MORE than half the available space at a 700-acre industrial estate has been let to businesses, developers said yesterday.

The site, at Wynyard, near Stockton, Teesside, was initially two rival business parks, but they merged after Gateshead MetroCentre developer Sir John Hall sold his side to Chris Musgrave in August.

It is hoped that Wynyard park will be a workplace for hundreds of people, and have restaurants, a creche and a gym.

Since the start of the year, tenants have been moving into refurbished Wellington House, formerly the Samsung factory.

BGM Solutions, a company specialising in supply chain planning software and consultancy, was the first to sign up for 1000sq ft of office space.

The company, whose clients involve Cadbury's, Habitat, Gucci and Chelsea Football Club, moved to the site from Billingham.

Mr Musgrave said: "Demand is encouragingly high for these offices, even though we haven't actively started marketing them yet.

"We expect to be attracting more forward-thinking local firms like BGM over the coming months after our promotional campaign takes effect."