Alex Metcalfe

Fund for thousands of workers holds no loans with debt-ridden council

The £3m reason why free school meals won't be rolled out to all primary school pupils

Even before the pandemic, technology had already been having a massive impact on attendance at our school's programme of extracurricular activities.

Public finances are under pressure. The demand for more and better public services is leading to increased government spending. Ageing populations are accelerating the growth in healthcare and social security budgets, whilst geopolitical tensions are prompting governments to boost defence expenditures.[1] At the same time, government spending on mitigating and adapting to climate change needs to increase significantly, if countries are to reach their UN Paris Agreement emissions reduction commitments.[2]

A Teesside telecoms firm is expanding its operations on Teesworks after securing a new site-wide deal. Middlesbrough-based Eemits Communications provides two-way communication technology from its headquarters at Riverside Park. It is already working with security firm Wilson James to support site security for staff working on the 800 metre SeAH Wind monopile manufacturing facility at […]

A major firm has made a generous donation to boost access to skills, education and training at Teesworks and across our region. Family-run MGL Group has taken on a huge range of civil engineering and demolition projects across Teesworks and Teesside. Now the company’s charitable arm, MGL Foundation Trust, has donated a minibus to take […]

A new company, Steel River Power Limited has been created to build, own, and operate what will become the largest private wire network in the UK and deliver power to occupiers on the giant Teesworks development site, located in the Tees Valley in the North East of England. Steel River Power will invest upwards of […]

People on Teesside have been able to see for themselves the progress which is being made at the giant Teesworks development at a series of open public tours of the site this month. Almost 200 people signed up to be taken on a free guided tour of Teesworks taking in the highlights of the 2,500-acre […]

Teesworks has welcomed the announcement that the ground-breaking Net Zero Teesside Power and Northern Endurance Partnership projects are to move into the next phase of development. Net Zero Teesside Power, which aims to be the world’s first gas-fired power station with carbon capture and storage, will be built parallel with the Northern Endurance Partnerships’ transportation […]

Plans have been submitted to build a multi-million-pound battery storage facility at the Teesworks development on Teesside. More than 100 jobs will be supported by the proposed development from battery storage specialist Energy Optimisation Solutions (EOS). If planning permission is granted by Redcar & Cleveland Council, a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) will be built […]