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State-of-the-art steel store for AV Dawson

Prospective parliamentary candidate for Richmond, North Yorkshire, Rishi Sunak, officially opened North East logistics company AV Dawson's new 102,000sq ft, £6.5m steel store in Middlesbrough on 11 February. The facility is the third and final phase of a £12.5m growth plan, part-financed with £1.2m from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund. Other investments included a £2.6m intermodal rail terminal, Tees Riverside Intermodal Park (TRIP), and a new £3.4m deepwater quay. The store ... [+]

AV Dawson opens new steel shed

  AV Dawson is investing £6m in a rail-served steel distribution centre at Middlesbrough to cater for growth in the North-east's automotive sector. Dawson’s new automotive shed will be its biggest yet at nearly 300m long and 36m wide and will be capable of providing storage for up to 32,000 tonnes of ... [+]

Dawson impresses on ministerial visit

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said he was impressed by the ‘brilliant businesses’ he’d seen on tour of Teesside on 24 July – including Middlesbrough logistics specialist AV Dawson. He also had the time to take in TAG Energy Solutions, at Billingham, and EDF Energy’s offshore windfarm base at ... [+]

AV Dawson celebrates three-quarter century

Teesside multimodal specialist AV Dawson has created a one-off new livery for one of its trucks to mark its 75th birthday. The new Scania truck is being driven by Bob King – one of the longest serving employees at the family run firm, which is based at Riverside Park, in Middlesbrough, ... [+]

Waste to energy plant for AV Dawson

Teesside logistics company AV Dawson, has signed a 40-year-deal to site a pioneering waste-to-energy plant at its Riverside Park base in Middlesbrough. Greenlight AD Power’s energy plant is the first project in the UK to benefit from the Government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) with funding of £8m matched with funding from ... [+]

AV Dawson rail terminal open for business

North-east logistics operator AV Dawson has opened the first £2.6m phase of its Tees Riverside Intermodal Park (TRIP) on the banks of the River Tees. The terminal is the first phase of AV Dawson’s £10m infrastructure expansion and follows a 25% increase in its container business at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Park. It ... [+]