Based in the historic market town of Barnard Castle but with quick access to major transport routes such as the A66, Enterprise House offers businesses of all sizes in the Teesdale area a complete one stop shop for all their business resource needs.

As well as office and virtual office rental, our facilities include hotdesking, a selection of meeting rooms for hour, half day and day hire, a conference suite with audio visual and conferencing facilities and even a cyber café for casual meetings and brainstorming sessions. And our friendly administrative team are always on hand to help both visitors and clients headed up by Lynn Todhunter.

Clients based in our building have been chosen with care to add to the services we offer business visitors, allowing them to access training and advice through The Enterprise Agency for Wear Valley and Teesdale, Business Link North East and Bishop Auckland College plus creative and communication companies including Britnett Web Services and Radio Teesdale. 

Lynn Todhunter - Customer Services Manager I consider myself to be a very fortunate person having been born and raised in the countryside of Teesdale.  After leaving college I started work in an accountant’s office in the town and spent 16 years preparing accounts and dealing with clients. After a career break to raise my son I joined Enterprise House and have been here since 1998.  I am now Customer Services Manager and have an active part in the running of Teesdale Development Company Ltd as Company Secretary. I am the first point of contact for the tenants and any visitors who call at Enterprise House, which I see as a very important role. I try to make sure that their visit has been a pleasant and memorable experience that leaves a lasting impression.  Over the years I have seen tenants successfully develop and grow their business; of course, there are some tenants who don’t make it, but I will always feel privileged to have been part of their drive and ambition whatever the outcome may be.

Val Gatenby - Customer Services Assistant  I started my career at Glaxo Operations, Barnard Castle, at the age of 16 as a messenger girl, sorting and delivering post to all staff on site. I swiftly moved into the offices and nine years later when I left to start a family I was a secretary in the office of the Pharmaceutical Development Manager. In 1994 and three children later, I enrolled at Teesdale Training Centre and gained an NVQ II in Business Administration and then spent the next six years working in an office on Harmire Enterprise Park. I then moved down the town into the role of Practice Manager at Star House Physiotherapy where I spent eight and a half years until the company closed in August 2009. I joined Enterprise House as Customer Services Assistant in October 2009 and am very much looking forward to the challenges of my new role.

Helen Maude - Customer Services  Helen joined Enterprise House in late 2007 after finishing a NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration at college. She deals with a wide and varied range of administrative tasks. Helen enjoys working as part of a team and also independently and sees this as an effective way to create strong relationships with colleagues and clients. Outside of work Helen lists her interests as music, reading, going to the cinemas and spending time with friends and family. Helen is a keen keep fit fanatic and enjoys a wide range of activities like going to the gym, spinning, line dancing, running and boxercise. Helens other passion is doing Voluntary work at Help the Aged which she has done for many years. Helen is a member of the Women’s Institute for which she writes a monthly report for the Teesdale Mercury.

Alastair Dinwiddie - Chairman Born in London I grew up in Ireland, Germany and Malaysia before returning to school in Cumbria. I studied engineering at Edinburgh University, and many years later, business at London Business School. I have worked in the oil and instrumentation industries living a nomadic life covering the Middle East, Far East and Europe before returning to the UK in 89 and settling in Teesdale in 92 where I and my family have been based ever since. 14 years in one place, no wonder it feels like home! I now run Aladin Enterprises Ltd, a business consultancy, working for The Enterprise Agency, Business Link Co Durham, and various local businesses as well as being treasurer of Radio Teesdale. Being a part of a community is very special after spending less than 5 years in any one place; and where better to live and work than Teesdale and Wear Valley. Great people and great environment.

DIRECTORS OF TEESDALE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD

Mr A Dinwiddie - Private Business Sector 
Mr M Guy - Durham County Council
Mr P Harper - Private Business Sector
Mr A Leitch - Retired Business Professional
Mr D McKnight - Private Business Sector
Mrs A Isherwood - Principal Bishop Auckland College
Mrs C Stow - The Enterprise Agency Wear Valley & Teesdale
Mr P Dixon - Radio Teesdale
Mrs J C Simpson - Private Sector
Councillor Barbara Harrison - Local Councillor

 



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