NETPark is investing more than £60m on its latest development phase. Project director Janet Todd gave Breakthrough insight into its strategy.

Partnership is a concept to which so many pay merely lip service, so it’s heartwarming to see it in practice throughout the North East Technology Park’s (NETPark) systems and structures.

Aerial image of the proposed Phase 3 site

It’s perfectly exemplified by Janet Todd’s workplace which, given her role, you’d expect to be a comfy office far from the sprawling site where the latest expansion is underway.

Instead, it’s a distinctly humble portable cabin amidst the construction works, though the unlikely location visibly hasn’t dimmed her cheerful demeanour.

As of late-July, the huge build programme is ahead of schedule and on budget, and it’s impossible not to link her on-site presence to those impressive achievements.

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