CLUB EVENT

Workforce Revolution

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EVENT DETAILS

Venue: Wilton Centre Date: Thursday, 22nd October 2026 Time: 18:00 - 20:30

In partnership with:

Join us at the Wilton Centre for our October event where we have an impressive line up of speakers to share updates from the region, including a panel of speakers from Wilton businesses who will be highlighting their role in shaping the workforce of the future.

Hay & Kilner is a leading full-service law firm, trusted by businesses, individuals and families for more than 80 years. With offices in Newcastle, Wallsend and Stockton-on-Tees, they combine exceptional legal expertise with clear, practical advice and a genuinely people-first approach. Their growing Teesside presence reflects a longstanding commitment to supporting businesses and communities across the region.

The running order is:

6:00pm Registration with tea and coffee, light supper served and networking
6:30pm Tees Components Brass Band
6.45pm Introduction from Jane Reynolds MBE, Chair, Tees Valley Business Club
6:50pm Welcome from Steve Duffield Site Director Wilton Centre
7:00pm Hay & Kilner LLP: Leigh Ferguson, Dispute Resolution Partner
7:10pm Redcar & Cleveland Council: Andrew Carter Assistant Director - Growth & Enterprise
7:20pm TVCA: Tom Bryant, Chief Executive
7:30pm Panel: JBA Engineering, NE Site Services and Absolute Antibody part of Vector Laboratories Inc
7:50pm Children Challenging Industry: Nicola Waller, Primary Science Advisory Teacher
8:00pm The Junction: Beth Major, CEO
8:10pm NEPIC: Joanne Smith, CEO
8:20pm Closing remarks and Tees Components Brass Band

Member invitations will be issued by direct email.

Guest booking: We enable six guests to attend each of our events. If you have not attended one of our events in the past, and would like to come to an event to find out if the club is something you would like to be part of, you will be able to register your place on a future event, please get in touch info@teesvalleybusinessclub.co.uk for further information.

All places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

PRESENTERS

Leigh Ferguson
Dispute Resolution Partner, Hay & Kilner LLP



Andrew Carter
Assistant Director for Growth and Enterprise, Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council



Beth Major
Chief Executive, The Junction Foundation



Stacey Walker
Production Manager, Absolute Antibody, part of Vector Laboratories Inc.

 

SHOW NOTES

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