people at businesses across the region through...
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Mayor Confirms Teesworks To Bid For Freeport Status As Government Bidding Process Opens
Date Posted: November 16, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today confirmed Teesworks will bid for Freeport status as the Government announced the process for applications was...
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Thousands of Christmas Shoppers Take Advantage of Mayor’s New Scheme to Boost Festive Trade
Date Posted: November 13, 2020Thousands of Christmas shoppers have already taken advantage of a new scheme set up by the Tees Valley Mayor to support local independent...
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Mayor Welcomes Logistics and Distribution Centre That Will Create Thousands of Jobs
Date Posted: November 12, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (12th November) welcomed a huge investment that will see a state-of-the-art logistics and distribution centre built...
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Loganair “Back For Good” With New Long-Term Partnership Deal
Date Posted: November 10, 2020Teesside International Airport has revealed that Loganair will be returning to the airport and flying to five destinations, with tickets for the new...
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Mayor Backs Independent Shops as Christmas Shopping Season Gets Under Way
Date Posted: November 9, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has thrown his support behind independent shops across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool as the Christmas shopping season gets...
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Airport Vows to Keep Key Workers Flying During Pandemic
Date Posted: November 6, 2020Teesside International Airport is on course to meet its turnaround plan despite temporary changes to the flight schedule as a response to the...
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Tees Valley Business Fund Helps To Create Hundreds Of Jobs For Local Workers
Date Posted: November 4, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (4 November) revealed that the Tees Valley Business Fund has helped firms in the region create...
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Travel Agent Fairs-Lloyds Signs Ten-Year Deal With Teesside International
Date Posted: November 3, 2020Local travel agent Fairs-Lloyds Travel has signed a deal that will see its shop remain at Teesside International Airport for the next ten...
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Teesside Airport Launches Partnership with Rockliffe Hall
Date Posted: October 29, 2020Teesside International Airport has today (29 October) unveiled a new partnership with five-star luxury hotel Rockliffe Hall in Darlington. This relationship will see...
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Mayor Expands Route To Work Programme With Almost £1 Million To Help More People Find Jobs
Date Posted: October 28, 2020A programme which helps unemployed people get back into work has expanded thanks to a near £1million boost from the Tees Valley Mayor....
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UK’s Biggest Holiday Firm TUI Returns To Teesside Airport For Summer Flights To Majorca
Date Posted: October 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (27 October) revealed that Teesside International has secured a new summer service operated by TUI, the UK’s...
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Mayor Houchen Funds Food Parcel Campaign to Help Feed Vulnerable Schoolchildren in the Tees Valley
Date Posted: October 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has backed a scheme by the charity arm of Middlesbrough Football Club to help deliver food parcels and...
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Region’s Net Zero Teesside Scheme Signs Partnership for North Sea Carbon Storage
Date Posted: October 26, 2020Net Zero Teesside, the UK’s ground-breaking carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project, has signed a new partnership to develop offshore CO2 transport...
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£35 Million And Stopping 827 Jobs: Independent Report Reveals Cost Of Keeping Redcar Blast Furnace
Date Posted: October 23, 2020Report finds cost of keeping Redcar Blast Furnace would be £35.4million over 10 years and would damage investment in other parts of Teesworks...
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Rugby League World Cup 2021 Ticket Ballot Opens As Riverside Lights Up For One-Year Countdown
Date Posted: October 23, 2020The public ballot for tickets to the Rugby League World Cup 2021 has opened today (23 October) kicking off the one-year countdown to...
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Mayor Guarantees Job Interviews For Ex-Armed Forces At Teesworks
Date Posted: October 22, 2020Military veterans are to be guaranteed an interview for jobs created at Teesworks, the Tees Valley Mayor has announced. To coincide with the...
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Teesside International Lands Italian Break for Summer 2021
Date Posted: October 21, 2020Teesside International Airport has today (21 October) announced a new summer holiday destination for 2021, flying to Bergamo in Italy for holidays on...
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Innovation Fund of More Than £300,000 Launched To Boost Coronavirus Recovery For Culture Firms
Date Posted: October 20, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (20 October) launched a fund of more than £300,000 to help culture businesses adapt, innovate and...
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Mayor Helps To Create 415 New Jobs At More Than 100 Tees Valley Businesses Thanks to Kickstart Scheme
Date Posted: October 19, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has helped to create 415 new jobs at more than 100 businesses across the Tees Valley thanks to...
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Catch Up With Tees Valley’s Biggest Business Event With On-Demand Service
Date Posted: October 16, 2020The successful ninth annual Tees Valley Business Summit may now be over but if you missed it, there’s a chance to catch up...
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Another 40 Jobs Created At Teesworks With Major Contract Going To A Local Firm
Date Posted: October 15, 2020Another 40 new jobs have been created at Teesworks as the second phase of major £4million land remediation and preparation work gets under...
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Mayor Delivers 100 Apprenticeships Across Tees Valley With £1Million Emergency Fund
Date Posted: October 9, 2020A hundred new apprentices across the Tees Valley have been created thanks to a £1million Emergency Apprenticeship Fund scheme launched by the Tees...
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Last Chance to Sign Up to Tees Valley’s Biggest Business Event
Date Posted: October 7, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has today (October 7) called on the region’s businesses to register for 2020’s Tees Valley Business Summit, as there is...
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20 Jobs Created As Major Fuel Tank Demolitions Take Shape At Teesworks
Date Posted: October 7, 2020A major project to decontaminate and demolish five huge redundant oil tanks on the Teesworks site by a local firm embracing a ‘Totally...
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New Mobile Food & Drink Ordering Service Launched at Teesside Airport
Date Posted: October 6, 2020Teesside International Airport has today (October 6) made it easier than ever for passengers to order food and refreshments in a safe Covid-secure...
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Work Begins On New Teesworks Entrance To Mark Five Years On From The SSI Closure
Date Posted: October 2, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (2 October) marked the five-year anniversary of the liquidation of SSI steelworks by demolishing its former...
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Teesworks Tours Postponed After Local Lockdown Measures Announced for Hartlepool and Middlesbrough
Date Posted: October 1, 2020Coach tours around the former SSI steelworks site have been postponed until March 2021, following the announcement by Government earlier today (October 1)...
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Mayor Visits Business Backing Hospitality Firms With Free Track And Trace Poster
Date Posted: October 1, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a Tees Valley business which is offering to print free NHS Track and Trace posters for hospitality firms...
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Government Minister Visits Tees Valley To Announce UK’s First Hydrogen Transport Centre
Date Posted: September 30, 2020Government Transport Minister Rachel Maclean has visited the Tees Valley to meet Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and announce that the UK’s first...
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E-Scooters Sending Local Riders Around the World
Date Posted: September 28, 2020The popularity of the Tees Valley’s e-scooter trial has seen users take the equivalent of a trip around the world, new figures have...
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Cobham Aviation Confirms Long Term Future At Teesside Airport
Date Posted: September 25, 2020Cobham Aviation Services UK, which operates and maintains a fleet of specially modified Dassault Falcon 20 aircraft from their base at Teesside International...
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Plans To Redevelop Hartlepool Station Revealed
Date Posted: September 24, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Hartlepool Council Leader Shane Moore today announced plans to boost capacity at Hartlepool railway station by bringing...
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Hundreds Of Jobs Created Through Kickstart Scheme As Mayor Call For More Businesses To Take Part
Date Posted: September 23, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has urged the region’s businesses to make use of the new Kickstart scheme as he revealed 226 new...
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Historic Spitfire Paying Tribute To NHS Workers Visits Teesside International
Date Posted: September 22, 2020An historic Second World War Spitfire decorated with tributes and messages of thanks to NHS workers paid a visit to Teesside International Airport...
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Bulgaria and Majorca Flights Confirmed as Airport Launches Expanded Summer 2021 Season
Date Posted: September 17, 2020Teesside International has announced its first routes for its 2021 summer season as it works to deliver a bigger and better offering after...
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Teesworks Reveals Plans For Impressive New Gateway Entrance
Date Posted: September 21, 2020Teesworks, the UK’s largest Industrial zone, has today revealed its brand-new gatehouse and entrance that will wow would-be investors from around the world...
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Former Steelworkers Back On Site At Teesworks
Date Posted: September 16, 2020Six former steelworkers are once again on the ground at the former Redcar steelworks site after securing jobs with Hall Construction Services Ltd...
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First Flight In More Than A Decade To Heathrow Takes Off From Teesside
Date Posted: September 14, 2020Teesside International is once again flying to the UK’s largest airport as the first plane in more than ten years from Teesside to...
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Dozens Of New Jobs To Be Created As Businesses Sign Up To Use Kickstart Scheme
Date Posted: September 14, 2020Dozens of new jobs are being created for young people across the region following a call from the Tees Valley Mayor for businesses...
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Hundreds of Local Firms Learn About Work Available on Tees Valley Station Redevelopments
Date Posted: September 10, 2020Hundreds of businesses across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool have learnt about work available on rail station redevelopments across the region thanks to a...
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Mayor Meets Teesworks Contractor Who Joined Site After Training Success
Date Posted: September 11, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the hard work of a local man whose training has led him to secure long-term employment...
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Mayor Highlights How Businesses can “Kickstart” Recovery with Government Scheme
Date Posted: September 9, 2020Government has launched its £2billion Kickstart scheme to create hundreds of thousands of job placements for those aged 16-24. The Tees Valley Mayor...
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Mayor Waves Off First Southampton Flight Departing From Teesside International
Date Posted: September 7, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has this afternoon (September 7) waved off the first Southampton flight to depart from Teesside International Airport following...
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Mayor Forms Teesworks Heritage Taskforce To Celebrate Steelworks History
Date Posted: September 4, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (September 4) formed a Teesworks Heritage Taskforce to capture and celebrate the history of the former...
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Boro Kick Off New Season At Teesside Airport As Neil Warnock Unveils New Partnership
Date Posted: September 3, 2020Middlesbrough FC have kicked off their new season at Teesside Airport – with boss Neil Warnock announcing a new summer signing in the...
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Mayor Meets Firms Collaborating On Sustainable Sportswear After Funding Success
Date Posted: September 3, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has met two Tees Valley-based companies working together to create the first range of zero-waste sportswear after the revolutionary project...
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Mayor Urges Businesses To Use Kickstart Scheme To Create 500 Jobs For Youngsters
Date Posted: September 2, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has called on the region’s businesses to make use of the Government’s new Kickstart scheme to create 500...
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Teesside Airport Installs Cutting-Edge Equipment Ahead Of £1million Security Overhaul
Date Posted: September 2, 2020State-of-the-art scanners have been installed at Teesside International Airport ahead of a major £1million renovation of its security area. A state of the...
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Mayor Announces Creation Of Skills Academy For Teesworks Site
Date Posted: September 1, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today revealed that a new academy will be established to help give local people the best skills...
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Mayor Opens Doors to Security Firm’s New State-of-the-Art Facility
Date Posted: August 28, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Close Protection Security to help officially open the doors to its new state-of-the-art offices and training...
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Major Upgrades Under Way at Teesside Airport Arrivals Hall
Date Posted: August 28, 2020Teesside International Airport is becoming more welcoming than ever, with major renovation works now taking place to transform the arrivals hall. The space...
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First Aircraft Arrives For Work At Willis’ Teesside International Base
Date Posted: August 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the arrival of the first aircraft set to be worked on by a global aviation firm...
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Mayor Issues Latest Contract For Teesworks Which Could Create 30 Jobs
Date Posted: August 18, 2020Just a week after publishing tenders for a £150million programme of demolition work across the Teesworks site, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has...
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Tees Valley’s Popular On-Demand Bus Service Expanded
Date Posted: August 25, 2020Tees Valley’s £3million state-of-the-art on-demand bus service has been expanded to new areas across the region due its popularity, with more than 1,000...
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Entrepreneurial Chef Fights Furlough Let-Down with Tasty Teesside Business
Date Posted: August 24, 2020A chef who was left out of work when coronavirus struck has found the right ingredients to launch a new business, with support...
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Aberdeen and Belfast Flights from Teesside Airport Doubled
Date Posted: August 21, 2020Teesside International Airport can today (21 August) announce that two of its most popular routes are to be expanded as the airport continues...
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Magical Christmas Lapland Trips Return to Teesside International
Date Posted: August 19, 2020Families looking for a fantastic winter trip can book now to fly from Teesside International Airport to Lapland for an unforgettable Christmas experience....
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Mayor Issues £150Million Redcar Steelworks Demolition Contracts Which Could Create 300 Jobs
Date Posted: August 13, 2020Work to demolish iconic Redcar steelworks structures to begin next year Up to 300 jobs to be created as part of £150million five-year...
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Mayor Invites Local Firms To Bid For Work On Station Redevelopments Across Teesside, Darlington And Hartlepool
Date Posted: August 12, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is inviting local businesses to a special event to learn more about how they can bid for work...
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Mayor Meets Local Firm Producing Face Masks For Teesside International
Date Posted: August 10, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a Thornaby-based clothing and garment decoration firm who have worked to produce hundreds of face masks...
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Mayor Launches Hidden Disabilities Support Scheme for Teesside International Airport
Date Posted: August 7, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has signed Teesside International Airport up to an internationally recognised scheme to help staff support people with hidden...
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Teesside International Airport Launches New Flights To London Heathrow
Date Posted: August 5, 2020Teesside International Airport is once again connected to one of the world’s best airports after Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen revealed a new...
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£17.4Million Secured To Deliver Three Major Tees Valley Projects
Date Posted: August 4, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (4 August) announced that £17.4million of Government funding will help to drive forward three projects each helping to...
