Doxford International Business Park
54°51′50″N 1°26′06″W / 54.864°N 1.435°W
Doxford International is a 125-acre (51 ha) business park located at the A19 / A690 interchange on the outskirts of
At the entrance to the development stands the sculpture Quintisection by the sculptor Robert Erskine FRSS. Standing 26 ft in height (7.9 m) and 14.5 ft wide (4.4 m), it is made in wrought stainless steel, and is based upon a huge cross-section of an ocean liner. Commissioned by Doxford International Business Park, Quintesection is a sculpture to mark the shipbuilding industry of the North East.
The availability of telecommunications and a skilled workforce has been instrumental in the success of Doxford International, which is now a location for corporate HQs and contact centres serving the financial and customer service sectors. Around 8,000 people are now employed by a range of blue chip companies.[citation needed]
One business that located on Doxford International is mobile phone operator
Also on Doxford International, EDS has established a secure data centre. Citifinancial – part of the US-based
EDF Energy has based its main contact centre at Doxford, originally trading at the site as London Electricity.
As well as small retail outlets such as
Businesses on Doxford International Business Park
Financial services
- Barclays plc (UK, Banking)
- More Than (Royal & SunAlliance) (UK, Insurance)
- Computershare
- Fairstone
Contact centres
- Kura CS (Formally Parseq) (Outsource Contact Centre)
- EDF Energy plc (France, Customer Service Centre)
- Royal Mail (UK, Contact Centre)
- EE (UK, Contact Centre)
- ECO (UK, Contact Centre)
Head offices
- 4Projects (Local, Business Software)
- Arriva plc (Local, Public Transport)
- Desco (Design & Consultancy) Ltd. (Local, Consulting Engineers)
- Gentoo Group (Local, Property Development)
- Wilcomm Homes (Local, House Builder)
- Melonite UK Ltd (Local, Telecommunications and Data)
- Andrew and Pete
Other companies
- Kinaxia Logistics
- Bowmer & Kirkland (UK, Contractor)
- Former EDS (Electronic Data Systems) now HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd (US, Secure Data Centre)
- Manitowoc Cranes Group (US, Mobile Cranes)
- Northern Gas Networks Ltd. (UK, Customer Service Centre)