Margaret O'Dea
Branch Manager
Adecco
81 Orsett Road
RM17 5EG

Tel: 01375 396795
e-mail:  margaret.odea@adecco.co.uk



Susan Rom
Partnership Manager
Thames Gateway South Essex area
Business Link
Mobile: 07824 464151
Direct Line: 0845 600 9133
s.rom@businesslinkeast.org.uk
www.businesslink.gov.uk/east

David Smyth
Operations Director
www.geegroup.co.uk
01375 845685
david.smyth@geegroup.co.uk

Broker House
Tilbury Freeport
RM18 7EH

Leading exponents of general UK transportation, especially specialist forestry product distribution and innovative trailer design.



Rob Norden
Company Secretary
www.canutegroup.com
01708 867001
rob.norden@canutegroup.com

Head Office
7a Juliet Way
Purfleet Industrial Park
RM15 4YD

Specialist haulage company operating in retail, industrial and manufacturing distribution, with particular expertise in bricks and blocks.



Cresta Howard
Branch Manager
DriveLink Network Ltd
www.drivelink.co.uk
01375 398080
pooleyd@drivelink.co.uk

47 Orsett Road
Grays
RM17 5HJ

A driving recruitment business that generates unique value for customers and employees through honesty, fairness, commitment and teamwork.


Hassenbrook School
www.hassenbrook.org.uk/
Mr Paul Young
Business Manager
admin@hassenbrook.org.uk

Hassenbrook Rd
Stanford-Le-Hope
Essex
SS17 0NS
Tel: 01375 671566
Specialist technology college.



Michel Mignot
Adminstration Director
www.ffg-hil.com
01708 889123
mmignot@ffg-hil.com

Dissegna House
Weston Avenue
West Thurrock
RM20 3ZP

The UK’s number one specialist logistics provider to the wine and spirits industry.



Sheila Fox
sheila.fox@memo.ikea.com
0845 3552262

IKEA Lakeside
Lakeside Retail Park
Heron Way
West Thurrock
Essex
RM20 3WJ

Lakeside IKEA is one of the biggest stores in the UK employing around 650 co-workers.



Steve Chandler
Centre Manager
www.lakeside.uk.com
www.capital-shopping-centres.co.uk
01708 860087
steve-chandler@capshop.co.uk

Lakeside Shopping Centre
West Thurrock Way
RM20 2ZP

Leading regional shopping centre with 300 shops, 4 major department stores, 30 cafe/restaurants, 7 screen cinema and 26 acre lake complex.



Paul Collins
Director
www.laingorourke.com
01375 391313
info@laingorourke.com

Fiddlers Reach
Wouldham Road
South Stifford
RM20 4YB

International construction group with total capability in the design, procurement and delivery of major projects across a full spectrum of global markets.



www.lsc.gov.uk
0845 0194179
essexinfo@lsc.gov.uk

Redwing House
Hedgerows Business Park
Colchester Road
Chelmsford
CM2 5PB

Body dedicated to planning and funding all local post-16 education and training, except higher education.



Biagio Privitera
Plant Manager
www.pg.com
01375 395000
privitera.b@pg.com

Hedley Avenue
Grays
RM20 4AL

Leading multinational consumer goods manufacturer, P&G markets almost 300 products to more than five billion consumers in 140 countries. Products made in Grays include Fairy and Ariel.



Palmer’s College
Mark Vinall
Principal
www.palmers.ac.uk
01375 370121
dwadey@palmers.ac.uk

Chadwell Road
Grays
RM17 5TD

College with an outstanding record of examination success with consistently high pass rates at all levels. Originally founded in 1706 Palmer’s offers full time education for 16-19s and a range of adult courses.



BJ Chong
Partner
www.palmerslaw.co.uk
01375 484444
enquiries@palmerslaw.co.uk

Ascension Chambers
Fleming Road
Chafford Hundred
RM16 6HH

Leading commercial and private solicitors in South Essex aiming to work in partnership with you to meet your requirements for advice on any problem or challenge.



Park Inn Lakeside

Didier Boehlin
Manager
Telephone: 01708 719988
Fax: 01708 719980
info.lakeside@rezidorparkinn.com

High Road, North Stifford Near Grays, Essex RM16 5UE

Elegant converted Georgian manor house providing accommodation and conferencing facilities just off the M25.



