Multi-million pound contract safeguards North East jobs
More than one hundred jobs will be created at a North East engineering firm after it secured a contract to manufacture massive steel girders within the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland.
Cleveland Bridge, based in Darlington, beat off international rivals to the multi-million pound contract to make the steel that will support viaducts at either end of the 1.7-mile bridge in Edinburgh.
The order safeguards its existing 260 staff and will create a further 130 jobs over the next few months.
Chris Davies and his sons Greg and Ben unveil the site for their Active Leisure Resort in Northumberland which will bring hundreds of jobs to the region.
Chris Davies with his sons Ben and Greg Credit: ITV
A leisure and tourism scheme that is being unveiled in Northumberland is set to bring seven hundred new jobs to the region.
The resort is being built on an eight hundred acre plot of reclaimed land on a former mine site near Widdrington, and will offer both a range of visitor attractions and holiday packages.
Recycling company MD says she's 'a woman on a mission'
Vicky Jackson-Smith Credit: ITV
Vicky Jackson-Smith is Managing Director of J&B Recycling. She says she is on a mission to divert landfill by increasing the types and levels of waste that can be recycled.
Recycling site Credit: ITV
Vicky is Responsible for 100,000 tonnes of waste a year for an estimated 4,000 public and private sector clients from Fife to Essex. J&B will create 200 new jobs on Teesside as part of a new recycling plant development.**
J&B Recycling has secured £1.75million to develop a plant on Teesside to convert food, animal and garden waste into fuel. The move will create 200 new jobs.