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“Worldwide From Teesside” – KLM’s Amsterdam Route Relaunches
Date Posted: August 3, 2020People in Tees Valley are being reconnected to more than 100 global destinations, as the first flight between Teesside International and Amsterdam Schiphol since the airport’s reopening in...
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Warnock Backs Teesside International As Newquay Flights Go Year-Round And Dublin And Southampton Flights Set To Take To The Air
Date Posted: July 31, 2020Middlesbrough FC boss Neil Warnock is supporting new signings for Teesside International Airport today (July 31) as it reveals that its twice-weekly connection to Cornwall...
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£930K Expansion To Grant Funding For Business Support Post-Coronavirus
Date Posted: July 31, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (30 July) expanded a fund to help businesses access advice following the coronavirus outbreak, to include...
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Mayor Unveils 12 Month Jobs Plan for Former SSI Site at Newly-Named Teesworks
Date Posted: July 28, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (July 28) set out his plan for jobs at the former Redcar steelworks site – a...
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Inward Investment Opportunities Could Bring 3,000 Tees Valley Jobs
Date Posted: July 24, 2020Schemes to boost inward investment and create 3,000 jobs in the region have today (July 24) been agreed by the Tees Valley Mayor...
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Fresh Call Over Apprenticeship Funding as Mayor Outlines Scheme’s Success
Date Posted: July 24, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (July 24) updated the Combined Authority Cabinet on the success of a new £1million Emergency Apprenticeship...
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Tees Valley To Stage Tonga Vs Cook Islands Fixture For Rugby League World Cup 2021
Date Posted: July 21, 2020Tees Valley will play host to Tonga versus the Cook Islands men’s group stage match for next year’s Rugby League World Cup, it...
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Mayor Visits Stockton Business Ahead of 30-Year Anniversary
Date Posted: July 20, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Stockton Bearings and Transmissions Ltd (SBT Ltd), based by Portrack Lane, to learn of their unprecedented...
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Mayor Launches Back To Business Fund
Date Posted: July 17, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has launched a new support fund to give small and medium-sized businesses in the hospitality, tourism and events...
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Mayor To Help Youngster Find Jobs And Training Opportunities Following Coronavirus Pandemic
Date Posted: July 14, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has taken another step to help youngsters find jobs and training opportunities following the coronavirus pandemic, helping them...
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UK’s First Ever E-Scooter Trial Gets Rolling In The Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 13, 2020 Middlesbrough has today (13 July) become the first place in the UK to launch a trial of e-scooters following a successful campaign...
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Welcome Back Fund Provides Boost To More Than 500 Local Businesses
Date Posted: July 10, 2020A fund established to help hospitality and tourism businesses across the region reopen and recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has...
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Jobs Boost: 4.5Million Sq Ft Development At Former Steelworks To Create 9,000 Jobs
Date Posted: July 10, 20201,000 construction jobs for eight-year build programme 9,000 permanent jobs to be created when operational State-of-the-art manufacturing space to be delivered The South...
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First London Service In A Decade Leaves Teesside International As Airport Relaunch Continues
Date Posted: July 6, 2020Teesside International has today (July 6) restored its links with London for the first time in more than a decade, as flights to...
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Mayor Secures First UK E-Scooter Trial for Teesside, Darlington And Hartlepool
Date Posted: July 3, 2020 The first trial of e-scooters anywhere in the UK will take place across Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool thanks to a successful campaign...
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Mayor Visits Tees Valley Pub Benefitting From Welcome Back Funding
Date Posted: July 1, 2020 Ahead of pubs, bars and restaurants reopening on Saturday, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen visited a Stockton pub to discover first-hand how...
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Second Consultation Launches Ahead Of Bid To Become UK’s First Zero-Carbon Industrial Cluster
Date Posted: June 30, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has today (30 June) called for local people to give feedback on the region’s ambitious Net Zero Teesside (NZT) project...
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E-Scooters For Tees Valley A Step Closer As Government Moves To Change Law
Date Posted: June 30, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today welcomed a move by Government which will make electric scooters road-legal, paving the way for plans...
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Tees Valley Stations Boosted By £11million Government Backing
Date Posted: June 29, 2020Plans to transform Darlington and Middlesbrough railway stations have today (June 29) been given a Government boost after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP...
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Teesside Airport Agrees Five Year Deal With KLM As Date To Resume Amsterdam Flights Revealed
Date Posted: June 26, 2020Teesside International Airport has signed a new deal with airline partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – securing flights to Amsterdam for at least...
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Coronavirus Recovery: Tees Valley Mayor Backing Restaurant And Pub Jobs With £1Million Scheme
Date Posted: June 25, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today outlined a £1million package of support for front-line hospitality and tourism businesses across the region, including...
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Flights Resume At Teesside International As It Launches Summer Sale
Date Posted: June 22, 2020The first flight has today (22 June) taken off from Teesside International Airport since it reduced operations due to the coronavirus pandemic. To...
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Tees Valley Mayor Launches Fund For Employers To Help 100 Apprentices Get Back To Work
Date Posted: June 18, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (18 June) launched a fund to support the wages of more than 100 apprentices as part...
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Dizzee Rascal, Tony Hadley and More to Perform at Teesside Airport In Summer of ‘Drive In’ Entertainment
Date Posted: June 19, 2020 Dizzee Rascal, Tony Hadley and Sigala will be amongst the big-name stars performing at Teesside International Airport this summer as some of...
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Tees Valley To Host Cook Islands For Rugby League World Cup 2021
Date Posted: June 10, 2020 Tees Valley will welcome the Cook Islands men’s international rugby league team for next year’s Rugby League World Cup, it was today...
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Tees Valley Mayor Launches £35Million Station Transformation To Deliver More Trains To Boro
Date Posted: June 9, 2020 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today announced a £35million transformation of Middlesbrough Station to deliver more train services to the town,...
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Teesside International Airport To Welcome Back Passengers As New Route Is Unveiled
Date Posted: June 4, 2020Teesside International Airport can today (June 4) announce that it plans to reopen its doors to passengers from June 22, with a new...
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Tees Valley Mayor Outlines Local Coronavirus Response Efforts to Cabinet
Date Posted: May 29, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (May 29) updated the Combined Authority Cabinet on how he has been leading a coordinated regional...
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Mayor Takes Another Step in Securing a Freeport for Tees Valley
Date Posted: May 29, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (May 29) took another step forward in securing a Freeport for the region with the finalisation of...
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Global Aviation Company Chooses Teesside International Airport For New European Aircraft Maintenance Base
Date Posted: May 15, 2020A global aviation company has chosen Teesside International Airport as its location for a European aircraft maintenance base, potentially creating a significant number...
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Hundreds of Businesses Join Website To Help People Buy Local During Pandemic
Date Posted: May 14, 2020More than 500 Tees Valley businesses and tradespeople have declared themselves open for business on a website to support local companies during the...
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Mayor Offers 20,000 Bottles of Hand Sanitiser to Tees Valley Charities, Community Groups and Care Settings
Date Posted: May 13, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen is offering 20,000 bottles of hand sanitiser to charities, community groups and care settings across the Tees Valley to help...
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Mayor Praises Business Owner’s Initiative In Setting Up Face Mask Lab
Date Posted: May 11, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has applauded the quick thinking and hard work of a local business owner who set up...
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Mayor Urges Tees Valley Businesses To Help Shape National Coronavirus Recovery Plan
Date Posted: May 5, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is urging business owners across the region to help shape future support for companies as part of the...
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Compulsory Purchase Success A “Fantastic Result” For Tees Valley
Date Posted: April 30, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (April 29) welcomed a ruling that the South Tees Development Corporation has been successful in its...
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Digital Platform Launched To Highlight Local Firms During Coronavirus Outbreak
Date Posted: April 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today unveiled a new digital platform to help support local companies during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Buy...
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Mayor Joins Tees Engineering Network in Call for PPE for Frontline NHS Staff
Date Posted: April 1, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has joined a regional engineering organisation in calling on businesses to donate unused or excess personal protective equipment...
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Call Centre for Tees Valley Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus Goes 24/7
Date Posted: March 27, 2020A business support line set up for Tees Valley companies seeking advice and support during the coronavirus pandemic has now become an around-the-clock...
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Mayor Calls For Speedy Payment From Public Sector To Suppliers During Coronavirus Outbreak
Date Posted: March 27, 2020The Tees Valley Mayor has issued a call for public bodies in the region to review their payment processes to make sure companies...
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Mayor Urges Culture Sector To Bid Into £160Million Arts Council Funding Pot
Date Posted: March 26, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has urged Tees Valley organisations and individuals in the Culture sector to apply for £160million of Arts Council England support...
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Mayor Visits Teesside Firm Distributing ‘Super Material’ Across the Globe
Date Posted: March 13, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited the Teesside manufacturer of a ‘super material’ which is distributing its innovative work across the globe....
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Mayor Joins FUJIFILM For Ground Breaking of New BioCampus
Date Posted: March 13, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has joined FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB) for a Groundbreaking Ceremony signalling the start of Phase 1 construction of...
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Mayor Visits School Aiming to be First in UK to Launch Satellites
Date Posted: March 13, 2020A team of pupils at Egglescliffe School have welcomed Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to show him their work to become the first...
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First Belfast And Dublin Flights Taking Off From Teesside
Date Posted: March 9, 2020 New routes across the UK and Ireland have taken off from Teesside International Airport today (March 9), with the first flight arriving...
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Tees Valley Takes Lead on Careers in £24million Government Initiative
Date Posted: March 6, 2020The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority are driving forward careers education in schools across the region by helping to deliver a £24million...
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Major Upgrade For Ultrafast Broadband Across The Tees Valley
Date Posted: March 4, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Broadband Minister Matt Warman to Hartlepool to announce that thousands more homes and businesses in Tees...
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Mayor Breaks Ground On £200Million Teesside Airport Business Park
Date Posted: March 2, 2020 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (2 March) broken ground on a £200million major logistics and manufacturing park at Teesside International...
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Tees Valley’s On-Demand Bus Service Hits The Road
Date Posted: March 2, 2020A new £3million state-of-the-art on-demand bus service has been launched across the region’s most isolated communities by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen. The...
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Mayor Joined By Energy Giants to Launch UK-First Clean Energy Project
Date Posted: February 28, 2020 Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage project would support 5,500 direct jobs in Tees Valley Net Zero Teesside would drive £450million into the...
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Flights To Alicante Return To Teesside International Airport
Date Posted: February 26, 2020 The first flights in nine years from Teesside International Airport to Alicante, Spain, have been announced by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen....
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Businesses Learn About New Air Link To London
Date Posted: February 24, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (21 February) welcomed around 70 business representatives from across the region to highlight the opportunities of new...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Hartlepool Firms Going Global
Date Posted: February 17, 2020Mayor Ben Houchen has visited two very different companies with one thing in common – they are helping spread the Tees Valley name...
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Major Step Forward To Develop A689 Wynyard And Hartlepool Improvements
Date Posted: February 14, 2020The Government has announced £780,000 to further develop the A689 corridor improvements which focus on Wynyard through to Hartlepool town centre. The Tees...
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Government Increases Adult Education Budget To £30.6Million
Date Posted: February 12, 2020The Department for Education has confirmed that will increase the Adult Education Budget for the Tees Valley to £30.6million for 2020/21 following excellent...
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Tickets Go On Sale For New Routes As Middlesbrough FC Partnership Announced
Date Posted: February 10, 2020 Middlesbrough FC’s Jonathan Woodgate and Robbie Keane have today (7 February) kicked off ticket sales of new flights from Teesside International, as...
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New On-Demand Tees Flex Bus Service Is Unveiled
Date Posted: February 7, 2020Tees Valley’s state-of-the-art on-demand bus service has today (6 February) been unveiled in Hartlepool. Called Tees Flex, the service aims to help residents...
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Teesside Airport Doubles Summer Sun Flights With Balkan
Date Posted: February 4, 2020Balkan Holidays has today (Tuesday 4 February) announced that it is doubling the number of its flights to Bulgaria from Teesside International Airport...
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Eaglescliffe Station Access Boosted By £8Million Investment
Date Posted: January 31, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority Cabinet today agreed £8million to kick-start work for a second access point for Eaglescliffe...
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£60Million Funding For Major Transport And Innovation Projects Signed Off
Date Posted: January 31, 2020The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet have today (January 31) allocated almost £60million in funding for schemes to transform transport and...
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Mayor Issues Rallying Cry For Businesses To Support Little Inventors Of The Future
Date Posted: January 29, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has issued a rallying cry to businesses to support the innovative ideas of youngsters who have displayed their...
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Mayor Announces Major Step Forward For Darlington Station Transformation
Date Posted: January 27, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (January 27) announced that a bid has been submitted to Government for funding to dramatically overhaul Darlington...
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Direct Flights To London Return To Teesside International As New Flights Are Launched
Date Posted: January 24, 2020 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today heralded a new dawn for Teesside International Airport with the return of daily flights to London,...
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Mayor Praises 100th Redcar Resident Back In Work Thanks To Routes To Work
Date Posted: December 23, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has congratulated Marina Benson for being the 100th person in Redcar to find secure employment through the Routes...
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Senior Treasury Chiefs Visit Tees Valley For Regional Tour
Date Posted: January 20, 2020Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak MP and the Treasury’s Executive Management Board, made up...
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Treasury Pledges £71Million To Boost Redevelopment Of Former SSI Site
Date Posted: January 10, 2020Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak MP today (January 10) visited the South Tees Development Corporation to announce a £71million commitment to...
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£23.6Million Agreed To Kick-Start Teesside Airport International Airport Business Park
Date Posted: December 20, 2019A £23.6million investment by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority that will kick-start development on 270 acres of land at Teesside International...
