A MANAGER has been appointed for a business centre opening in the New Year.

CAROL CAMPBELL will manage the £2.35m Springboard Business Centre, in Stokesley, North Yorkshire. The building, in the centre of Stokesley Industrial Park, will house businesses in incubator units.

It will provide office suites, conference room facilities, broadband Internet access and catering facilities.

Ms Campbell, who has spent 15 years running her own business on Teesside, said: "I know how important it is to offer new and young businesses a prop in those early years.

"I am also very keen to encourage women to take that vital first step and turn their brilliant ideas into a successful business. Springboard will provide the environment where innovation, ideas and growth will flourish."