Norgren, the engineering company based on Eastern Avenue in Lichfield, Staffordshire, have told their workers that they intend to relocate in the near future. An exact date has not been set for the move which will not take place until 2012 or even later however the news means that the company’s 181 workers now face…
Morrisons have just held the first of two public consultations regarding their proposed new supermarket at the site of the old Johnson Tiles’ Highgate Works factory in Tunstall, Staffordshire. There will be a further opportunity to view the project between 9.30 am and 4 pm today (Tuesday, 6th December, 2011) at Tunstall Library. Morrisons are…
Marks and Spencer have announced that they intend to spend £40m building a new 1.3 hectare store at the northern end of the Wolstanton Retail Park between Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire. An estimated 250 job vacancies will be created by the store which is set to open in 2014 and a further 100 jobs…
The Wayfarer pub at Fillybrooks, Stone, Staffordshire, has just benefited from a £¾m investment that has seen the building taken from semi-dereliction into a modern pub-restaurant with two function rooms and an informal bar section. As a result of the refurbishment, 60 job vacancies have been created and, while many of these have now been…
Domino’s Pizza are hoping to open a new branch at the former ‘Bruce the Bed King’ premises on Newcastle Road, Trent Vale, Staffordshire. If their plans are approved by Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s planning committee when they meet next month, the site will be refurbished and 34 job vacancies will be created. Domino’s Pizza say that…
Asda have announced that they will be opening a new Asda Living store on the Queens Retail Park, Stafford, Staffordshire. Under the £2.5m project, there will be a 3,400 square metre store with a café which, together, will create 80 job vacancies. Asda have not yet given a date for the store’s opening however it will…
Parry Bowen, the building façades company based on the Burntwood Business Park in Chasetown, Burntwood, Staffordshire, have suddenly announced that they will be calling in the administrators. Yesterday (Friday, 21st October, 2011), management sent all 150 staff home yesterday following an announcement that the company would be entering administration. Parry Bowen has been engaged on…
APC Overnight, the delivery company, is to expand its premises on the Kingswood Lakeside Business Park with a new 1.2 hectare, £12m sorting centre that will create 300 job vacancies on top of the 250 workers already employed there. The company has seen profits soar to £3.4m on a turnover of £58m (5.9%). As a…
NCF Furnishings, the Smethwick-based carpet and furniture company, are taking over the former Brian James Furniture premises on Walsall Road, Cannock, Staffordshire after its original tenants went into administration back in March 2011. NCF Furnishings have spent £1m refurbishing the store and, when it opens for business on Saturday, 29th October, 2011, it will create…