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Consultation Launched on Combined Authority’s Budget
Date Posted: December 20, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have begun a public consultation on the organisation’s Budget. The Budget provides the financial framework for...
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Paul Booth OBE To Step Down As Local Enterprise Partnership Chairman
Date Posted: December 17, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the hard work, passion and dedication of Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership Chairman Paul Booth OBE,...
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Calendar Launched To Benefit Tees Valley Charity Helping Vulnerable People
Date Posted: December 4, 2019A charity calendar has been launched by the Tees Valley Mayor at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium to raise cash for some of the region’s...
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Amsterdam flights at Teesside International hit record month as KLM celebrates 100 years
Date Posted: November 26, 2019In September, Teesside International Airport celebrated its best month in 14 years for its route to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport operated by...
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Tees Valley’s Young People Encouraged To Be Entrepreneurs Of Tomorrow
Date Posted: November 20, 2019Activities to inspire Tees Valley’s young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career have been launched this week (November 17) to coincide with...
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Sell-Out Supply Chain Business Breakfast Learns Of Major Opportunities
Date Posted: November 18, 2019A sold-out Tees Valley engineering supply chain business breakfast has been told of the latest opportunities from two major businesses. Senior figures from...
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Riverside Stadium To Welcome The Killers
Date Posted: November 15, 2019 Middlesbrough Football Club are delighted to announce that The Killers will play the Riverside Stadium next summer. The multi-award winning, chart-topping rock...
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Last Chance To Have Your Say On Strategic Transport Plan
Date Posted: November 13, 2019There are just days left for people in Tees Valley to have their say on the priorities and proposals for the future of...
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Tickets On Sale For Show Inspired By Tees Valley’s Young People
Date Posted: November 7, 2019Five Tees Valley venues have today (November 7) launched ticket sales for a dynamic new show inspired by and starring young people from...
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Teesside International Airport Launches New Bus Service
Date Posted: November 1, 2019A new bus service that makes getting to and from Teesside International Airport easier than ever before has been launched this week by...
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Mayor Welcomes Funding for Multimillion-pound Town Deals
Date Posted: November 1, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has today (November 1) welcomed funding that will allow towns in the Tees Valley to benefit from up to £125million...
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Leading Industrial Supply Firm Praised By Tees Valley Mayor
Date Posted: October 31, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a global industrial equipment supplier set to celebrate 40 years of success in Tees Valley. Process Control Equipment,...
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Teesside International Airport Hosts Travel Agents For Summer 2020 Plans
Date Posted: October 28, 2019Teesside International Airport and Balkan Holidays have welcomed more than 50 travel agents from across the North East to showcase the exciting opportunities...
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£35Million Investment For Business Support Agreed
Date Posted: October 25, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority Cabinet today (October 25) agreed a £35milion investment to establish a new support service...
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Northern School Of Art Awarded £14.5Million For Redevelopment
Date Posted: October 25, 2019A total of £14.5million has been signed off by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet to help deliver Northern School of...
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Teesside International Airport launches business engagement series
Date Posted: October 23, 2019 Business leaders from across Teesside, including bosses from manufacturers Cummins and FujiFilm Diosynth, technology firm Cubic and digital entertainment company Double Eleven,...
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Teesside International Airport Supports School Trip to Ghana
Date Posted: October 24, 2019 Students, teachers and ex-teachers from Sacred Heart RC School, Redcar, flew from Teesside International Airport to The Republic of Ghana for a...
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Tees Valley Schools Awarded £1.35Million Careers Funding
Date Posted: October 17, 2019 Mayor Ben Houchen today (October 17) visited St Michael’s Academy in Billingham to highlight £1.35million of funding to help Tees Valley secondary...
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Tees Valley Pallet Supply Firm On The Move After £2.5Million Investment
Date Posted: October 16, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a company that has become a national leader in the supply of wooden pallets to see...
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Teesside International Airport plans to recruit new MD
Date Posted: October 11, 2019Teesside International Airport has started a nationwide search to recruit a Managing Director (“MD”) to help deliver the Airport’s 10 -Year Rescue Plan....
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Northern Powerhouse Minister Unveils £8Million Materials Facility
Date Posted: October 10, 2019 Northern Powerhouse Minister Rt Hon Jake Berry MP has today (10th October) unveiled a new project for a £8million technology centre in Middlesbrough...
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Mayors Launch £250Million Digital City Development
Date Posted: October 10, 2019 A £250million project to establish Middlesbrough as the UK’s digital city, leading to the creation of more than 2,000 jobs, has been...
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Teesside International Airport celebrates KLM’s 100th anniversary
Date Posted: October 7, 2019 Teesside International Airport is today (Monday 7 Ocotber) celebrating the 100th anniversary of airline KLM. To mark the occasion, passengers flying with...
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Teesside International Airport to Launch Business Engagement Series
Date Posted: October 3, 2019Business leaders from across Teesside will join Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Stobart Group’s Kate Willard at Teesside International Airport later this...
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Teesside International Airport Stays Local For IT Support
Date Posted: October 1, 2019Teesside International Airport has appointed Cornerstone Business Solutions, a leading local company, to provide IT support to the airport. The agreement with...
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Mayor Visits Dental Surgery After Funding Leads To Huge Upgrade
Date Posted: September 27, 2019A dental practice which has recently unveiled a new £500,000 implant suite has welcomed Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to see the results...
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Call For Communities To Bid For £1.4million Clean Energy Fund
Date Posted: September 26, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has urged community groups across the region to take advantage of a £1.35million pot to help deliver clean...
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Tees Valley Mayor Choose Official Charity
Date Posted: September 25, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority have announced that A Way Out will be their charity partner for the coming...
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Mayor Leads Call For New Apprentices
Date Posted: September 19, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority are recruiting two new apprentices to join the team. As part of their commitment to young...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises Inspirational Work Of Vision25
Date Posted: September 17, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the commitment of the staff team and volunteers dedicated to helping Tees Valley adults with disabilities realise their...
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Travel Agents Get Glimpse of the Future at Teesside International Airport
Date Posted: September 13, 2019Dozens of travel agents from across the North East have been learning about the fantastic opportunities available at Teesside International Airport. The airport,...
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Mayor Visits Steel Firm Growing Exports Across Europe
Date Posted: September 13, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a leading Tees Valley steel fabricator to see what they do first-hand and to hear about how recent...
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Mayor Welcomes TransPennine Express Extension To Redcar
Date Posted: September 12, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (September 12) hailed the news that TransPennine Express is extending its Manchester rail service to Redcar as...
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Mayor Pledges Thousands To Successful Ride To Work Scheme
Date Posted: September 12, 2019 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority have signed off £65,000 of funding so that more people in Tees Valley...
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£1.4million Fund Launched To Help Local Business To Work Together
Date Posted: September 10, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor has today launched a new £1.4million fund for organisations in the region to help them work together on collaborative...
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Tees Valley Mayor Cuts Ribbon On ‘Inspirational’ Cancer Charity’s New Shop
Date Posted: September 10, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has officially declared a Tees Valley cancer charity’s store as open for business. Hartlepool’s Miles for Men and Walk for...
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Top Tees Valley Tech Firm Shares Success Story and Vision with Mayor
Date Posted: August 29, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a top Tees Valley tech firm that has seen huge growth and is looking to grow...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises “Hard Work and Dedication” of Interns
Date Posted: August 30, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has today (August 30) applauded the efforts of interns at the Tees Valley Combined Authority at the end of their...
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Plans For Future Of Tees Valley Transport Unveiled
Date Posted: August 28, 2019 A transport plan outlining the priorities and proposals for the future of travel in Tees Valley has today (August 28) been launched...
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Mayor Signs Off Funds To Kick-Start £45Million of Transport Improvements
Date Posted: August 23, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and the Combined Authority have signed-off advanced funding for four major transport schemes worth £45million. The cash will...
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Peacock Set For Stockton’s Streets
Date Posted: August 23, 2019Champion sprinter Jonnie Peacock is the latest name to be confirmed for the Great North CityGames which makes its debut in Stockton on...
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Tees Valley Mayor Joins Former School To Celebrate GCSE Success
Date Posted: August 22, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (August 22) visited his old school, Conyers in Yarm, to join in the celebrations of...
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KJT To Double Up In Tees Valley
Date Posted: August 21, 2019Katarina Johnson-Thompson will continue her World Championships preparation when she competes at the Great North CityGames in Stockton-on-Tees next month. Commonwealth champion Johnson-Thompson...
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Tees Valley Organisation Up For Three National Careers Awards
Date Posted: August 20, 2019Schools, colleges, businesses and organisations across Tees Valley have today (August 20) been shortlisted for three national awards, celebrating the best in careers...
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Statement On British Steel Takeover Agreement
Date Posted: August 16, 2019Please see below for a statement from Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen reacting to the announcement that Ataer has entered exclusive rescue talks...
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Roundabout Open In £1Million Development Corporation Access Scheme
Date Posted: August 12, 2019Work to construct a roundabout as part of a £1million South Tees Development Corporation site access scheme has now been completed. The project,...
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Mayor Makes Fresh Call For Businesses To Tap Into Apprenticeship Fund
Date Posted: August 7, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has urged the region’s businesses to apply for funding to help them employ and retain more apprentices across Tees Valley....
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Tees Valley Mayor Hails “Game Changing Opportunity” After Government Free Port Announcement
Date Posted: August 2, 2019 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed today’s (August 2) Government announcement that a Free Ports Commission will be established to create...
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£29.5million Adult Education Budget Officially Devolved To The Region
Date Posted: August 1, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have today (August 1) officially taken control of an annual devolved budget of around £29.5million to...
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“Special Relationship” Hailed As United States Ambassador Visits The Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 30, 2019 The strong links between the Tees Valley and the United States have been praised today (July 30) as Mayor Ben Houchen hosted...
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Mayor Visits One Of Tees Valley’s Biggest Crane Service Firms
Date Posted: July 29, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a Stockton-based industrial services firm that has steadily become one of the biggest companies of its type in...
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Pilot Agreed For New ‘Uber-Style’ Bus Service
Date Posted: July 26, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet have agreed plans to pilot a “demand-responsive” bus service to help improve transport links in...
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Back to the Future – Teesside International Airport returns!
Date Posted: July 25, 2019 Teesside International Airport is flying once again after Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen fulfilled his 2017 campaign pledge and returned the former...
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2,000 Children Run For Fun Ahead Of Fresh Call For Simplyhealth Great Tees 10K Entrants
Date Posted: July 19, 2019More than 2,000 children have been joined by world record-holding race walker Tom Bosworth for a huge fun run, with parents urged to...
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Major Investment In Hartlepool Film And Media Opportunities
Date Posted: July 18, 2019An exciting new creative industries development programme is being kick-started with backing from the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority, in partnership with...
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Passengers Set To Fly To Spain Once Again From Durham Tees Valley Airport
Date Posted: July 16, 2019 The first flights to Spain for seven years will take off from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) next Summer. JetsGo Holidays will...
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Mayor And Combined Authority Call For Summer Interns
Date Posted: July 15, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have launched a paid internship programme, seeking students to join the organisation during the summer holidays....
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Great Yorkshire Show Guests Invited To Enjoy Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 10, 2019Enjoy Tees Valley has this week (week commencing July 8) begun showcasing the fantastic activities and attractions the region has to offer by...
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Mayor Welcomes Cash Boost For Tees Valley High Streets
Date Posted: July 5, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (July 5) welcomed £300,000 of Government cash to help transform two of the region’s town centres....
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Tees Valley Business Summit Attracts Over 1,000 Delegates
Date Posted: July 4, 2019 The region’s biggest business event has today (July 4) welcomed more than 1,000 industry leaders, company owners and managers from across Tees...
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Fully Booked Skills and STEM Event Hailed As “Huge Success”
Date Posted: July 4, 2019 The eighth annual Tees Valley Skills and STEM Event has today (July 2) been declared a huge success with business spaces fully...
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Ramsdens Opens First Airport Store
Date Posted: July 2, 20192nd July, Durham Tees Valley Airport: Ramsdens, the popular value retail and financial services brand, announces that it will open its first ever airport...
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£26Million Of Tees Valley Adult Education Funding Awards Approved
Date Posted: June 28, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet have today (June 28) agreed to award £25.8million of the devolved adult education budget to...
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Mayor Welcomes New Members Onto Combined Authority Cabinet
Date Posted: June 28, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has today (June 28) officially convened the new Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet at the organisation’s Annual General meeting. The...
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WWII Veteran Flies From Durham Tees Valley Airport To Join Fellow War Heroes At Project Propeller
Date Posted: June 28, 2019A 94-year-old World War 2 ex- Bomber Command pilot Edwin ‘Ted’ Watson flew from Durham Tees Valley Airport yesterday to reunite with his...
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Airport Highlighting Opportunities At Major Engineering Business Breakfast
Date Posted: June 27, 2019Durham Tees Valley Airport will set out its supply chain opportunities to local engineering firms at a leading Tees Valley business breakfast. Head...
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International Offshore Wind Delegation Visits Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 26, 2019Business leaders and government officials from across the globe are set to visit Tees Valley companies to learn about the benefits of the...
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Last Call For Schools To Join Major Skills And STEM Event
Date Posted: June 25, 2019Schools have one week to sign up to the eighth annual Tees Valley Skills and STEM Event, the region’s biggest careers fair. The...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises Family-Run Manufacturing Firm
Date Posted: June 25, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised a natural stone work surface manufacturer for its dedication to encouraging the region’s young people in...
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Tees Valley Mayor Leads Delegation To Major UK Investor Event
Date Posted: June 19, 2019Delegation of top Tees Valley companies travel to Birmingham Mayor pushes case for Durham Tees Valley Airport, South Tees Development Corporation and free...
