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Leading light in AV Dawson passes away

AV Dawson owner and partner, Maurice Dawson has died, aged 75. He led the Middlesbrough-based logistics firm, founded in 1938 by his parents, through a significant phase in its growth. The former diesel fitter apprentice spent years as a long-distance lorry driver before becoming joint managing director at AV Dawson alongside his mother, Eleanor, overseeing its successes for a number of years before eventually handing over the reins to his son, ... [+]

New scheme puts Teesside youth in the fast lane

Teesside’s High Tide Foundation officially launched a new Automotive Cadetship on 7 September, giving young people an insight into the career opportunities in the supply chain. High Tide, founded in 2012 by local businesses PD Ports and Casper Shipping, provide support for youngsters require in their search for a career path. The ... [+]

Pedalling against Alzheimer’s

An AV Dawson team led managing director Gary Dawson AV Dawson are nursing sore limbs after completing a coast-to-coast bike ride to raise £4,500 in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease. The 15-strong group from the Teesside logistics firm also wore the Save Our Steel campaign logo on their arms throughout the ... [+]

New recruit boosts AV Dawson’s finance team

Teesside based AV Dawson, is showing its commitment to apprenticeships with the appointment of Georgia Canham. The former student at SRC Bede College in Billingham, joins the logistics firm as an accountancy apprentice within its finance team in Teesport. The appointment is part of a new partnership with Middlesbrough College ... [+]

Tight squeeze on Teesside

AV Dawson’s Teesside North Sea Supply Base Terminal hosted the 33,628dwt bulk carrier Skala in December - the largest ever to cargo vessel in history ever to pass under Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge. Over the last three years the Teesside-based logistics specialist has dredged the river and developed its quayside. ... [+]

Steel is still strong on Teesside

While anyone listening the national news could be forgiven for thinking the whole UK steel industry was on its knees, Middlesbrough logistics company AV Dawson says that its £6.5m facility opened last November has had a successful first year supplying the ever increasing needs of car giant Nissan in nearby ... [+]

AV Dawson recruits a record-breaker

Middlesbrough-based logistics firm AV Dawson has appointed Charlie Nettle as its head of marketing and business development. He joins the business from the North East Chamber of Commerce (NECC), where he was head of marketing for more than six years. He even helped the Chamber break a Guinness World Record, holding ... [+]

Logistician wins architecture award

Middlesbrough-based logistics specialist AV Dawson's new steel store has been awarded Best Large Commercial Building in the Northern heats of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards. The awards look for elements such as technical innovation, sustainability and performance. The warehouse will now be entered into the LABC ... [+]

AV Dawson takes charge of its train set

North-east based logistics firm AV Dawson has signed a 99-year lease with Network Rail to manage Middlesbrough Goods Yard. It comes as the Teesside firm completes work on its £12.5m expansion plans including a new deepwater river Tees quay; a rail freight terminal the Tees Riverside Intermodal Park (TRIP) and ... [+]

Biggest ship yet for AV Dawson

AV Dawson - which recently opened a new 102,000sq ft, £6.5m steel store - has handled its largest ship to date at its North Sea Supply Base in Middlesbrough. The 12,500dwt MV Lone owned by SAL Heavy Lift arrived during the night of 12 February to collect materials for the ... [+]

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