Petroplus

Georgina Clark
Public Affairs Adviser

01375 673310
georgina.clark@petroplus.biz

Coryton Refinery
The Manorway
Stanford-le-Hope
SS17 9LL



Port of Tilbury London Ltd
www.forthports.co.uk/ports/ports/tilbury/
01375 852200

Perry Glading, Managing Director - perry.glading@potll.com
Keran Smith, Training Co-ordinator - keran.smith@potll.com

Leslie Ford House
Tilbury Freeport
RM18 7EH

One of the key gateways to London and the Southeast. Boasting transport links which throw a shadow over a large section of hinterland Britain, Tilbury is a freight distribution hub which offers cost-effective total distribution packages. Key specialisms include forestry, grain and containers.



Purfleet Thames Terminal
01708 865522
enquiries@pttl.com

Gary Walker, Managing Director - gary.walker@pttl.com
Mike Lewis, General Manager - mike.lewis@pttl.com

London Road
Purfleet
RM19 1RT

Expansive 370 000m2 terminal with two roll-on roll-off berths in a strategic location immediately adjacent to the Dartford Crossing.



RWEnpower
Nigel Staves
Station Manager
www.RWEnpower.com
01375 857271
Nigel.Staves@RWEnpower.com

RWEnpower
Tilbury Power Station
Tilbury
RM18 8UJ

RWEnpower is part of the RWE group. InnogyOne is one of the businesses within RWEnpower. InnogyOne provides support and specialist services to other power plant operators and owners around the world in addition to supporting our own generation assets. Our expertise is in improving power station reliability and efficiency and environmental management to deliver optimal commercial performance. In addition to providing this expertise to third parties, InnogyOne provides support to our UK generating capacity of over 8,000MW of coal, oil and gas-fired power stations as well as renewable and cogeneration plants.



Shell UK Oil Products
Derek Bland
Site Manager
www.shell.co.uk
01375 653239
derek.bland@shell.com

Shellhaven
The Manorway
Stanford-le-Hope
SS17 9LD

Refiners of crude oil into transportation fuels, lubricants, heating/fuel oils, liquefied petroleum gas and bitumen. The bitumen plant is the sole remaining active part of the Thurrock refinery with the rest a major development site.



www.shields-e.com
www.fonebak.com
01708 684001
enquiries@shields-e.com

Gordon Shields, Chairman & Founder - gordon.shields@shields-e.com
Bruce Walford, Operations Director - bruce.walford@shields-e.com
Jackie Cason, Gordon’s PA - jackie.cason@shields-e.com
Sarah Bond, Marketing - sarah.bond@shields-e.com

Kerry Avenue
Purfleet Industrial Park
RM15 4YE

World Leaders in innovative environmental and financial solutions, enabling the telecommunications sector to manage their assets more efficiently and care for the environment.



Paul Munday
Business Development Manager
www.solectron.com
01708 852223
paulmunday@solectron.com

Arisdale Avenue
South Ockendon
RM15 5TT

Leading global provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services.


Dr Annette Hughes
Director of Workforce Development & Training jayne.briggs@southessex-trust.nhs.uk
01375 364653
www.southessex-trust.nhs.uk

South Essex Partnership NHS Trust
Dunton Court
Aston Rd
Laindon
Basildon
Essex SS15 6NX

South Essex Partnership NHS Trust is a three star Trust and one of the largest NHS providers in the country of health and social care services for people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities.



Richard Bowyer
Director
01708 861665
stamfordfabs@aol.com

Stamford House
Oliver Close
West Thurrock
RM20 3EE

Mechanical Engineering Contractors, specialising in the design and fabrication of mild and stainless steel process plant equipment.


Tanker and General Limited
Andrew McCormack
Managing Director

01375 370660
ammcormack@mb-hs.com

Specialists in commercial vehicle welding & body building services


Thurrock Adult Community College
Sharon Walsh
Principal
www.thurrock.gov.uk/adultcollege
01375 372476
swalsh@tacc.ac.uk

Richmond Road
Grays
RM17 6DN

Provider of a wide range of flexibly available courses as well as extensive community activities, with centres in Grays, South Ockendon, Stanford and Chafford Hundred.



Denise Fielding
Principal
www.tab.ac.uk
01375 362650/1
enquire@tab.ac.uk

Woodview Campus
Grays
RM16 2YR

A large further education college in south Essex working in partnership to provide education and skills training. Development is available for learners, employers, businesses and other organisations in the community from Pre-entry through to higher education and degree level in a broad range of general and vocational areas.



www.thurrock.gov.uk
www.thurrock-community.org.uk
01375 652652
general.enquiries@thurrock.gov.uk
www.thurrock.gov.uk/contact

Angie Ridgwell, Chief Executive.
Cllr. Terry Hipsey, Leader of the Council.

