Work has started to knock down a series of disused buildings at the former Spode factory a marking the next phase in the redevelopment of the historic 10-acre site as a Creative Village. In total six buildings, built mainly in the 1950s and with no aesthetic value, are being demolished, with the…
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Steelite International is expanding its facilities at their Stoke-on-Trent factory creating over 100 jobs. Stoke-on-Trent planners have given consent for the construction of a new finishing and packing facility on land off Shirley Street adjacent to the existing factory. The design of the new…
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Prologis, Inc., and joint venture partner Wittington Investments (Developments) Limited today announced a lease agreement with Screwfix for a purpose-built 562,000 square foot distribution centre at Prologis Park Fradley, in the West Midlands. The development will be forward funded by Tritax Big Box…
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A commitment to support the construction of a new innovation centre at one of Staffordshireas leading employment sites is set to be made by the county council next month. If agreed by the cabinet in January, the county council would invest AL2.02million in Innovation Centre 6 (IC6) at Keele…
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Small business success in Staffordshire is being marked by the county council as part of a national event tomorrow (Saturday). The county council backs hundreds of small companies through its business support package which includes its enterprise centres for start-up and fledgling businesses and a…
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A specialist manufacturer ofA glass-reinforced concrete forA building faAade panels willA quadruple its output and take on 30 new staff followingA a move to new premisesA at Four Ashes Industrial Estate in South Staffordshire. Telling ArchitecturalA currently employA 60 people and this will increase…
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A new report produced by Regeneris Consulting concludes that Keele University is set to contribute close to £0.4billion to the local economy each year and sustain over 6,000 local jobs by 2023. The University, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Stoke-on-Trent City Region, is already a major…
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A road which is being improved to pave the way to a multi-million pound business and housing development near Burton has reopened ahead of schedule following the completion of a new roundabout. Branston Road is being realigned and improved as part of the Branston Locks development which will see 400…
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Logistics firm, Palletforce is set to double its footprint in Burton-upon-Trent, after Goodman reveals plan to building a 260,000 sq ft distribution hub for the firm. The new facility will be built next to Palletforce’s existing 379,000 sq ft distribution centre - on Goodman’s Centrum Business Park…
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Swedish engineering group Atlas Copco has agreed to have a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility built at i54 South Staffordshire. The property will be the new headquarters of Tentec Ltd which is one of the leading providers of bolt tensioning solutions globally. The bespoke facility will…
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