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Transatlantic Memorial Held At Durham Tees Valley Airport For WWII Hero
Date Posted: June 17, 2019Top officers from the Royal Canadian Air Force and the UK’s own RAF will join forces at Durham Tees Valley Airport to remember...
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British Steel Limited – Advice for Suppliers and Customers
Date Posted: June 12, 2019British Steel Limited (BSL) was placed into compulsory liquidation on 22 May 2019. The High Court appointed the Official Receiver as liquidator of...
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Jersey Travel Unveils Summer Sale From Durham Tees Valley Airport
Date Posted: June 11, 2019Summer holidaymakers travelling from Durham Tees Valley Airport will be able to enjoy package holidays to Jersey for even better prices. Jersey Travel...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Community Centre and Trust
Date Posted: June 7, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a Tees Valley community centre and trust which are not only helping to improve the quality of life...
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Durham Tees Valley Airport Goes Local For Payroll & Waste Services
Date Posted: June 4, 2019Durham Tees Valley Airport has continued to hire locally-based companies with two new appointments today. The airport has hired Stockton-based ROVIN Environmental to...
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Lourdes Pilgrims Take-Off From Durham Tees Valley Airport
Date Posted: May 24, 2019Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims will use Durham Tees Valley Airport to join The Bishop of Middlesbrough Terry Drainey at the French shrine...
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First Holiday Flights At Durham Tees Valley Take-Off
Date Posted: May 24, 2019The first holiday flights for five years have taken off from Durham Tees Valley Airport to Bulgaria today (Saturday 25 May) – just...
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Durham Tees Valley Airport Unveils Top Team To Implement 10 Year Rescue Plan
Date Posted: May 8, 2019Durham Tees Valley Airport has unveiled its top management and oversight team after announcing two key hires today. The appointments include Phil Foster,...
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Durham Tees Valley Airport Appoints New Auditor
Date Posted: April 29, 2019Durham Tees Valley Airport has appointed a Stockton-on-Tees-based accountancy company to carry out the audit of its accounts. Following a competitive tendering process...
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Durham Tees Valley Airport Bulks-up Security with Teesside Firm
Date Posted: April 24, 2019Durham Tees Valley Airport (DTVA) is pleased to announce that it has extended its partnership with Teesside-based Close Protection Security Limited. The business,...
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Just One Month To Go Until Tees Valley Business Summit
Date Posted: June 4, 2019Companies across Tees Valley have just one month to sign up to this year’s biggest business event, which promises to be the best...
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Statement On Emergency Meeting Over The Future Of British Steel
Date Posted: May 24, 2019Please see below for a joint statement from Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Tees Valley’s MPs and Council Leaders on the emergency...
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Tees Valley’s Top Performing Careers Hub Set To Expand
Date Posted: May 20, 2019Careers support in the region is set for a boost as it was today (May 20) announced the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined...
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Major Pharma Conference Comes To Tees Valley
Date Posted: May 16, 2019 Tees Valley has for the first time today (16 May) played host to leading national pharmaceutical conference. The Bionow Pharma Manufacturing Conference...
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Last Chance To Have Your Say On New Tees Crossing Plans
Date Posted: May 10, 2019There is just one week to go for you to air your views over proposals for a New Tees Crossing, which will take...
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Tees Valley To Host Top Rugby League Team For 2021 World Cup
Date Posted: May 8, 2019A world-class Rugby League team will call Tees Valley its home during the sport’s 2021 World Cup, it was revealed today. Rockliffe Hall...
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Tees Engineering Business Breakfast ‘Going From Strength To Strength’
Date Posted: April 8, 2019Engineering firm bosses from across Tees Valley have learned of supply chain opportunities at a major regional business breakfast. Senior figures from ORE...
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Statement On The Ownership Of The Former SSI Site
Date Posted: April 4, 2019A STATEMENT ON OWNERSHIP OF THE FORMER SSI SITE The South Tees Development Corporation has today (April 4) signed an executive order...
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Development Corporation Hosts UK2070 Commission
Date Posted: March 22, 2019The UK2070 Commission has visited the South Tees Development Corporation to learn about the UK’s biggest development opportunity, as it seeks to shape...
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Major Study: Northern Powerhouse Chemicals Sector Could Grow By £20billion
Date Posted: March 18, 2019A report by the North of England’s leading universities and top Tees Valley officials has highlighted how the chemical and process sector across...
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SSI Compulsory Purchase To Commence This Month
Date Posted: March 15, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have today (March 15) approved the move to make a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to secure...
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Stobart Group Announced As New Partner As Airport Returns To Public Ownership
Date Posted: March 14, 2019Stobart Group has today (March 14) been revealed as the operator of Durham Tees Valley Airport following its return to public ownership. In...
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Plans For New Tees Crossing Unveiled
Date Posted: March 13, 2019 A public consultation has today (March 13) been launched on proposals for a New Tees Crossing, to take pressure off the existing...
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Businesses Urged to Sign Up to Tees Valley’s Biggest Industry Event
Date Posted: March 8, 2019Tees Valley Business Summit is set to return for its eighth year and Mayor Ben Houchen has called for the region’s companies to...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises Local Energy Firm
Date Posted: March 8, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has praised the ambitions of a Tees Valley-based energy consultancy that has grown rapidly in just four years. On a...
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The Sky’s The Limit For Local Travel Agent After Apprenticeship
Date Posted: March 7, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has met a Tees Valley travel agent whose career has taken off to mark this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. After...
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Tees Valley Nets National Tennis Competition
Date Posted: March 6, 2019The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority are helping bring a prestigious national tennis competition to the region this year. The National Premier...
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Mayor Hails Success Of Tees Valley Manufacturing Firm
Date Posted: February 26, 2019A Tees Valley precision machining company has welcomed Mayor Ben Houchen, following successful funding support. Dormor Machine and Engineering, in Middlesbrough, was established...
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Confirmed: Deal Signed Off To Secure Half Of All Developable Land On Former Redcar Steelworks Site
Date Posted: February 22, 20191,420 acres of land on the former Redcar steelworks site has been acquired by the South Tees Development Corporation after Tees Valley Mayor...
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Mayor Visits Successful Tees Valley Family Opticians
Date Posted: February 21, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen has applauded the good work of an award-winning eyecare firm run by two brothers. At Mellis Eyecare in Thornaby, Mayor...
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Engineering The Future After Scooping Apprentice Of The Year
Date Posted: February 19, 2019A rising star quickly coming up through the ranks in civil engineering has won the prestigious Apprentice of the Year prize at the...
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Stockton and Darlington Railway Heritage – Come Have Your Say!
Date Posted: February 15, 2019We need your help to shape the future of our unique railway heritage in the run-up to the 200th anniversary of the Stockton...
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Top Athletes Get Tees Valley’s Great North CityGames Off The Starting Blocks
Date Posted: February 12, 2019 Athletics legend Brendan Foster CBE has visited Tees Valley today to get this year’s Great North CityGames off the starting blocks. Former...
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Tees Valley Wins £1.3million Project To Bring Hydrogen Vehicles To The Region
Date Posted: February 5, 2019Hydrogen vehicles and refuelling stations will soon be coming to Tees Valley after it was today (February 5) announced that a £1.3million bid...
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Government Confirms £29.5million Tees Valley Adult Education Budget
Date Posted: February 1, 2019Government has confirmed Tees Valley will control a £29.5million adult education budget next year as the Mayor and Combined Authority take responsibility for...
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‘Invest At Teesside Airport’ – Mayor’s Pitch At Major Offshore Wind Conference
Date Posted: January 30, 2019Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (January 30) met senior offshore wind chiefs to drive forward plans for a heliport at Teesside International...
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Tees Valley Chosen As Rugby League World Cup 2021 Venue
Date Posted: January 29, 2019 Tees Valley has been confirmed as one of the host venues for the Rugby League World Cup 2021, it was announced today....
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Multimillion-Pound Investment Plan Welcomed By Combined Authority Cabinet
Date Posted: January 25, 2019£588million of spending committed to transform the region’s economy Investment plan aims to create 16,875 new jobs and an additional £1.48billion economic output...
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Brexit Minister Joins Tees Valley Mayor In Meeting Region’s Business Leaders
Date Posted: January 25, 2019A senior Brexit minister has visited the region today (25 January 2019) meeting Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and business leaders to learn...
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£588million Investment Plan To Transform Tees Valley Approved
Date Posted: January 24, 2019 A ten-year plan to transform the economy of the Tees Valley has been approved by the Tees Valley Mayor and the Leaders...
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New Apprenticeships On Offer As Mayor Opens Travel Agency In College
Date Posted: January 11, 2019Mayor Ben Houchen visited Stockton Riverside College today (January 10) to open the second Tees Valley-based branch of travel agency Oneworld Travel. The...
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Westminster Committee On Carbon Capture Meets In Tees Valley
Date Posted: January 17, 2019The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee has today (January 17) met in Tees Valley as part of its inquiry into...
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Site redevelopment moves a step closer
Date Posted: January 7, 2019Site redevelopment moves a step closer with major deals to buy and invest on land A deal has been reached with Tata Steel...
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Construction begins on opening of key access point ready for investors
Date Posted: December 19, 2018Work has today (December 19) begun on the construction of a £1millon roundabout scheme to open up a vital access to part of...
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Top Businesswomen Join Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership
Date Posted: December 3, 2018Three of Tees Valley’s top businesswomen have added their voices to a group that helps drive economic transformation across the region. Brenda McLeish,...
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New Tees Valley Apprenticeship Funding Boost Launched
Date Posted: December 14, 2018New funding support to help the region’s employers create more apprenticeships has today been launched by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority....
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Tees Valley In “Pole Position To Be UK’s Clean Growth Capital”
Date Posted: December 13, 2018Tees Valley could become a world leader in clean growth following Government’s announcement of £170million funding to create a carbon “net-zero” hub of...
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Mayor Visits Surface Treatment Specialist Making Mark On The Globe
Date Posted: December 11, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a Tees Valley surface treatment machine specialist that is seeing success on a global scale. Vixen Surface Treatments,...
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Mayor agrees terms to buy airport and 819 acres of surrounding land
Date Posted: December 4, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Peel Airports have today (4 December 2018) announced that terms have been reached to bring Durham Tees...
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Tees Valley Adult Education Budget Commissioning Portal Now Open
Date Posted: December 3, 2018The commissioning process for the devolution of Tees Valley’s Adult Education Budget has now been launched, as the Tees Valley Combined Authority and...
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£7Million Investment Approved For New FUJIFILM BioCampus
Date Posted: November 30, 2018A £7million investment into a major biotechnology facility has today (November 30) been agreed by the Tees Valley Mayor and the Tees Valley...
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£45Million Approved For Major Station Transformation Projects
Date Posted: November 30, 2018Projects to dramatically overhaul two of the region’s biggest stations have been granted a £45million investment by the Tees Valley Mayor and Combined...
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“We’re Ready To Deliver!” Tees Valley Mayor Welcomes “Nationally Significant” Multi-Billion Pound Energy Project
Date Posted: November 28, 2018The development of a world-first multi-billion pound energy project on Teesside has been welcomed by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen. A consortium of...
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Mayor Visits Tees Valley Conveyor Belting Firm
Date Posted: November 19, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has pledged his support to a Stockton-based firm which is the UK’s largest independent manufacturer of process and...
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Tees Valley Fast Becoming One Of The UK’s Emerging Visitor Destinations
Date Posted: November 14, 2018TEES VALLEY FAST BECOMING ONE OF THE UK’S EMERGING VISITOR DESTINATIONS New figures show that Tees Valley’s tourism industry is continuing to grow,...
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Tees Valley Mayor Opens New Quorn Facility
Date Posted: November 15, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today opened an expansion to Quorn’s Billingham factory, making the site the world’s biggest meat alternative production...
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Mayor Joins Age UK Teesside To Launch “March Against Loneliness” Campaign
Date Posted: November 9, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a charity which supports older people to learn about its good work across Tees Valley. Age UK Teesside...
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Top Global Offshore Wind Firms Visit Tees Valley Businesses
Date Posted: November 8, 2018VIPs from some of the world’s biggest offshore and energy firms have visited Tees Valley businesses to understand supply chain opportunities in the...
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£30.5million Adult Education Powers Devolved To Tees Valley
Date Posted: November 7, 2018Powers to directly control post-19 education in the Tees Valley have now been devolved from central Government to the region. The Tees Valley...
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Mayor Opens New Office For Firm Of Financial Advisors
Date Posted: November 1, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed news that a Tees Valley financial advisors firm have expanded into new office premises. Mayor Houchen joined Prismatic...
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Tees Transport Fund Hits £76million After Budget Boost
Date Posted: October 30, 2018A ground-breaking transport fund devolved to the Tees Valley has been given a £16.5million boost in yesterday’s Autumn Budget. Chancellor Philip Hammond yesterday announced that...
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Tees Valley Mayor: “First step to a Free Zone” as UK’s-first “Special Economic Area” announced on South Tees Site
Date Posted: October 29, 2018A new Special Economic Area (SEA) will soon be established over the South Tees Development Corporation site after an announcement by Chancellor Philip...
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Mayors Join Forces Urging Government To Fund Regional Priorities Post-Brexit
Date Posted: October 23, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today joined forces with his counterparts from across the UK to call on Government to fully devolve...
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Tees Leaders Welcome Liberty’s Groundbreaking £10Million Metals Project
Date Posted: October 17, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Cllr Sue Jeffrey, the Leader of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, have visited the Materials Processing Institute...
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150 Telecoms Jobs Available! Mayor Urges Local Workers To Apply
Date Posted: October 17, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen visited telecoms company Map Group following the announcement that it is hiring 150 new staff in Tees Valley. Map Group,...
