Great evening celebtraing the expansion of Alpha Dental in Catterick.
Alpha Dental was started seven years ago in Catterick by two friends and colleagues, Dr Gordon and Dr Birkin. It was not an easy time to start up a business, let alone expand it. But every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.
Today Alpha has sites in Great Ayton, Leyburn, Hawes, Bedale and across North Yorkshire and the North East. The company offers high-skilled quality employment to 65 people locally. And its facilities and capacity are expanding into a state-of-the-art operation, with high quality disabled access, advanced services such as implants sedation orthodontics and oral surgery here at Catterick.
More importantly, this is a business that is about helping people. From local people living in the Dales to our soldiers’ and their families nearby at Catterick Garrison, this company plays a vital part in our healthcare. I grew up in an NHS family, with a GP dad and local chemist for a mum, so I know first-hand the effort and care that businesses like this put in to taking care of their patients.
But there is an important national story too. Small and medium size enterprises like Alpha Dental are the backbone of our local economy and drive our national prosperity. They account for 60% of private sector employment in this country. What is more, businesses like this provide quality training for our young people to become high skilled professionals. Alpha is to be commended training 6 new graduate dentists in recent years.
This maybe a community driven business but it is also a top quality business, setting standards in service, patient care, and innovation. Congratulations to the whole team on fantastic achievement!