Managing Director
Civic Offices
Grays
RM17 6SL

Unitary authority in South Essex, located on the Thames immediately East of London at the centre of the Thames Gateway.


Thurrock District Association of Industries
Grahame Thomas
Secretary
www.thurrock.gov.uk/business/initiative/content.php?page=dai
01375 673285
Grahame_Thomas@hotmail.com

c/o High House
High Road
Horndon on the Hill
SS17 8LD

Organisation dedicated to protecting and promoting the interests of manufacturing and service industries in Thurrock.



Thurrock Learning Partnership
Maureen Wilcox
Manager
www.thurrocklearningpartnership.org.uk
01375 652918
mwilcox@thurrock.gov.uk

PO Box 118
Grays
RM17 6GF

An exceptionally inclusive body of colleges, private training providers, business and partners working together, sharing knowledge, research and strategies, with the aim of widening participation and raising achievement.



Malcolm Lambard
Marketing Manager
www.tcsonline.co.uk
01375 363700
malcolm.lambard@tcsonline.co.uk

Northfleet Hope House
Site 41, Tilbury Freeport
Tilbury
RM18 7HX

The first purpose container dedicated terminal built in the UK and the only dedicated, modern direct access deep-sea terminal within the Port of London.



Bruce Vickers
Managing Director
www.tonylevoi.co.uk
01708 681800
info@tonylevoi.co.uk

West Thurrock Way
Lakeside
RM20 3WE

Vauxhall dealership which prides itself on the quality and extent of it’s services as well as the way in which these are delivered.



Denis Muirden
HR Manager
www.trelleborg.com
01708 685685
denis.muirden@trelleborg.com

Trelleborg Stanton ltd
Admiral House
London Road
West Thurrock
RM20 3NL

Trelleborg Stanton are part of the international Trelleborg Group which utilise specialist polymer materials to manufacture products for a wide range of business sectors. At West Thurrock Trelleborg Stanton manufacture a range of plastic, foam rubber, polyurethane moulded and expanded propylene moulded products principally for the automotive industry.



Andy Kirby
Production Unit Manager
01708 684630
andy.kirby@unilever.com

www.ubfoods.co.uk
www.unilever.co.uk

London Road
Purfleet
RM19 1SD

One of the world’s largest food companies and home to many of the best loved brands in the country. The Purfleet Manufacturing Unit is the largest of it's kind in the world, producing Flora, Flora proActiv, Stork, Bertolli and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.



Sally Gale
www.uniservegroup.co.uk
01375 856060
sg@ugroup.co.uk

London Mega Terminal
Thurrock Park Way
Tilbury
RM18 7HD

Uniserve have been established for over twenty years and have six offices throughout the UK and one in Dublin. We are a freight consolidator/master loader by Sea, Air and Road and specialise in the Far East, USA, Australasia, Europe and Ireland.



Steve Alderson
Operations Manager
www.vopak.com
01708 863399
Stephen.Alderson@Vopak.co.uk

Oliver Road
West Thurrock Riverside
RM20 3EY

Professionals in liquid bulk logistics. A leading independent terminal providing storage and distribution facilities for both road fuels to the hypermarkets, and a wide variety of products to major chemical manufacturers.



Lee Davis
Director
www.westerlundgroup.com
01375 857575
LDavis@westerlundgroup.com

Fortress Distribution Park
Tilbury
RM18 7NH

Specialist suppliers of logistics solutions to the world’s leading pulp and paper companies. The new purpose-built Tilbury facility provides container stripping and stuffing, palletizing and other value-added services, as well as onward distribution of paper, lumber, MDF and related products.


Rob Hollyman
Director
www.ytgroup.com
rob.hollyman@ytgroup.com

Botany Way
Purfleet
RM19 1SR

FP Youngs Transport Ltd - 01708 868081
UK distribution operators with flexible fleet to move small parcels up to 25 tonnes. Container hauliers and Dangerous Goods Specialists.

Y T Limited - 01708 869381
Leading Europe-wide distribution operator with a vast flexible fleet of over 100 vehicles as well as purpose-built warehousing facilities both in the UK and
throughout Europe. Groupage, Part loads, Full Loads to/from Western Europe and Dangerous Goods Specialists.