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Tees Valley Skills &ApprenticeshipProgramme Tees Valley Unlimited is working tosecure funding for a new Tees ValleySkills & Apprenticeship Programme.The Programme will allow Tees Valleyemployers to apply for a twelvemonth wage subsidy of 50% (up to£10,000) towards creating a newjob for trainee, apprentice orgraduate.

This will support local companieslooking to recruit more staff, enablingthem to grow and take on newbusiness, while helping train thelocal workforce and offering youngpeople a more prosperous future.

To qualify for the funding,companies must:

a) Be based within the Tees Valley -Darlington, Hartlepool,Middlesbrough, Redcar &Cleveland and Stockton on Tees

b) Be creating a new job ornumber of jobs that will last aminimum of 2 years.

c) Demonstrate that the new job(s)have a training element.

d) Recruit for the job(s) before endof June 2014.

Those interested can find outmore information atwww.teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk orby calling 01642 524 400

What Can an ApprenticeshipBring to a Company?

While online, visit the Tees ValleySkills Portal to watch a number ofshort videos featuring apprenticesexcelling in companies across TeesValley. While they learn new skills,businesses benefit from new ideasand a young person with theflexibility to adapt to individualcompany needs.

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Hold The DateTees Valley Skills 2014 will takeplace on Thursday 6 November –the full day programme will givelearners the opportunity to meetwith colleges, universities, learningproviders and local employers to

understand the best routes toachieving their career goals.

Complimentary transport forschool groups will be provided.For more information and to bookplaces, please contact 01642524 400.

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Welcome to issue 4 of theTees Valley Skills Newsletter,produced by Tees ValleyUnlimited, the public andprivate sector Local EnterprisePartnership for Tees Valley.

Our focus this issue is thegrowing health and socialcare sector worth over £1bnto the local economy andemploying over 30,000people across the Tees Valley.Teesside University andDurham University Queen’sCampus offer leadinghealthcare training courseswhile our NHS FoundationTrusts are highly regarded.Some of the UK’s best knownsocial care providers areheadquartered in Tees Valleyand innovative local businessesare serving the globalpharmaceuticals industry.

The newsletter supports theTees Valley Skills Portal – forregular updates please visitwww.teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk

- focus on health & social care

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A Growing Sector forTees ValleyThe health and social care sector in theTees Valley employs 36,600 people, or14% of the workforce1, and employmenthas increased by 12% since 2009.

90% of jobs are currently in the publicsector but there are over 350 privatesector businesses based here3.

Our manufacturing heritage is apparent incompanies such as Fujifilm DiosythnBiologics and rich sub-clusters ofbusinesses in biological reagents, assistivetechnology, health informatics andpharmaceuticals. On the latter, majorpharma organisations in the area includeDupont, Fine Organics and JohnsonMatthey, along with GlaxoSmithKline on ourdoorstep in Barnard Castle.

Such companies interact with the Centrefor Process Innovation at Wilton, which hasmade huge investments in innovative bio-process technology.

The NHS in the Tees Valley is comprised ofthree Foundation Hospital Trusts (NorthTees, South Tees and County Durham andDarlington), a Mental Health Trust and 3Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGS).They employ around 19,900 staff andturnover more than £1bn a year.

1 ONS, Business Register and Employment Survey,2 TVU, 2013

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New £38 million NationalBiologics ManufacturingCentre to be built in Darlington Funded by the Department for Business, Innovation andSkills, the flagship National Centre will help companies of allsizes in the biologics market to develop, prove, demonstrate,scale up and ultimately commercialise new biologicsprocess technologies.

Biologics or Biopharmaceuticals are medicinesmanufactured using biotechnology. The products havebiological foundations, usually involving live organismssuch as cells, bacteria, yeast and others as tools toperform specific manufacturing processes.

Pharmaceuticals produced through biotechnology aredelivering significant advances in healthcare.

Completely new medicines are being created,notably for rare or previously untreatable diseases.

The use of biotechnology is also revolutionising theresearch and development of new medicines allowingbetter product targeting and personalised treatmentsfor specific diseases and patient groups.

Biological medicines already account for around 10 – 15%of the current pharmaceutical market and the sector isoutperforming the market as a whole. Significantly, morethan one-fifth of new medicines launched on the worldmarket each year are now biotechnology-derived. This willlikely grow with the scientific advances currently underway;and the application of biotechnology in healthcare isleading to an increasing number of innovative products.