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Devolution of £30.5Million Adult Education Budget Moves Closer For Tees Valley
Date Posted: October 17, 2018The devolution of post-19 education to the Tees Valley has come one step closer following a Westminster debate on the issue. The Delegated...
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Tees Valley Cycle Schemes Awarded £275,000
Date Posted: October 15, 2018Two projects to improve cycling across Tees Valley have been awarded almost £275,000 in funding. A total of £217,665 has been approved for...
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Silicon Valley 3D Print Specialists Use Tees Valley Firm As First UK Production Partner
Date Posted: October 11, 2018SILICON VALLEY 3D PRINT SPECIALISTS USE TEES VALLEY FIRM AS FIRST UK PRODUCTION PARTNER A Tees Valley firm which specialises in building cutting...
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Mayor Houchen Visits Tees Valley Company to Assist in Moving Forward in Business
Date Posted: October 11, 2018Young civil engineering company, Lynas Engineers, recently received a visit from the Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, to discuss the opportunities and benefits...
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Clarification On Cabinet Meeting 28 September
Date Posted: October 10, 2018Statement regarding the Tees Valley Cabinet Meeting on Friday 28 September The Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet met on Friday 28 September 2018....
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£24million Government Investment To Benefit The Tees Valley
Date Posted: October 8, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised a £24million investment from Government to improve education, boost social mobility and raise aspirations for children...
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Engineering Firms To Benefit From “Biggest And Best” Business Breakfast
Date Posted: October 5, 2018Tees Valley engineering firms have a week to get on board to learn about multimillion-pound supply chain opportunities from three leading businesses. Senior...
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Mayor Launches £40million District Heating Project In A Bid To Save Hospital Money On Energy Bills
Date Posted: October 5, 2018A project that will see public sector buildings kept warm by green heat produced in the Tees Valley has today been officially launched...
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£4.6million Investment For New Powder Metals Project
Date Posted: September 28, 2018Today (28 September) the Mayor and Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet have signed off a multi-million pound investment which will bring a revolutionary...
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Cubic Transportation Systems set to create over 100 new jobs in Stockton
Date Posted: September 26, 2018Cubic Transportation Systems set to create over 100 new jobs in Stockton Cubic Transportation Systems’ Global Operations Centre has today celebrated its second...
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Ice Cream Supplier To The Stars Gets Mayoral Visit
Date Posted: September 25, 2018A local specialist ice cream and gelato producer has been visited by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to learn about the ground breaking...
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Take That Set For Tees Valley
Date Posted: September 21, 2018UK stars to headline the Riverside’s first big music event Middlesbrough Football Club have today announced a major coup by welcoming Take That to...
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Mayor Visits Shipbuilder That’s Expanded Into The Tees Valley
Date Posted: September 19, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a shipbuilder who has found a second home in the Tees Valley. Parkol Marine Engineering has...
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Mayor blocks plans for “cack-handed” Transpennine Express timetable changes
Date Posted: September 13, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen today (September 13) blocked plans by TransPennine Express that would have seen services across the Tees Valley cut under “cack-handed”...
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Combined Authority’s £490,000 Boost Brings Stobarts Energy To Tees Valley
Date Posted: September 7, 2018COMBINED AUTHORITY’S £490,000 BOOST BRINGS STOBARTS ENERGY TO TEES VALLEY Stobart Energy has today opened its new Tees Valley wood management site...
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New Drive for Businesses to Help Shape Tees Valley’s Future
Date Posted: September 3, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is calling on ambitious members of the local business community to help deliver economic transformation across the region....
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“Treasury Charm Offensive” Ramps Up With Ministerial Visit to Development Corporation Site
Date Posted: August 31, 2018A senior Treasury minister responsible for economic growth in Tees Valley has today visited the South Tees Development Corporation site to learn about...
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Mayor Trains With Junior Rugby League Team to Mark Bid Milestone
Date Posted: August 29, 2018To mark Tees Valley’s bid to host Rugby League World Cup 2021 games passing its first major milestone, Mayor Ben Houchen today took...
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Mayor Visits Tech Centre Awarded £107million Government Boost
Date Posted: August 28, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has toured a Teesside science and technology innovation centre that was recently awarded £107million in Government funding. The Centre for...
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£4million Approved for Elwick Bypass
Date Posted: July 27, 2018Tees Valley Combined Authority has awarded £4.18million to help bring forward a vital new road in Hartlepool. At a meeting of the Combined...
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Enjoy Tees Valley Targets Businesses In Tourism Social Event
Date Posted: August 22, 2018The region’s destination marketing service, Enjoy Tees Valley, is calling on the area’s leisure businesses to sign up for its first tourism industry...
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Mayor Visits Cancer Charity In £300,000 Fundraising Drive
Date Posted: August 21, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has backed a Hartlepool cancer charity aiming to raise £300,000 this year. On a visit to Miles for...
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Mayor Returns To Old School To Welcome A Level Results
Date Posted: August 16, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today visited Conyers School in Yarm to speak to students as they received their A level results. Across...
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Mayor Hails Record Low For North-East Unemployment
Date Posted: August 14, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today welcomed figures that show North-East unemployment is at a record low. Today’s ONS Labour Force Survey...
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Plans to Bring Hydrogen Trains, Cars and Buses to the Region Take a Step Forward
Date Posted: August 9, 2018A major scheme to help transform Tees Valley into a UK-leading hydrogen powerhouse has been awarded £220,000. Under plans being drawn up by...
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£1million Boost For Teesport Rail Link
Date Posted: August 6, 2018Network Rail and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen have signed off a £1million investment to fund a study which will look at ways...
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Suffrage Theatre Work Set To Tour Tees Valley
Date Posted: August 6, 2018The powerful story of women’s suffrage is set to be told across Tees Valley in a new theatrical work debuting later this week....
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Bid Submitted to Bring Rugby League World Cup 2021 to Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 26, 2018From left: Danny Brown, Mayor Dave Budd, Matty Lynn, Mayor Ben Houchen and Mark Ellis A bid which aims to bring international Rugby...
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Mayor Hails £107million Cash Injection for North East-Based Innovation Centre
Date Posted: July 23, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today welcomed the news that £107million has been awarded from central Government to the Centre for Process...
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Government’s £1billion Cash Pledge Set To Boost Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 23, 2018REDCAR’S CPI AWARDED FUNDS FROM £180MILLION POT LOCAL INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY PLAN LAUNCHED £780MILLION FOR EAST COAST MAIN LINE UPGRADES Almost £1billion of Government...
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Mayor Urges Transport Secretary To Award Hitachi Multibillion-Pound Train Contract
Date Posted: July 19, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (18 July) called on Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling MP to award a £2.8billion...
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Tees Valley Schools to be Part of Pioneering Careers Initiative
Date Posted: July 11, 2018Young people in the Tees Valley are set to benefit from an ambitious scheme to transform careers education. The pilot will secure more...
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Tees Valley Skills and STEM Event Hailed As Success
Date Posted: July 5, 2018The seventh Tees Valley Skills and STEM Event has been hailed as a success, after 1,500 young people got involved to learn about...
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Mayor praises Tees Valley firms at region’s biggest business event
Date Posted: July 4, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has applauded the achievements of the region’s companies at this year’s Tees Valley Business Summit. More than 100 firms exhibited...
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One Week To Go Until Tees Valley’s Biggest Business Event
Date Posted: June 26, 2018Company chiefs have just days to register ahead of the biggest event on the region’s calendar, the Tees Valley Business Summit. The event,...
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Tees Valley Mayor opens £3m offshore wind facility at Port Clarence Offshore Base
Date Posted: June 21, 2018NEWS RELEASE: ISSUED ON BEHALF OF WILTON ENGINEERING Wilton Group has unveiled a £3 million state-of-the-art coatings facility for offshore wind turbine components,...
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Major Firms Highlight MultiMillion-Pound Opportunities For Tees Valley Businesses
Date Posted: June 22, 2018Tees Valley businesses will hear first-hand of multimillion-pound supply chain opportunities from two leading firms at an event next week. Senior figures from...
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Mayor Presses Government for Post-Brexit Funding
Date Posted: June 19, 2018CALL TO FURTHER DEVOLVE SHARED PROSPERITY FUND CASH PUSH FOR FREE PORT PLANS PROMISE SOUGHT FOR CHEMICAL FIRM PROTECTION PRESS FOR MORE SKILLS...
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Tees Valley Free Zone Could Create Over 17,500 Jobs
Date Posted: June 18, 2018A “supercharged” Free Port in Tees Valley could create more than 17,500 jobs and contribute more than £1billion to the local economy, according...
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Ben Houchen Joins Metro Mayors to Call for Skills Funding Devolution
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen met his counterparts from across the UK today to call on Government for greater devolution of powers and...
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£500,000 Boost for New Tees Valley Research Facility
Date Posted: June 12, 2018Tees Valley Combined Authority has awarded half a million pounds to help TWI expand its research and testing operations in Tees Valley. The...
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Combined Authority Pledges £450,000 for Ambitious £20million Darlington Sports Village
Date Posted: June 11, 2018Half a million pounds has been agreed to progress through detailed feasibility plans for a bold £20million “Sports Village” at the Darlington Arena...
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£30.5million Adult Education Budget Set To Be Devolved To The Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 1, 2018Tees Valley Combined Authority has today (June 1) agreed a move to secure an indicative £30.5million per year in Government funding for adult...
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Mayor Meets Korean Bosses Behind Teesside’s £650Million Power Plant
Date Posted: May 25, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has met leading business chiefs in South Korea and visited more international firms central to the Tees Valley economy on...
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£3Million Boost To Move Darlington Station Plans Forward
Date Posted: June 1, 2018Tees Valley Combined Authority has today (June 1) committed £3million to progress the case for the regeneration of Darlington railway station. At a...
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Mayor Visits Major Japanese Firms On Landmark Trade Mission
Date Posted: May 22, 2018Major Japanese investors in Tees Valley praised by the Mayor More jobs on the way as Mitsubishi confirms expansion plans SSI land negotiations...
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Tees Valley Mayor Begins Far East Trade Mission
Date Posted: May 19, 2018Delegation to head to Thailand to progress talks with Thai banks to secure former SSI steelworks land Mayor leading a trade mission to...
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New Interim Managing Director Appointed to Combined Authority
Date Posted: May 18, 2018The Tees Valley Combined Authority has today appointed Julie Gilhespie as its new Interim Managing Director. The appointment follows the announcement that the...
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Mayor Presses Transport Secretary To Transform Darlington Station
Date Posted: May 17, 2018Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today pushed the case for a £100million scheme to transform Darlington station in a meeting with Transport Secretary...
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Call For Businesses To Join Tees Valley Skills And STEM Event
Date Posted: May 17, 2018Businesses have been urged to sign up to the 7th annual Tees Valley Skills And STEM Event following Mayor Ben Houchen’s launch of...
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Tees Valley Mayor Announces ‘Advanced’ Airport Talks To Mark One Year Anniversary
Date Posted: May 11, 2018Non-disclosure agreements signed over future of Durham Tees Valley Airport Mayor to visit Thailand for talks to secure SSI site land deal Mayor...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Launches Skills Strategy
Date Posted: April 26, 2018A major education, employment and skills strategy has been launched by Tees Valley Combined Authority outlining the key issues, priorities and opportunities to...
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Rugby League World Cup 2021 Bid Could Bring Up To £8Million Boost to Tees Valley
Date Posted: April 24, 2018Tees Valley’s bid to host fixtures for the Rugby League World Cup 2021 could enhance the regional economy by up to £8million, it...
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£1Million Training Centre Opened by Tees Valley Deputy Mayor
Date Posted: March 23, 2018Cllr Bob Cook, Leader of Stockton-on-Tees Council and Tees Valley Deputy Mayor has today (March 23) officially opened a new £1.12million engineering training...
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Rugby League World Cup 2021 Chief Executive Urges Businesses To Back Host Bid
Date Posted: April 18, 2018Tees Valley businesses have been urged to back a bid to host Rugby League World Cup 2021 matches in the region and attend...
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Enjoy Tees Valley: New Destination Tourism Service Launched
Date Posted: March 19, 2018New dedicated tourism service for the Tees Valley Aims to attract more than 20m visitors per year Raise region’s profile in lead up...
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Transport Secretary Confirms £59Million Tees Valley Funding Commitment
Date Posted: March 13, 2018Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has written to Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen confirming a £59million transport fund that is being devolved to the...
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East Of England To Benefit From £1Million Investment
Date Posted: March 8, 2018A partnership of destinations from Hertfordshire to Northumberland, including the Tees Valley, has secured a £1m investment from the Discover England Fund to...
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Transport for the North Invites Local Views On Strategic Transport Plan
Date Posted: February 28, 2018Transport for the North has commenced a thirteen-week consultation on its Strategic Transport Plan for the North, inviting people’s views at an event...
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Mayor Joins Launch of Research Facility Backed By £17.5 Million Combined Authority Funding
Date Posted: February 14, 2018Mayor Ben Houchen has joined Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry to break ground on a new £22.3million research, teaching and training facility in...
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Clean Growth Top Of The Agenda For Ministerial Visit To Teesside
Date Posted: February 8, 2018Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry was in the Tees Valley today reaffirming the Government’s commitment to clean growth. The region has...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority To Invest £3.7m In Historic Kirkleatham Site
Date Posted: February 7, 2018More than 200 new jobs and apprenticeships will be created as part of a £3.7million investment into an historic walled garden in Redcar....
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Awards Funding For Snow Centre Project
Date Posted: February 6, 2018Plans for a state-of-the-art Middlesbrough snow centre, which could create 350 jobs, have been given a £250,000 boost by Tees Valley Combined Authority....
