Team Building

  1. PASS Walking Club's First Outing

    To the right of the image large white text reads "PASS Walking Club's First Outing". It sits on a photo background of green farmland, trees, and horses. In the bottom right of the image is a circular photo of the Walking Club taking a selfie together in a green field. The selfie is framed by a green circular border. Last month was the inaugural outing of PASS' newly founded Walking Club. Our ramblers were treated to stunning scenery and (surprisingly) sunny weather, as Club President Carole explains below. Continue reading →
  2. Dispatch Bowling Night

    On the left is a large image of the Dispatch team siting on a blue, circular, leather sofa around a red, round table. In the top right corner is a small image of the Dispatch team stand looking down a bowling alley. Phil bends to pick up his drink. Diagonally beneath that is a small image of the Dispatch team standing looking down two bowling alleys.  In the centre, large, orange text on a blue background reads "Dispatch Bowling Night". For their third team-building event, our Dispatch department chose to go bowling. A rather more sedate activity than their previous team-building events, axe throwing and go-karting, and considerably less fear-inducing for the rest of us! Catch up with what happened below. Continue reading →
  3. Team Training Proves Three Generations Are Better Than One

    On the left of the image large, orange text reads "Team Training Proves Three Generations Are Better Than One". Beneath and to the right of this, two cartoon beer glasses with handles clink together. Above and to the right of the beer glasses, is a small photo of the picture round. It is at the very top and centre of the image. In the bottom, right corner of the image is a photo of the Training Team sitting around a wooden pub table. They are all looking towards the camera and smiling. On the 30th of January 2023, Team Training joined the Rudds Arms quiz and pitted their wits against nine other teams. Our Training Centre Manager, Carole Jameson, lets us know how it all went. Read on to find out how Team Training, sorry Gen3, did, and see if you can match them point-for-point in the picture round. Continue reading →
  4. Marketing Marvels Their Way Out of Witch’s Lair

    At the left of the image is a picture of the marketing team posing in the Hex escape room. From left to right: Calum, Stacey, Jess, Katie, Stuart, Rachael. Jess is holding a board with the team's name, "No Joy Division", in the centre above Cluedini's name and logo. On the right of the image, large orange text on a purple background reads "Marketing Marvels Their Way Out Of Witch's Lair". In the top left and right corners of the image are orange spiderwebs. At the bottom left of the orange text is a black, cartoon witch flying on a broomstick. Having tackled the Marketing Team’s collective acrophobia, we decided that confronting our claustrophobia during peak cold and flu (and presumably Covid) season was the way to go with our second team-building experience. That’s why, before Christmas, we chose to take on Cluedini’s Hex escape room. We had just sixty minutes to solve the clues, crack padlocks, and find the crystals and spells needed to prevent a local witch from unleashing her curse on Yarm as revenge for her great-grandmother’s unlawful killing. The stakes were high! Continue reading →
  5. Sales Masters Axe Throwing Techniques

    Image of the Sales Team standing in front of two wooden axe-throwing targets. From left to right: Chris M, Sally, David, Gary, Stephen, Lewis, Chris C. At the bottom of the image, large orange text reads "Sales Masters Axe Throwing Techniques". Of course, our highly competitive Sales team couldn't resist trying their hands at axe throwing. Thankfully everyone came back alive and with their limbs intact. Read on to find out how our Sales department's "team building" experience at Hatchet Harry's went! Continue reading →
  6. Team Training Prove Sherlock's Mystery Manor is Elementary

    On the left of the image, large orange text on a blue background reads "Team Training Prove Sherlock's Mystery Manor is Elementary". Beneath the text is an orange silhouette of Sherlock Holmes smoking a pipe and looking through a magnifying glass. To the right of the image is a photo of Stuart, Dawn, Siobhan, and Helen smiling in the doorway of the escape room. Overlaid across the top is an outline of a large, pale orange magnifying glass. Having successfully imitated Vikings during their previous team outing, this time around the Training department decided to try their hand at being detectives. Keep reading to find out if they managed to crack the codes and get out of Project Escape Middlesbrough's Sherlock Mystery Manor! Continue reading →
  7. Dispatch's Tuesday Night Axe Throwing

    On the left, the Dispatch team pose for a group photo in front of the wooden targets. On the right, large, orange text on a blue background reads "Dispatch's Tuesday Night Axe Throwing". Taking inspiration from the Training Team, for their second team-building experience our Dispatch Department decided to go axe throwing. Below is a characteristically brief summary of what happened. Continue reading →
  8. Calibration Admin Go Ghetto Golfing

    On the right is a set of four images of the calibration admin team (which also feature in the blog below) at Ghetto Golf. They are arranged in a window formation, each surrounded by an orange border. To the right, large white text on a blue background reads "Calibration Admin Go Ghetto Golfing". The text is framed by a thin orange border on the right. Having successfully escaped from Lumley Castle's dungeons with just two seconds to spare, our Calibration Admin department decided that their next team-building experience ought to be a bit less stressful. In October, they travelled up to Newcastle for a round of Ghetto Golf. Continue reading →
  9. Accounts Day Release

    To the right of the banner members of the accounts team sit on a blue semi-circle sofa around a red table with plates, glasses, and a ketchup bottle on. On the left large blue text reads 'Accounts Day Release'. The background is made up of blue and orange diagonal bands that fade into each other.  Last month our Accounts department tried their hand at bowling. Find out what happened when the Sales Ledger Accountants (SL) took on the Purchase Ledger Accountants (PL) in a highly competitive, barrier-less bowling match of varying quality. Continue reading →
  10. Dispatch Go Karting

    The background consists of two photos of the Dispatch team: the Monday group and the Wednesday group. Both groups stand on the karting podium. Our to-the-point Dispatch Team chose go-karting as their team-bonding activity. Take a minute or two to catch up with the action. Continue reading →