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Middlesbrough security specialist reveals plans to create 100 new jobs

Middlesbrough-based Vistech Services has announced plans to create 100 new jobs over the next 12 months as it looks to double its workforce.

The security systems specialist, which is also targeting a turnover of £5m by 2017, has grown its client base considerably over the past two years, protecting properties worth up to eight figures nationwide.

Headquartered in Middlesbrough’s Boho Six building, the business is currently carrying out security work for Third Energy’s gas field in Kirby Misperton in Ryedale, where the local council recently gave permission for fracking work to begin to release shale gas.

Event security was provided at a Rod Stewart concert at Castle Howard, security and dog patrols have been supplied for both the Yorkshire leg of the Tour de France and to protect the thousands of cycling fans who attended the Tour de Yorkshire, while a security team will also be on hand at Redcar Athletic’s popular Steel Gala.

Northern Gas Networks utilised Vistech’s asset protection service when North Yorkshire floods damaged gas pipes across a number of rivers, whilst security staff have attended university protests and provided trackside security for the rail network on behalf of railway engineering specialists QTS.

Vistech also protect power sites on behalf of the National Grid, provide night patrols for a recently closed M&S store in Bishop Auckland and provide 24-hour security for a large industrial site at Cowpen Bewley, near Billingham, along with a host of North-East construction sites.

Jobs further afield include a waterworks and a Travel Lodge site in Aberdeen and another key client in Orpington, Kent

General manager Annmarie Hope said: “We’ve doubled our turnover during the past 12 months, creating dozens of jobs across Teesside, the North-East and beyond. We’ve doubled our workforce too, creating dozens of jobs, the vast majority of them local.

“We now have 15 staff in our Boho Six headquarters – up from just four a year ago – together with a team of more than 80 security specialists. We’ve recently taken on an apprentice we’re looking for another.

“We’re still in the building stage of the business but we have big ambitions for Vistech Services. There’s certainly no reason why we can’t create another hundred jobs over the next 12 months.

“We have some good people building the firm’s foundations, as we target an increasing number of construction sites, power companies and health services including NHS sites.”

Whilst the company has bases in London and Aberdeen, Annmarie promises that Vistech’s headquarters will always remain on Teesside.

Annemarie continued: “Whilst we’re increasingly focused on building a strong market across the UK, we’re passionate about retaining our Teesside base, so we’ll be looking to continue to invest locally and create the bulk of our jobs locally too.”