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Tees Valley Combined Authority To Invest £3million In High-End Office Space Development
Date Posted: February 5, 2018Tees Valley Combined Authority today agreed to invest £3.23million to deliver top quality office accommodation in the region. The Combined Authority’s Cabinet has...
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Tees Valley Awarded £12.8Million For 3,350 Homes In Combined Authority’s Ambitious Housing Corridor Plan
Date Posted: February 1, 2018The Government has awarded £12.8million to the Tees Valley for the first phase of the Combined Authority’s Housing Growth Corridor plan. The money,...
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Tees Valley Leaders Launch Plan To Transform The Region
Date Posted: January 17, 2018Plans for future transport investment in Tees Valley and the wider North of England have been outlined today at an event marking the...
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Chancellor Pressed On Post-Brexit Plan For Free Port As Mayor Wins Business Backing For A Pilot Project
Date Posted: January 22, 201850 businesses and influential individuals have signed a letter from Mayor Ben Houchen to the Chancellor of the Exchequer backing a study into...
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Funding Boost For Employers Seeking New Apprentices
Date Posted: January 8, 2018Tees Valley employers working in key sectors are being encouraged to recruit for an apprentice through a new grant scheme which aims to...
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Mayor Welcomes £10Million Investment In Local Projects
Date Posted: December 21, 2017A total of £10million had been paid out this month on four exciting projects, including a major infrastructure project in Redcar that will...
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Combined Authority Uses New Powers For £7.5Million Investment In Advanced Manufacturing Park
Date Posted: December 22, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority have approved plans to invest £7.5million into Tees Advanced Manufacturing Park (TAMP) alongside the recent commitment...
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Mayor And Combined Authority Approves Next Stage For Vital Road Connections
Date Posted: December 21, 2017The Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Cabinet today gave the green light to progress business cases for two major projects that could transform the...
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Visionary Business Leaders Sought To Back Growth Plans
Date Posted: December 14, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority is seeking business leaders to support its ambitious programme of economic transformation. A call has been made for new...
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Mayor Presents Bold Proposal For Darlington Station
Date Posted: December 12, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen presented an ambitious case to the Transport Secretary to transform Darlington Station into a modern rail hub....
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Stockton & Darlington Railway Wins Heritage Backing
Date Posted: December 5, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today hailed two keys steps in driving forward ambitious plans to realise the potential and develop major...
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Inspiring Our Future – Ambitious Vision Launched To Transform Education, Employment And Skills
Date Posted: December 1, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority today launched its strategy ‘Inspiring Our Future’ to transform Education, Employment and Skills in the area with an aim...
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Tees Valley: A Flagship For The UK’s Industrial Strategy
Date Posted: November 27, 2017The government has today set out its Industrial Strategy for the UK, reaffirming Tees Valley’s vital role at the heart of the UK’s...
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Mayor Hails ‘Historic’ £182 Million+ Budget Boost For Tees Valley
Date Posted: November 22, 2017£123Million to kick start the South Tees Development Corporation Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today hailed the Chancellor’s announcement that £123 million...
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Tees Valley In The Running To Become Logistics Hub To Heathrow
Date Posted: November 8, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today welcomed the announcement that Tees Valley has been longlisted as a potential area for one of Heathrow...
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Tees Valley To Lead Future Planning For Chemical Industry Growth
Date Posted: October 23, 2017The Northern Powerhouse Chemicals and Process Consortium, led by Tees Valley Combined Authority, has been selected by the Government to lead a Science...
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Tees Valley Takes The Next Steps To A Low Carbon Future
Date Posted: October 26, 2017The transition to a low carbon economy offers an extraordinary economic opportunity for the UK and one which the Tees Valley is well...
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“Single Biggest Development Opportunity in the UK” Ben Houchen
Date Posted: October 18, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen heralded the beginning of a new era of economic development in Tees Valley, as he joined more than...
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Mayor Welcomes Government’s £20 Million Commitment To Carbon Capture And Storage
Date Posted: October 12, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed a commitment by the Government to invest up to £20 million in a Carbon Capture and...
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Mayor Welcomes £8 Million for Tees Valley Roads
Date Posted: October 19, 2017£3.3 million for A66 – Darlington Central Park £2.95 million for A66/A171 Cargo Fleet roundabout £2 million for Nunthorpe Swans Corner roundabout Tees...
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George Clarke Promotes Tees Building Initiative at Top National Conference
Date Posted: October 10, 2017TV architect George Clarke is promoting the Ministry of Building, Innovation and Education (MOBIE), a social enterprise which works with Teesside University to...
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Mayor Sees Teesside Skills In Action At Middlesbrough College
Date Posted: October 16, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Middlesbrough College to see first-hand the innovative ways Tees Valley’s young people are upskilling themselves. During...
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Tees Valley Mayor Joins Brexit Talks
Date Posted: October 5, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today met with the Government’s chief Brexit Minister, David Davis, alongside his fellow Northern Powerhouse Mayors. Mr Houchen...
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Tees Valley Placed Front And Centre In Drive For Northern Productivity
Date Posted: October 2, 2017An influential new report issued today places the Tees Valley at the centre of a new drive to improve productivity across the North...
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Tees Valley Mayor Engages With Yarm Students
Date Posted: October 2, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen visited Yarm School to engage with pupils and give an overview on his work as Mayor. Speaking to...
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Tees Valley placed front and centre in drive for Northern productivity
Date Posted: September 29, 2017An influential new report issued today places the Tees Valley at the centre of a new drive to improve productivity across the North...
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Tees Valley Skills Event 2017 Hailed A Great Success
Date Posted: September 22, 2017The 6th Tees Valley Skills Event, which was held at Teesside University was bigger than ever with a significant number of employers and...
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Tees Valley Mayor Unveils Darlington 2025 Station Welcome
Date Posted: September 19, 2017Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor and Councillor Bill Dixon, Chair of Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Transport Committee were joined by local stakeholders at...
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Tees Valley Mayor Launches Campaign to Secure Protected Status for Teesside’s World Famous Parmo
Date Posted: September 14, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has launched a campaign to secure Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status for Teesside’s world-famous parmo. His crusade...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Leading Railway Heritage and Restoration Project
Date Posted: September 7, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has toured Darlington locomotive works, which has forged a reputation for restoration projects including bringing back to life...
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Tees Valley Mayor Dives Into TWI Training Centre
Date Posted: September 12, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen dropped in to The Welding Institute (TWI) to see for himself the world-class training and research and development...
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Tees Valley Mayor Welcomes Funding To Support Young People
Date Posted: September 5, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the announcement that Tees Valley will benefit from a share of £40 million to boost the...
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Tees Valley Mayor Meets with Chancellor to Discuss Northern Powerhouse
Date Posted: September 5, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen yesterday held a ‘very productive’ meeting with Chancellor Philip Hammond. They were joined by the Mayor of Greater...
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PM Welcomes Regeneration Masterplan Expected to Bring Thousands of Jobs to the Tees Valley
Date Posted: August 23, 2017PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Ground-breaking devolution deal leads to 25-year project to transform 4,500 acre area, including former Redcar...
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Tees Valley Mayor Calls on Transport Minister to Bring Forward A19 Upgrade
Date Posted: August 17, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen is calling on the Government to bring forward upgrades to the A19 between Norton and Wynyard. Current plans...
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A Message from the Tees Valley Mayor: 100 days in office
Date Posted: August 14, 20171300 new private sector jobs secured £240 million of private sector investment announced £200 million investment due from landmark Teesside Pension Fund deal...
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Tees Valley Boosts Apprenticeships Through New Scheme
Date Posted: August 2, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor today launched a new drive to accelerate the number of high quality apprenticeships, following a successful scheme which has...
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Mayor Launches £7.5 Million Routes To Work Scheme
Date Posted: August 1, 2017The Tees Valley has secured £6 million of additional devolved funding from government to support up to 2,500 people into employment The funding...
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Local Pension Fund to Invest £200 Million to Boost the Tees Valley Economy
Date Posted: July 27, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor and Combined Authority Cabinet today (27/07/2017) signed a ground-breaking agreement with the Teesside Pension Fund to work together on...
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Tees Valley Mayor Tours Materials Processing Institute
Date Posted: July 25, 2017PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY MPI Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited leading research centre, the Materials Processing Institute, further strengthening his ties...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises British Steel During Skinningrove Visit
Date Posted: July 18, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited British Steel Special Profiles site in Skinningrove, just a few weeks after the business announced a...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Nifco
Date Posted: July 12, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited Nifco to learn more about one of Tees Valley’s biggest success stories. Nifco designs, develops and...
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Mayor Launches Ambitious Plans to Transform Road Network
Date Posted: July 11, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor has today launched plans to significantly improve the road network across the area. At an event held at...
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Tees Valley Road Network Improvements – Local Engagement Events Announced
Date Posted: July 10, 2017A series of public engagement sessions are being held to highlight the extensive improvements planned to the Tees Valley road network. The...
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New Tees Valley Mayor praises local businesses at Tees Valley Business Summit
Date Posted: July 6, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has praised Tees Valley businesses as he addressed delegates at the first Tees Valley Business Summit. The sixth...
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New Scrutiny Powers Take Effect for the Tees Valley Combined Authority
Date Posted: June 30, 2017New statutory scrutiny arrangements have been launched to oversee the new responsibilities of the Tees Valley Combined Authority and Mayor. Under new...
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Tees Valley Mayor Hails Growing Biotechnology Sector
Date Posted: July 4, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a cutting-edge research and technology business that is leading the way in its field. Fujifilm Diosynth...
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New Aviation Minister Meets Mayor To Discuss Airport Ambitions
Date Posted: June 29, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today (29th June) met with the Aviation Minister, Lord Callanan to discuss the future of Durham Tees Valley...
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Tees Valley Mayor Welcomes Significant Increase in Arts Council Funding
Date Posted: June 28, 2017It was announced today (June 27) Tees Valley has secured nearly £2 million Arts Council funding – an increase of more than 50...
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Tees Valley Mayor Praises AV Dawson During Site Visit
Date Posted: June 27, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen visited an historic family Middlesbrough business, which continues to go from strength to strength. AV Dawson, an integrated...
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Tees Valley Chosen to Host Leading Industry Road Show
Date Posted: June 23, 2017A UK trade body has chosen Tees Valley to hold its first ever event in the North East. With the support of the...
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Tees Valley Mayor Visits Cummins in Darlington
Date Posted: June 20, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has undertaken a fact-finding tour of an engineering company with a highly skilled workforce, which makes a significant...
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Tees Valley Skills 2017 launched
Date Posted: June 15, 2017The 6th Tees Valley Skills Event is set to be held at Teesside University in September and it promises to be bigger than...
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South Tees Development Corporation Formally Proposed to Parliament
Date Posted: June 14, 2017The proposal to establish a Mayoral Development Corporation on the South Tees industrial site has been formally approved by the new Tees Valley...
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Mayoral Visit to Dynamic Hartlepool Cable Company
Date Posted: June 12, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has visited a high performance offshore power cable and umbilical manufacturer, which has forged an international reputation as...
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Statement from Mayor Houchen following the abhorrent attacks in London
Date Posted: June 4, 2017Reacting to the barbaric incidents in London last night, Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, said: “My thoughts and prayers are with the people...
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Business Leaders Join LEP Board
Date Posted: June 2, 2017The Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has strengthened its Board with the appointment of two new members. The new appointments, which were...
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Ahead of Britain’s Got Talent’s Semi-Final, Mayor Houchen wishes Teesside Duo Good luck
Date Posted: May 30, 2017Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, said: “Grace and Ali are a fantastic representation of the young people of the Tees Valley. They have...
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Combined Authority Announces New Appointments to Strengthen Partnership Working
Date Posted: May 31, 2017Following his election as the first Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen today chaired his first official meeting of the Tees Valley Combined Authority....
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Mr Houchen’s letter to the Mayor of Greater Manchester regarding the Manchester Arena attack
Date Posted: May 25, 2017Ben Houchen, Tees Valley Mayor has sent the below letter to the Mayor of Greater Manchester on behalf of the people of the Tees...
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Mayor Launches Initiative To Accelerate Land Development
Date Posted: May 30, 2017Mayor Ben Houchen today chaired the first meeting of the Tees Valley Land Commission, a body responsible for identifying brownfield and public sector...
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Tees Valley Mayor hails vital role of Teesport
Date Posted: May 25, 2017Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has used his first official business visit to highlight the importance of the River Tees, and Teesport in...
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Mayor, Ben Houchen, expresses sympathy and solidarity following the terrible terrorist relating events in Manchester
Date Posted: May 23, 2017Mr Houchen said: “I want to express my sympathy, condolences and solidarity with the people of Manchester following the terrible events experienced at...
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George Clarke Sets Foundations for The Future of Home Building
Date Posted: May 10, 2017Setting firm foundations for the future of the UK’s building industry, revolutionary plans for The Ministry of Building Innovation (MOBI) have been announced...
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Tees Valley Mayor Meets Durham Tees Valley Airport Owners For The First Time
Date Posted: May 17, 2017The Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, has met Robert Hough, the Chair of Durham Tees Valley Airport, for the first time. The...
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It’s Time For #TeesTakesControl
Date Posted: May 4, 2017With just hours to go until polling closes for the Tees Valley Mayor, artist Mackenzie Thorpe has called on people to get behind...
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The New Tees Valley Mayor Takes Office
Date Posted: May 8, 2017Following last week’s election, Ben Houchen has now taken up office as the Tees Valley Mayor. Ben today signed a Declaration of Acceptance...
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One Week to go Until Important Mayoral Vote
Date Posted: April 27, 2017Residents of the Tees Valley are being urged to seize TWO opportunities to steer the future of their area. With one week to...
