l FINANCE broker Tees Valley Finance, in Stockton, which specialises in helping businesses find finance, has recruited SARAH HAIGH as vehicle and business development manager. The company was launched in September by Derek Kewley, with his wife, Kendra, who took on the role of office manager, in a small office in Stockton Business Centre.

It grew into larger premises at the centre earlier this year, when business partner Ian Paterson joined the company.