Durham County Cricket Club

Seat Unique Riverside is the home of Durham Cricket and has hosted a number of world-class sporting and music events, including England’s successful Ashes series in 2013.

The iconic complex, which resides under the gaze of Lumley Castle, includes a modern Media and Education Centre and excellent eating & drinking options. Seat Unique Riverside also has outstanding Meetings and Events facilities and is the perfect venue for conferences, weddings, celebrations and seasonal parties.

Snorkel (UK) - Birtley

Snorkel’s ethos is to ‘think global, act local.’ This means that we have a global manufacturing footprint to ensure we build our products as close to the market as possible. Snorkel operates six manufacturing facilities globally, a total of 953,715 sq. ft. (88,600sqm), with facilities in Henderson, Nevada, USA; St. Joseph, Missouri, USA; Washington, Tyne & Wear, UK; Levin, New Zealand; and Jintan, Jiangsu Province, China.

The Optimum Group

Established in 1991, Optimum has evolved into a highly capable company. Based in Hartlepool in a purposely designed factory and showroom.

The continual investment in our manufacturing plant and in-house services has enabled us to provide products of proven quality, when the trend has been to outsource products and services. We have a working showroom in Hartlepool where we can discuss all customers' requirements. Our proud staff produce superb quality one-off bespoke work along with batch commissions too. 80% of our products are manufactured in-house.

McCarrick Construction Ltd

McCarrick Construction is a family-run construction company operating out of Chester-le-Street, County Durham, since 1953. Over the years, the company has maintained a reputation for delivering high quality work and are known for providing a comprehensive and efficient service across a wide variety of commercial and education sector construction projects. Construction for Education and Commercial.

Aim High Academy

Aim High Academy Trust is a not for profit, publicly accountable, Multi Academy Trust who act as a Multi-Academy Sponsor within the clear geographical context of the Coalfields area of Sunderland.

Its members and directors, who are appointed on a voluntary basis, are drawn from wide experiences both within the private and public sector, and bring significant educational and other professional expertise to the trust.

With a predecessor primary school history going back to 2006, the trust has the expertise, capacity and experience to secure transformational change and sustainable improvement within our schools.

Robertsons FM (facility management)

Our award-winning Facilities Management team of 1,500 people looks after over 5,800 buildings throughout the UK. Our customers get the professionalism they deserve from a long-standing facilities management company – originally set up as one of the first in the UK. Working with the public and private sector, our experience seamlessly enhances the services they deliver. With our help, their buildings and facilities perform to their best for owners, occupiers and the people who use them.

OCS Group Schools

As a global business with over 120,000 colleagues and a community that’s the size of a city, we have a responsibility and opportunity to positively impact the lives of those we’re connected to and society as a whole.

That’s why we’re on a mission to make people and places the best they can be because we believe every person deserves the best conditions and opportunities to thrive. Whatever that thrive is.

We aim to achieve our mission by delivering exceptional facilities and services that consistently address the details and overcome the biggest challenges, creating the best experiences, productivity, practices, resilience, and outcomes for colleagues, customers and communities.