Business park put on Map; New Stockton HQ for communication group.A LEADING independent provider of communication network services is to become the first occupier in a new Tees Valley The Tees Valley is an area the North East of England. It can be described as "greater Teesside" and consists of the four unitary authorities created by the breakup of the County of Cleveland in 1996: Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, and Stockton-On-Tees along with office development. Map Group, which has a turnover in excess of pounds 30m and operates from 14 locations across the UK employing 750 staff, is moving its head office to the Westland West·land A city of southeast Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Population: 86,200. Way Business Park on the outskirts of Stockton Stockton, city (1990 pop. 210,943), seat of San Joaquin co., central Calif., on the San Joaquin River; inc. 1850. One of the fastest-growing U.S. cities during the late 20th cent., Stockton is an inland seaport located at the head of the San Joaquin delta. . The company has acquired the recently completed George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). Stephenson Court building, which was unveiled by the business park's owner, TM Urban Developments, at the end of the summer. Between 50 and 60 staff will move from Map''s previous premises at Portrack Lane in Stockton to the new offices. Map Group's MD Dave Keighley said the business was expanding at such a rate that they needed more space - especially as they will be looking to recruit a further 20 head office employees before the end of the year. "The demand from businesses for broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). and network services has increased rapidly and our number of contracts is increasing fantastically," he said. "This has had a knock-on effect knock-on effect Noun the indirect result of an action or decision Noun 1. knock-on effect - a secondary or incidental effect Britain, Great Britain, U.K. on our head office functions which have had to grow to support the rest of the business." Map carries out planning, installation and commissioning, provisioning and service assurance on behalf of major organisations in the UK, including the cable communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. which has sub-contracted out to Map since 1995. One of its largest customers is Virgin Media which has a Teesside base just yards away from Map''s new offices. Dave added: "The location of our new premises is excellent. It's very easy to get to and there are very good facilities for the staff who work here." Map Group''s new office comprises 16,000sq ft of high spec office space over four floors. But as, initially, the company will not need all the space, it is sub-letting one floor to Henderson Insurance Brokers. Hendersons, which has 10 offices across the country, has relocated re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. from Ripon to Westland Way from where 30 staff are now operating. Chief executive Joe Henderson This article is about the jazz saxophonist. For other uses, see: Joe Henderson (disambiguation) Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. said: "We wanted the new office to be the premier location in terms of access for our staff and clients and the Westland Way Business Park fulfils all our criteria. "We have great plans for this area which include expanding our operation in the very near future." Anthony Wattis, MD of Stockton-based TM Urban Developments, is delighted to have already attracted two successful businesses to the 18-acre business park so soon after its first unit was completed. "This is a huge vote of confidence in the site and the quality of accommodation that we are able to provide," he said. "From the outset we have been committed to working with businesses to provide the best spec we can at the most competitive price and these signings show that our approach has paid dividends." CAPTION(S): WELCOME ABOARD: Anthony Wattis, MD of the business park's owners, Stockton-based TM Urban Developments, left, is delighted to be able to welcome Map Group's MD Dave Keighley to Map's new head office on Westland Way Business Park |
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