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Time To Apply Some Pressure, Maximo Park Singer Urges Young People of Tees Valley
Date Posted: March 28, 2017YOUNG people across the Tees Valley have the chance of a lifetime to influence their futures, and see positive changes in the area,...
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Last Chance For Tees Valley Residents to Secure Their Vote
Date Posted: April 12, 2017RESIDENTS of the Tees Valley have until 5pm tomorrow (Thursday, April 13) to register to vote for a Tees Valley Mayor. People that...
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Tees Valley To Join Flagship Initiative To Transform Local Services
Date Posted: March 22, 2017The Tees Valley is set to benefit from a pioneering initiative to join up national and local investment in innovative public services. The...
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Business Leaders Appointed To LEP Board
Date Posted: March 22, 2017The Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has strengthened its Board with the appointment of five new members. The new appointments ensure the...
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6th Tees Valley Business Summit Announced
Date Posted: March 21, 2017The sixth Tees Valley Business Summit is shaping up to be the biggest yet and is expecting to attract over 1,000 businesses and...
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Careers Scheme Hailed a Resounding Success
Date Posted: March 21, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority last year successfully secured funding to deliver the Careers and Enterprise initiative to strengthen the links between schools, colleges...
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Tees Valley Gets Opportunity To Vote For a New Mayor
Date Posted: March 20, 2017Press Release that the Department for Communities and Local Government have issued. On 4 May there will be a huge shift in the...
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Changes To Business Support To Benefit The Region
Date Posted: March 20, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority has welcomed changes to business support that improve the levels of funding than can be provided to companies investing...
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Funding Secured To Connect Rural Communities
Date Posted: March 17, 2017Tees Valley Rural Community Council has secured funding from the Department of Transport Community Mini Bus fund for two 16-seater accessible minibuses to...
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Tees Valley – Officially a Great Place
Date Posted: March 16, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority has secured £1.5 million as part of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Arts Council England Great Place scheme to...
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Combined Authority Sets Out Ambitious Investment Plans For Jobs, Skills and infrastructure
Date Posted: March 16, 2017The Combined Authority has published further details of the investment available to grow the Tees Valley economy; creating new jobs, growing the skills...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority to Lead Local Businesses at International Exhibition
Date Posted: March 15, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority is leading a delegation of local businesses to Multimodal, the international conference of the logistics industry. The Combined Authority,...
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Enhanced Support Launched For Tees Valley Businesses
Date Posted: March 14, 2017Tees Valley Business Compass, the local growth hub for the area today launched increased support and funding available for ambitious companies looking to...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority is Granted New Powers to Accelerate Development
Date Posted: March 14, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority has now become the first authority outside of London empowered to create Mayoral Development Corporations. In the Tees Valley...
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Combined Authority Sets Out New Routes for Crossing The Tees
Date Posted: March 13, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced further details of plans for new routes to cross the River Tees. As a result of thorough...
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Tees Valley Ahead of the Curve on Apprenticeships
Date Posted: March 10, 2017To mark Apprenticeship Week, the Tees Valley is celebrating the successful recruitment of higher numbers of apprenticeships, with many more benefiting from high...
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Darlington 2025: A Modern Rail Hub For A Modern Economy
Date Posted: March 9, 2017The Tees Valley Combined Authority and Darlington Council have today launched a transformational vision for Darlington Station. The event, held at CPI National...
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Media Comment- David Budd reacts to the sacking of Lord Heseltine
Date Posted: March 8, 2017Reacting to the news that Lord Heseltine has been sacked as a government adviser, David Budd, Chair of Tees Valley Combined Authority said:...
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Take control of Tees Valley – Residents urged ahead of crucial mayoral vote
Date Posted: March 3, 2017With exactly two months to go until Tees Valley goes to the polls, residents are being urged to take control of their area’s...
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Tees Valley Publishes Working Arrangements For The New Mayor
Date Posted: February 15, 2017The Tees Valley Combined Authority has today published details of how the new Mayoral arrangements will work, once the Tees Valley Mayor is...
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500 New Apprentices Supported Through Extra Devolution Investment
Date Posted: January 30, 2017The recently devolved Tees Valley Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) is proving popular and has already helped nearly 500 young people find new...
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Tees Valley At The Forefront Of Green Travel
Date Posted: January 26, 2017More than £3million has been secured by Tees Valley Combined Authority to encourage more people to cycle, walk and use public transport. The...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Joins Urban Transport Group
Date Posted: January 24, 2017Tees Valley Combined Authority has become an Associate Member of the influential Urban Transport Group. The Urban Transport Group (UTG) is an organisation...
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British Steel and Sembcorp To Address Tees Valley Firms At TEN Event
Date Posted: January 17, 2017The Tees Valley business community is to be given an insight into the supply chain opportunities available within the energy and engineering sectors...
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Devolution In Tees Valley Moves A Step Closer
Date Posted: January 13, 2017Following unanimous agreement at today’s Combined Authority meeting, the Tees Valley has now completed the necessary steps to take on new powers, funding...
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Lord Heseltine Launches The Tees Valley Industrial Strategy
Date Posted: December 8, 2016Lord Michael Heseltine returned to the Tees Valley today to launch a new Strategic Economic Plan, placing the region at the centre of...
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Tees Valley Preferred Location For Australian Investment
Date Posted: December 6, 2016Tees Valley has been chosen by Australian company Peak Resources as the preferred location for a £70 million investment in a Rare Earth...
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Javid: Autumn Statement Boost To Housing And New Homes For Tees Valley
Date Posted: December 2, 2016PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY DCLG Communities Secretary Sajid Javid today highlighted how plans for a multi-billion Government investment in housebuilding, could provide a...
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Consultation Launched on Ambitious Plans to Connect Tees Valley
Date Posted: November 30, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority is asking people across the region for their views on its transport plan. ‘Connecting the Tees Valley’, the Combined...
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New Tees Crossing Moves Forward
Date Posted: November 28, 2016A new crossing of the River Tees today moved closer following an announcement that a proposal by the Tees Valley Combined Authority to...
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Marske Business Expands with support from Tees Valley Business Compass
Date Posted: November 22, 2016AAA Roofing, a Marske-based roofing and building specialist business, has embarked on a new venture thanks to support from the Tees Valley Business...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority To Support An Extra 2000 Young People Into Work And Training
Date Posted: November 10, 2016Proposals discussed at the Tees Valley Combined Authority Board last week will see 2,000 more young people in Tees Valley helped into training...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Commits to Expansion of Superfast Broadband
Date Posted: November 1, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority will this week agree investment to give over 15,000 more homes and businesses access to superfast broadband. Proposals...
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HS2 takes root in Darlington: new report evidences how HS2 is already embedded in local plans for growth in areas beyond the HS2 line
Date Posted: November 1, 2016Press Statement Issued by HS2 Ltd A report produced in collaboration with Darlington Borough Council and eight other regional and local authorities has...
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Business Leaders Sought to Support Combined Authority Objectives
Date Posted: October 27, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority is reaching out to local business leaders to support its ambitions as it takes on its new responsibilities for...
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Javid Welcomes Strong Devolution Progress With Tees Valley Leaders
Date Posted: October 20, 2016Press Statement Issued on behalf of The Department for Communities and Local Government Communities Secretary Sajid Javid today welcomed the progress of the...
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Rail Devolution Delivers Investment
Date Posted: October 6, 2016A timetable for new investment in North East England’s local trains and railway stations has been discussed by council leaders as devolution of...
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Tees Valley Receives Multimillion-Pound Devo Deal Boost
Date Posted: September 29, 2016Local people in the Tees Valley today received a multi-million pound cash boost to invest directly in the future of their area. Northern...
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More Former SSI Workers Secure New Employment
Date Posted: September 26, 2016Another three former SSI workers are back into employment thanks to help from the SSI Task Force Jobs and Skills Fund. Damian Griffiths...
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Tees Valley Employment Opportunities Showcased At Skills Event
Date Posted: September 21, 2016A highly interactive skills exhibition enabled young people from across Tees Valley to meet their potential future employers and learning providers to understand...
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SSI Task Force publishes “One Year On” Report
Date Posted: September 13, 2016SSI Task Force Press Release In September 2015 production was halted at the SSI UK steelworks in Redcar, two weeks later the plant...
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Former SSI Worker Invests In Business Expansion
Date Posted: September 19, 2016Cleveland LGV Training has expanded and created more new jobs for former SSI workers with over half a million pounds of investment in...
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Tees Valley Combined Authority Governance Strengthened
Date Posted: September 9, 2016The Committee responsible for examining all functions and responsibilities of Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) has met for the first time. The Overview...
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HR consultancy firm Thrives with Small Business Grant
Date Posted: September 5, 2016The Small Grant Scheme is supporting the launch of a new pioneering Employee Engagement model that is enabling a North East business to...
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Biochemica benefits from Tees Valley Business Compass Grant
Date Posted: August 15, 2016Biochemica, a national water and wastewater treatment specialist company has been able to invest in new machinery following a grant from Tees Valley...
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Combined Authority Chair Welcomes Announcement Of New Biomass Plant
Date Posted: August 12, 2016On the announcement of the development of a biomass energy plant in Tees Valley, Dave Budd, Chair of Tees Valley Combined Authority, said: ...
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Tees Valley Supports Carbon Capture and Storage Testing Project
Date Posted: August 11, 2016Tees Valley is enhancing its Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) credentials after being chosen by Edinburgh University as the location for a CCS...
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Business Compass Start Up Launches in Tees Valley
Date Posted: August 9, 2016A new business start-up scheme offering business support to budding entrepreneurs in Tees Valley has been launched. The Business Compass Start Up programme...
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Tees Valley Puts Forward Ambitious Programme of Devolved Investment
Date Posted: August 3, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority and Tees Valley Unlimited (TVU) have submitted a bid for funding from Government to support projects which will deliver...
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Devolution Deal to Secure Funding For up to 700 Apprentices
Date Posted: July 20, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority is one of only five Combined Authorities to receive devolved funding to deliver a grant scheme designed to enable...
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Broadband Consultation
Date Posted: July 20, 2016Broadband is often described as the fourth utility after gas, electricity and water. The internet increasingly impacts every aspect of our lives and...
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Combined Authority Meets to Discuss Governance
Date Posted: July 11, 2016The Tees Valley Combined Authority has met to establish a consultation on the specific powers and governance arising from the Tees Valley Devolution...
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5th Tees Valley Business Summit Most Successful Yet
Date Posted: July 6, 2016The fifth annual Tees Valley Business Summit was the best yet, with more than 700 delegates and 100 exhibitors. Organised jointly by Tees...
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Businesses Back Bid to Boost Tees Valley
Date Posted: July 5, 2016Prominent business leaders have united to back a campaign aimed at promoting Tees Valley as a place to do business. Live Work Play...
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Tees Valley business increases global presence with help from SSI Grant Funding
Date Posted: June 30, 2016Stockton based Vixen Surface Treatments aims to expand its international reach after receiving funding from the Small Grant Scheme. Vixen Surface Treatments is...
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Aerospace supply chain opportunities highlighted at airport event
Date Posted: June 29, 2016NDI, supported by Tees Valley Business Compass, attracted more than 100 businesses to Durham Tees Valley Airport to discover more about supply chain...
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Tees Valley Skills Event 2016 announced
Date Posted: June 27, 2016A highly interactive skills exhibition is returning to the region with the opportunity for more employers to showcase at the event. The Tees...
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Importance of Tees Valley transport links highlighted
Date Posted: June 21, 2016The importance of the region’s transport infrastructure will be highlighted when the Tees Valley Combined Authority transport committee meets for the first time...
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Darlington business expands with help from grant funding
Date Posted: June 21, 2016Darlington-based Braddan Structures Limited is expanding its business and creating four local jobs after receiving funding from the Capital Grant Scheme to purchase...
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Date Set For First Tees Valley Mayoral Election
Date Posted: June 13, 2016An elected Mayor for the Tees Valley has moved closer to reality with the publication of the Tees Valley Combined Authority (Election of...
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Middlesbrough Mayor becomes Combined Authority Chair
Date Posted: June 10, 2016Dave Budd, Middlesbrough’s elected Mayor, has taken on the role of Chair of the Tees Valley Combined Authority. He takes over from Sue...
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Heseltine: Opportunities Unlimited For Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 7, 2016Lord Heseltine today sets out his ambitious vision to accelerate the transformation of the Tees Valley into a bustling powerhouse of economic activity....
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TEN Is Gearing Up For Another Successful Event With Local Firms
Date Posted: June 2, 2016Businesses in Tees Valley are being given the opportunity to engage with key executives from Cummins and MPI Offshore to learn more about...
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New Careers Scheme Is Launched Across Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 1, 2016The Tees Valley Combined Authority has launched a new initiative which aims to ensure that impartial careers advice and guidance is provided for...
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Tees Valley Secures Funding To Improve Region’s Transport Links
Date Posted: May 27, 2016The Department for Transport has announced that the Tees Valley will receive around £1m as part of its Sustainable Transport Transition funding. This...
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Tees Valley wins £19m boost to reduce youth unemployment
Date Posted: May 24, 2016THE prospects for unemployed young people across the Tees Valley are set to be transformed after Hartlepool Council secured £19.29m of European Union...
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5th Tees Valley Business Summit announced
Date Posted: May 23, 2016The fifth annual Tees Valley Business Summit is gearing up to be the best yet, expected to exceed the 700 delegates and 100...
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Plans to Transform Further Education in Tees Valley Unveiled
Date Posted: May 13, 2016A ground-breaking review of Further Education (FE) and Sixth Form Colleges undertaken as part of a nationwide government programme of Area Reviews has...