Managed by the Wilton - based Centre for ProcessInnovation, the facilities will be supporting the developmentof life changing technologies right here in Tees Valley.

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SECTOR SPOTLIGHT

Health & Social Care Companies inTees Valley

Cambridge Research Biochemicals

The Billingham-based company is the world's second oldest peptideand antibodies manufacturer and supplier to many majorpharmaceutical and biotechnology giants, including customers suchas Pfizer, GSK and AstraZeneca. They also custom manufactureproducts for medical research and employ around 20 people.

FujiFilm DiosynthBiotechnologies

Fujifilm is one of the world's leading contract development andmanufacturers of biologics for human healthcare products, with afocus on microbial-derived biologics. It has been operational since1988 in process development and scale-up, manufacturing, qualityand business support. The site employs over 500 staff. They werebought by American giant Merck in Dec 2009 and then by FujiFilmin March 2011. Products currently being worked on includemedicines targeted at forms of cancer, heart disease and stroke.

Hart Biologicals

The Hartlepool facility is engaged in theresearch, development, manufacture andmarketing of a range of "in-vitro" diagnostic products for use in thedetection, prevention and monitoring of a number of medicalconditions related to haemostasis and platelet function. HartBiologicals products are based upon whole blood or blood plasmaclotting technology or whole blood and platelet rich plasmaaggregation and platelet function test principles, technologies availablein almost all pathology laboratories worldwide. They are key suppliersof pathology laboratory services to the NHS. Founded in 2002,they employ 11 staff and are currently expanding further.

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HC One

Headquartered in Darlington, HC One (formerlySouthern Cross) is the UK's largest provider of carehomes for the elderly, with a turnover in 2009 of morethan £931m. They employ over 1,000 people acrossTees Valley.

Priory Group

Priory Group, the UK's leading independent provider ofacute mental healthcare and education, took over therunning of Middleton St George Hospital, near Darlington,in 2010 having acquired Affinity Healthcare. The firm,which is headquartered in Surrey, moved a further 50jobs to Darlington in 2010 having shifted its UKfinance department to the North East. They employaround 150 people in Tees Valley.

Tees Valley LearnersNationally Recognised

Sasha Gatenby, a care workerat European Healthcare Groupbased in Teesside, andspecialising in mental healthand older people, took the GoldMedal at the Caring Competitionat the WorldSkills UK Finals inNovember 2013.

Sasha also works with older people in the communityalongside her work for European Healthcare.

WorldSkills UK is part of WorldSkills International, theworld's largest vocational skills competition and theCaring Competition aims to find the best adult socialcare workers in the country.

All competitors had to demonstrate their skills andabilities in a series of rigorous tests and live activities,assessed by a panel of independent expert judges.

The activities, which included dementia care,independence planning for a person with a learningdisability and palliative care in a home setting, weredevised to replicate situations which competitorswould face in their everyday roles.

Sasha said: "I feel overwhelmed, happy, sad andecstatic. This has been a huge confidence thing forme and I couldn't care less if the whole world sawhow emotional I was and what it meant to me. It wasmy moment!"

Nicola Harker fromMiddlesbrough, currentlyundergoing nurse training atSouth Tees NHS HospitalsTrust, won North East

ApprenticeshipChampion of the Year2013 in the awardsorganised by theNationalApprenticeshipService and City &Guilds.

The award recognisesformer apprentices who have made

exceptional achievements since completing theirqualification and who have subsequently gone on topromote and champion apprenticeships to the localcommunity and beyond.

Nicola said: „My time at Teesside University and myapprenticeship has transformed me into a dedicatedhealthcare professional and led to me securing anursing position in the hospitalÊs Critical Care Unit.‰

Research Round-UpEmployment: the overall number of jobs is littlechanged, although there has been an increase in parttime jobs and a fall in full time jobs, a rise in privatesector jobs and a fall in public sector jobs. The numberof jobs in the Health sector is rising, but falling in Retail(click here for pdf).

