Nearly eight hundred jobs are set to be created by three new developments at a Staffordshire business site with the county council now agreeing the sale of the final plot. This week, Staffordshire County Council has begun the process of selling the final plot of land at Cannock’s Kingswood Lakeside…
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Stoke-on-Trent based logistics company, Browns Distribution, has constructed a new 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse at its Tunstall headquarters increasing the size of its current premises by 10%. The £1.6 million investment also includes modernising technology and upgrading their infrastructure. It has…
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Region secured 58 FDI projects in 2016/17 Investments supported the creation of 2,900 jobs Announcement comes ahead of the Midlands’ presence at international trade show Automechanika on 6-8 June Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP joins forces with Drive Midlands to showcase our great region to…
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bet365 the Stoke-on-Trent based online gaming company is investing £7.7m to improve the health and wellbeing of its Head Quarters’ staff. It has contracted with St Modwen Developments to build a 33,500 sq. ft. leisure and training centre, including two five-a-side football pitches, a multi games…
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Multi-national logistics provider, UPS, has opened a driver training centre at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The facility will be named Integrad after the UPS training method. UPS has a fleet of 2,200 vehicles operating from 60 locations in the UK and the facility will help to ensure the…
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Date: 6th – 8th June 2017 Time: 09:30 – 17:30 Venue: The NEC Birmingham – Hall 9, B40 1NT Stand: 6D70 Website: https://www.automechanika-birmingham.com/welcome-to-automechanika-birmingham Automechanika Birmingham is the UK’s leading exhibition for the automotive aftermarket and supply chain…
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World-leading Swedish engineering group Atlas Copco has started the build of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at i54 South Staffordshire. It is the third major business in recent months to begin construction at the advanced manufacturing hub. The development will be the new headquarters…
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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s inward investment team – responsible for attracting new business to the area and helping existing firms expand – exceeded its jobs target for the last financial year. Staffordshire County Council’s economic growth leader Mark Winnington said that the focus remained…
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Logicor has secured a deal with XPO Supply Chain UK Ltd (XPO) to take a new long-term lease on 645,000 sqft (59,920 sqm) at Bonehill Road, Tamworth, its largest UK letting to date. The site previously housed a combined 595,000 sqft (55,277 sqm) warehouse unit, split into three bays. The middle unit…
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Top 50 companies generate £1.59bn in revenues, up 36% on previous year Palletforce lead the way for growth in the region Burton-on-Trent comes in top as the district with the highest average growth The fastest growing companies in Staffordshire have contributed £1.59bn in revenues, a 36% increase…
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