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High-Flying Start For Former SSI Worker’s New Business
Date Posted: May 9, 2016One of the first commissions for a former steel plant employee, who has turned his hobby into a business thanks to SSI Task...
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Former SSI Worker Sets Up New Company Following Funding From Task Force
Date Posted: April 29, 2016A former SSI Process Safety Engineer has turned a negative into a positive with the support of funding from the SSI Task Force...
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Hartlepool firm goes from strength to strength
Date Posted: April 20, 2016A HARTLEPOOL manufacturing company continues to go from strength to strength with its workforce doubling over the last 18 months and an order...
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Managing Director of Tees Valley Combined Authority Announced
Date Posted: April 18, 2016Andrew Lewis has been announced as the Managing Director of recently-launched Tees Valley Combined Authority. Andrew joins from Newcastle City Council where he...
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New company is set to change lives
Date Posted: April 15, 2016MORE than 75 new companies have sprung up across the Tees Valley thanks to funding available through the SSI Task Force. Heather Baker-Heriot...
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More vacancies on offer at Jobs Fair in Redcar next week
Date Posted: April 12, 2016Up to 20 employers will be promoting vacancies at the latest SSI Task Force Jobs Fair next week. The latest in a series...
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Tees Valley Unlimited fund is catalyst for £128m economic boost
Date Posted: April 11, 2016Loans totalling £10m from a fund set up by Tees Valley Unlimited in 2013 have helped boost the economy in the North East...
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Inaugural Meeting of Tees Valley Combined Authority Focuses on Transport, Investment and Skills
Date Posted: April 2, 2016Tees Valley Combined Authority, the new body that will drive economic growth and job creation in the area, has met for the first...
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Key Engagement Events Announced For Tees Valley Strategic Economic Plan
Date Posted: February 17, 2016A key opportunity for people to have their say on the development of the Tees Valley Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) is to start...
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Former SSI worker forges new career
Date Posted: February 15, 2016A steel worker laid off when the SSI steelworks collapsed is forging a new career putting his specialist skills to work helping other...
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Task Force Fund helps nearly 150 former steel workers find alternative employment
Date Posted: March 23, 2016An SSI Task Force job creation scheme has so far secured alternative employment for nearly 150 former steel workers. Keith Parry, from Middlesbrough,...
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Tees Valley Unlimited praises contribution of departing Managing Director
Date Posted: March 20, 2016Tees Valley Unlimited Chairman Paul Booth has paid tribute to its Managing Director Stephen Catchpole for the contribution he has made to the...
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Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Network Powers Ahead with Addition of Sembcorp
Date Posted: October 27, 2015Teesside Collective today announced the addition of a major industrial player to the group of companies working to create Europe’s first Carbon Capture...
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Chancellor Visits Tees Valley
Date Posted: October 23, 2015CHANCELLOR George Osborne hailed the ‘unstoppable momentum’ in the drive to strike devolution deals with cities and regions, as Tees Valley today (23...
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Investment secures export contract & new jobs
Date Posted: October 1, 2015A TEESSIDE engineering company has invested £300,000 and created 12 jobs with the support of the Tees Valley Business Growth Investment Scheme. The...
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New Business Set Up By Former SSI Contractor Employs Redundant Steel Plant Workers
Date Posted: March 22, 2016A former SSI sub-contractor has launched his own business, creating jobs for redundant steel plant workers, with support from SSI Task Force funding....
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`Step into NHS’ day held to help meet health service employment needs
Date Posted: March 23, 2016Tees Valley Unlimited, Tees Valley Learning Provider Network (TVLPN), South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Careers & Enterprise Company have joined...
Projects (54)
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Darlington Station Transformation
Date Posted: December 14, 2022The Darlington Station Project 2025 Work is under way to transform Darlington Station to improve the region’s local and national transport links, to...
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Hartlepool Station Improvements
Date Posted: May 23, 2022Hartlepool Station is the Tees Valley’s third busiest rail station, with a footfall of around 650,000 passengers each year. It has a direct...
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Eaglescliffe Rail Station Western Access
Date Posted: April 30, 2021With over 200,000 passengers per year using the station, Eaglescliffe is currently the 7th busiest station in the Tees Valley. It has increased...
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Net Zero Industry Innovation Centre
Date Posted: April 21, 2021This investment will enable the construction of a new and innovative Research and Development facility in the heart of the Tees Valley, located...
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Tees Valley Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC) System
Date Posted: February 9, 2021Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) has ambitions to improve the way people and products are moved around the area, so that journeys are...
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Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Project
Date Posted: January 22, 2021The UK Government recently announced that the sale of new cars that run solely on petrol or diesel will be banned in 2030...
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Wheels 2 Work Scheme (2021-2024)
Date Posted: January 20, 2021There are gaps in public transport provision in Tees Valley, which makes it impossible for some people to get to work and learning...
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Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Programme (LCWIP)
Date Posted: December 2, 2020It’s time for change. Government has set out an ambitious case for a step-change in cycling and walking in the coming years, driven...
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Billingham Train Station Improved Access
Date Posted: April 6, 2020Billingham Station is an important transport hub for the Tees Valley. It is located on the Durham Coast line and is served by...
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New Tees Crossing
Date Posted: February 7, 2020A New A19 Tees Crossing is one of the key transport priorities for the region and is essential to facilitate growth and jobs....
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Liberty Steel Powder Metal Design & Atomisation
Date Posted: January 27, 2020Liberty Powder Metals Ltd. are developing a £10 million facility within the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) in Tees Valley, supporting innovative research into...
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Darlington – Stockton Railway Heritage Quarter
Date Posted: January 27, 2020The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened on 27 September 1825 with the prime purpose of transporting coal from the South West Durham...
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Hartlepool Waterfront
Date Posted: January 27, 2020Hartlepool Waterfront will be developed into a landmark visitor destination providing a mix of cultural, leisure and visitor attractions that will complement the...
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Indigenous Growth Fund
Date Posted: January 24, 2020The Indigenous Growth Programme has been developed to promote area regeneration in support of economic growth in each of the five key settlements...
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The Northern School of Art Further Education Relocation
Date Posted: January 24, 2020The Northern School of Art is the only specialist provider of creative courses in the north east with provision from school leaver...
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Boho X – Digital Sector Expansion
Date Posted: January 24, 2020Boho represents the opportunity to provide one of the best locations in the UK to design, enable, create, and grow new digital opportunities...
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Teesside International Airport
Date Posted: January 31, 2019The vision for the project is: ‘‘To secure for Tees Valley an internationally connected airport and aviation orientated business park which will continue...
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Festivals & Events Programme
Date Posted: December 6, 2018Festivals and events play a vital role in bringing communities together and attracting visitors to the region. This programme is designed to strengthen...
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Middlesbrough Rail Station
Date Posted: June 26, 2018Middlesbrough’s iconic railway station was originally built in 1877. It sits in the town’s historic quarter and Enterprise Zone and is a...
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Feethams Grade A Office Accommodation
Date Posted: June 26, 2018The five-storey Feethams House in the town centre is now ready for tenants to move in. The first company is subsea firm DeepOcean,...
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Hartlepool College of Further Education – Telecare and Electric Vehicle Skills Enhancement
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This scheme uses capital funding from our original Growth Deal to support the refurbishment and enhancement of facilities at Hartlepool College of Further...
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Inspiring our Future – Business Challenge Workforce Planning
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Our future economic success requires an understanding of the new jobs and opportunities that will be created so that our local labour force...
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Redcar and Cleveland College IT Infrastructure
Date Posted: June 13, 2018As part of the planned merger between Stockton Riverside College and Redcar and Cleveland College, a detailed review was undertaken of existing technology...
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Inspiring our Future – Addressing Long Term Unemployment
Date Posted: June 13, 2018There are stark inequalities across Tees Valley for long-term unemployed people and those facing multiple and complex barriers when accessing work. This includes:...
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Inspiring our Future – Creating a Tees Valley Careers & Enterprise Initiative
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Business leaders continue to tell us that our available labour force is too often ill-prepared for work. They highlight that enterprise, demonstrating initiative,...
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Inspiring our Future – Developing a Skills System for Business Growth
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Businesses continue to tell us that they are unable to fill vacancies, and many unemployed people struggle to access jobs on offer due...
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Inspiring our Future – Supporting Education Innovation & Collaboration
Date Posted: June 13, 2018We recognise that a successful career and business growth starts with an excellent quality education system. Therefore we will encourage collaboration and innovation...
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Rugby League World Cup Bid
Date Posted: June 13, 2018We are working with Middlesbrough Council, Middlesbrough Football Club and with the Rugby League Association aiming to bring a significant part of the...
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The Great Tees City Games & X-Country
Date Posted: June 13, 2018There is an opportunity to create a multi-year deal linking the powerful City Games brand, elite performance stars and mass participation sport to...
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TWI – NDT Research Centre on TeesAMP
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Tees Advanced Manufacturing Park (TeesAMP) is home to TWI, which provides research and validation services for offshore wind tower manufacturers, as well as...
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Building Cultural Capacity
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Building capacity within the cultural sector in Tees Valley is essential and includes: Building the skills base Increasing the number of cultural practitioners...
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Enjoy Tees Valley
Date Posted: June 13, 2018A programme of activity that celebrates and communicates the very strong tourism assets Tees Valley already has, and ensures that we are ready...
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Routes to Work DWP Pilot Project
Date Posted: June 13, 2018The Routes to Work pilot was a DWP Innovation Pilot which provided holistic support from a range of service providers for those unemployed...
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Apprentice Grants
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This initiative builds on the successful grant scheme funded by the Skills Funding Agency that supported 1,000 apprentices. The Combined Authority grants will...
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Billingham Bio-Pharmaceutical Campus Infrastructure
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This project will deliver the necessary infrastructure to allow further private sector expansion in the Tees Valley’s biochemical cluster, creating additional jobs. This...
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Hartlepool Centre of Excellence in Technical Training for the Creative Industries
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This is an exciting project to bring back into use the mothballed £4.5million Northern Lights Academy facility and turn it into a Centre...
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Darlington Bank Top Station – Feasibility Study
Date Posted: June 13, 2018The original Growth Deal supported feasibility work to develop a detailed vision and action plan for Darlington Bank Top Station. A key rail...
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Sustainable Access to Employment Programme
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This four-year programme contributes to delivering a high value, low carbon economy by promoting the use of sustainable modes of transport to reduce...
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South Tees Industrial Zone Access
Date Posted: June 13, 2018As part of the Enterprise Zone and the South Tees Development Corporation site, the Local Growth Fund supported the construction of a new...
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NETA Skills Centre
Date Posted: June 13, 2018Following the recent merger between NETA and Stockton Riverside College, a strategic review of NETA’s facilitites was carried out. This highlighted a need for...
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Port Clarence Access Road and River Dredging
Date Posted: June 13, 2018This is the creation of a new, unrestricted access road between Offshore Structures Britain Ltd (OSB) and Wilton Group at Port Clarence to...
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Kirkleatham Estate Infrastructure, Walled Garden & Catering Academy
Date Posted: June 12, 2018The Kirkleatham Estate in Redcar & Cleveland is one of the region’s most significant heritage assets comprising a wealth of greenspace and impressive...
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Ingenium Parc Infrastructure
Date Posted: June 12, 2018This project is the provision of enabling infrastructure to unlock 11.5ha of key employment land located within Darlington’s Eastern Urban Fringe to ensure...
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TeesAMP Site Remediation and Development
Date Posted: June 12, 2018This project will see the remediation of contaminated land and for infrastructure works to help enable the development of high-quality commercial accommodation at...
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A689 Wynyard Road Improvements
Date Posted: June 12, 2018This scheme will provide additional capacity on the A689 roundabouts to provide the local access required for the proposed housing developments in Wynyard...
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Middlehaven Dock Bridge
Date Posted: June 12, 2018The installation of a swing bridge across the entrance to the old Middlesbrough Dock has improved accessibility across the Middlehaven regeneration development site....
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Central Park Infrastructure
Date Posted: June 12, 2018Central Park is an Enterprise Zone site in close proximity to Darlington Station. It has the potential to place Tees Valley at the...
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Materials Processing Open Access Technology Centre
Date Posted: June 12, 2018This investment refurbished the old TATA Steel building to create The ‘Materials Processing Institute’ a technology centre for organisations involved with or interested...
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Hartlepool Innovation and Skills Quarter (ISQ) Phase 1 – The BIS Creative Industries Managed Workspace
Date Posted: June 12, 2018The Innovation and Skills Quarter (ISQ) aims to revitalise Church Street and develop a thriving creative industries quarter based around the Northern...
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The Northern School of Art, Hartlepool Innovation and Skills Quarter (ISQ) Phase 1
Date Posted: June 12, 2018At the heart of Hartlepool’s Innovation and Skills Quarter, The Northern School of Art (previously known as CCAD) created a new state-of-the-art...
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Ingleby Way – Myton Way Road Improvements
Date Posted: June 12, 2018Housing growth in Ingleby Barwick and the south of Stockton led to required capacity improvements at Ingleby Barwick district centre, comprising dualling of...
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A66 – Teesside Park Access Improvements
Date Posted: June 12, 2018As part of the original Growth Deal, this project delivered improvements to the highway at the entrance of Teesside Park. Continuous problems with...
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National Horizons Centre – The UK Centre of Excellence for the Bio-Sciences Industry
Date Posted: June 11, 2018A UK centre of excellence for the bioscience industry One of our biggest investments in the original Growth Deal, The National Horizons Centre...
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TWI Offshore Wind Validation Centre, TeesAMP
Date Posted: June 11, 2018The new TWI Offshore Wind Validation Centre (OWVC) is based on the TeesAMPark in Middlesbrough. TWI provides research and validation services for offshore...
