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Teesside Trade Podcast

Weekly trade news and practical know-how for Teesside's builders, roofers and tradespeople — local projects, industry trends and honest advice on hiring and doing good work across Middlesbrough, Stockton, Redcar and Hartlepool — from the team behind Teesside Trade News.

Episodes

Episode 3 · 17 August 2026 · 5 min

Episode 3: BAM starts the £13m Skinningrove flood scheme, 172 homes lodged in Stockton, and Billingham's BA Joinery wins Teesside Growth Award

Construction starts on the £13m Skinningrove Flood Alleviation Scheme, two housing applications land at Stockton Council, British Steel takes on 17 Teesside apprentices — plus a profile of Billingham joinery manufacturer BA Joinery, and how smaller firms get onto a main contractor's subcontract list.

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Episode 2 · 17 August 2026 · 6 min

Episode 2: Net Zero Teesside's local contract wins, Teesport's massive rooftop solar array, and the housing pipeline keeps growing

The Redcar Bulk Terminal quay upgrade is complete and Cavendish Northern lands an East Coast Cluster piping contract, PD Ports switches on 2,000 panels at Teesport, and 323 more homes are approved at Skelton. Terry Oakes joins Darren Turnbull from this week.

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Episode 1 · 14 August 2026 · 5 min

Episode 1: Teesside's summer of construction — £50m airport campus, Stockton's new waterfront and a housing building boom

Our launch episode: Alfor Aviation's £50m Teesside Airport campus, the £23m Stockton Waterfront park, £9m of new bungalows in Thorntree, 243 solar-ready homes at Wynyard — and what the skills shortage means for all of it.

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