Earnings: although local wages rose in 2013, theyare still below national rates, especially for Part Timeworkers. Around 27% of all Tees Valley workers, andover half of part time workers, earn less than the livingwage of £7.65ph. However, local wages in some partsof the manufacturing sector, and in of Skilled andProcess Operators are higher than the country aswhole (click here for pdf).

Businesses: Whilst the number of new companies isincreasing, the number of company closures remainsrelatively high. However, new company survival rateshave recovered. Analysis indicates that one third ofTees Valley companies are under three years old andonly 40% more than 10 years old. (click here for pdf).

Vacancies: There is some indications that the numberof job vacancies is increasing, although numbers arevolatile. There are high numbers of vacancies forhealth and IT staff. Advertised vacancies differ greatlyfrom the general jobs market as a high proportion arefor professional and highly qualified staff, reflecting inpart how difficult different jobs are to fill. (click here forpdf).

For more information or to view other researchreports, please visit the Tees Valley Information Hubat www.teesvalleyunlimited.gov.uk

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Who’s Recruiting

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Healthcare

� MORE than 40 jobs will be createdafter a deal was finalised to acquirea care provider. Springfield HouseHealthcare Group, a leading providerof domiciliary care, has taken onPathways to Independence. Thecombined new company will operateunder the name of Positive LifeChoices, in Darlington, and currentlyemploys 45 staff, providing morethan 900 hours of weekly careservices, including support topeople with learning disabilities andhomecare for people of all ages.

� Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologieshas opened a new specialistbiotechnology manufacturing facility inBillingham as part of a £30minvestment drive. The facility is focusedon mammalian cell culture and hasbeen designed for rapid furtherexpansion to meet customer demand.

� Billingham-based CambridgeResearch Biochemicals (CRB) ismoving to the Tees Valley EnterpriseZone at Belasis Hall TechnologyPark, giving it twice as much spaceand allowing further job creation asthe firm enjoys a 15% annualgrowth in a flourishing market.

Manufacturing & Engineering

� Hartlepool-based circuit boardmanufacturer has created ten newroles for long-term unemployedyoung people in the area. Merlin

Flex-Ability, which produces circuitboard for the defence, aerospace,medical and robotics industries, hastaken on five trainee productionoperatives aged between 18 and24. A further five apprentices fromHartlepool College have startedwork at the company.

� Bulldozer track maker is creating newjobs and investing in machinery tomeet rising global demand. Caterpillar,based in Skinningrove, east Cleveland,is taking on workers to boostproduction of track shoes for its rangeof large earthmovers. Bosses saythe expansion will create ten posts.

� Able UK has secured a contract todispose of four offshore rigs from theShell-operated Brent Field in theNorth Sea, bringing 200 new jobs tothe North East. Able estimates that97 per cent of the structures will bereused and will create 100 new jobsduring the 18-month constructionof the new quay, with a further 100during the six-year recycling period.

� Stokesley-based Quorn Foodswantsto expand its growing sales and exportfigures by investing tens of millions ofpounds in its Tees Valley factories.A third fermenter to produce theproduct is planned for its Billinghamplant, which would trigger a £50minvestment overall, and bosses saythey could sign within a couple ofmonths. The company, which makes„meat-alternative‰ products andemploys more than 600 in Tees Valley.

� A plastic recycling firm in the region isset to expand its operations over thenext five years which will see dozens ofnew jobs created. GFSL, whichfocuses on buying and selling scrapplastic, has become the latest occupierat the multi-let Wilton International.The firm invested in £2.2m worth ofrecycling machinery last year whichmeans the plant can now process upto 20,000 tonnes of plastics per year.

Leisure and Retail

� National property investment groupwith developments across the NorthEast has been granted planningpermission for a new £30m schemewhich will create 500 jobs inDarlington. Terrace Hill was grantedpermission from Darlington BoroughCouncil to regenerate a 1.9 acre busstation into Feethams Leisure; acinema, hotel and restaurant complexin the town centre. The complex willinclude a Vue cinema and an 80-bedPremier Inn. Lettings have also beengranted to Nandos and Prezzorestaurants to open units in thecomplex. The development isexpected to begin in 2014 and willbe completed in the Autumn of 2015.

� A new 50,000 square ft. warehouseopened earlier this year to enableStockton-based Direct Line Supplies(DLS) Food Services to expand itsfacilities. The company will now planfurther growth, explore new marketsand look to create new

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