Wear Valley company Dale & Valley Homes has been named as the top employer of young people of its size in the North East. Last night ( 18/9/12) the firm won the regional Apprentice Awards’ Medium Employer of the Year and now goes on to a national final. Clair Ord, a former apprentice herself and now customer insight manager at Dale & Valley Homes, won the Apprentice Champion award, bringing a second prize to the company. Peter Chaffer, chief executive, said: “More than a quar...