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22 Winter 20
Y WELCOME FROM GAR Since our last edition of Links, a lot has changed and we have plenty to update you on. As always, thank you for your continued hard work throughout 2022, it has been a busy year with a lot going on. Coronavirus definitely hasn’t left us but, it’s in more of a controlled state than what it was a year ago, allowing us to continue operations with little disruption. We have finally moved and settled into life in the new head office, The Staiths, which was officially unveiled at a family open evening in May. The new head office is a great central hub for all of our colleagues and includes a gym, fitness studio, bar and a music room. The office will not only benefit our colleagues, it will allow us to welcome customers, charities and community groups
and give them the ultimate Port of Middlesbrough experience. We have also opened our conferencing facilities up to external businesses and organisations to hire on a commercial basis. We recently acquired a neighbouring business, Cobra Middlesbrough. The site is now headed up by Lewis Simpson and we are delighted to welcome colleagues from Cobra to the AVD team. Finally, we are thrilled that our transport subsidiary company, AV Dawson Transport Limited, has officially launched. AV Dawson Transport is the third business to join the AV Dawson Group, joining AVD Port and Industrial Services Limited and Cockfield, Knight & Company Limited.
HISTORY CELEBRATED WITH NEW HQ NAME Since our last edition our brand-new HQ building has been unveiled as ‘The Staiths.’ The name, which celebrates the heritage of the port, was unveiled at our family open day in May. The name originates from the coal staiths at the old Port Darlington, which was the original name of our site, which is now known as Port of Middlesbrough. The staiths, which were used for shipping coal from the port, were officially opened by the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company over 190 years ago.