NEWS Megagroup, The Parent Company Of Bosta UK, Invests In The Future
MegaGroup, suppliers of pipeline components for the wet leisure and other industries, has announced that it will establish a European Distribution Centre in Veghel, in the south of the Netherlands.
According to the parent company of Bosta UK, this step will enable significant growth of the company.
The Distribution Centre is due to be completed before the end of 2013 and once operational, customers in North-West Europe can be supplied directly with product within 24 hours. With a planned daily pick line capacity in excess of 10,000, customers in the UK and Europe will be supplied even faster, even more reliably and with a much more extensive product range from this central stock and distribution centre. MegaGroup and Bosta UK will continue investing in its sales and commercial teams based in Bury St. Edmunds, Warrington and Yeovil. Established in 1943, MegaGroup has grown into a network of 24 outlets in 14 European countries, with the first Bosta UK outlet being establish in 1994. The Group has grown in recent years to over 400 employees and now
has the critical mass to move up to the next level. Commenting about the change, Anton Van Daalwijk, CEO of the Group said: “In these economic difficult times we choose consciously to invest. Our customers have to fight for position day by day, and with this significant facility we will help them by supplying them faster, more reliably and with many more closely connected products.”
MegaGrpoup’s new Distribution Centre is due to be completed before the end of 2013
The new Distribution Centre will contain a surface of 11,000 square metres with 18,000 pallet locations and ten loading docks. Supported by the substantial investments in the new building, the MegaGroup expects to continue growing strongly across Europe. “Those with a clear vision and strong entrepreneurship will thrive from these challenging times. We are absolutely convinced that this investment will enable us and our customers to thrive as we serve them faster and better,” said Van Daalwijk.
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Council Gives Go Ahead For Grimsby New Leisure Centre
People in North East Lincolnshire are set to benefit from a new £8.4m leisure centre after the council formally approved proposals to improve the borough’s leisure facilities. In December, North East Lincolnshire Council gave approval to the first phase of a programme to upgrade the area’s leisure facilities – including a brand new leisure centre in Cromwell Road, Grimsby. Building the new leisure centre in front of the existing Grimsby Leisure Centre means there will be no disruption to services during construction. Swimming is one of the most popular sports in North East Lincolnshire with about 300,000 swims per year at council pools and Grimsby Swimming Pool (Scartho Baths) will remain open until the new leisure centre is up and running. The new leisure centre design has been drawn up by sport and leisure specialists Faulknerbrowns Architects whose impressive portfolio boasts training facilities that helped propel Team GB to London 2012 Olympic glory last summer.
The centre will be a modern, energy efficient building with
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excellent accessibility for disabled people and will include an eight lane 25m county competition standard swimming pool built to Sport England and ASA criteria; seating for 250 spectators and a further 250 competitors; an easy access learner pool, 17m wide and 7m long; separate wet and dry changing rooms, fully fitted disability changing rooms and a dry sauna. The eight lane 25m pool covers an area of 425 sq m and the learner pool 119 sq m, giving a total pool area of 544 sq m and both pools will be accessible to all users.
Cllr Mick Burnett, portfolio holder for tourism and leisure at North East Lincolnshire Council, said the authority had consulted and listened to views from across the borough about developing future leisure facilities in the area.
He added: “There are very few councils investing this kind of figure in leisure facilities these days. “While Scartho Baths holds special memories for thousands and thousands of people and has served the borough well for decades, we must look to the future and create facilities fit for generations to come.”
The UK trade show SPATEX have announced that a delegation from the Government’s UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) bureau will be present at the Brighton based event in February.
Commenting on the development, SPATEX Director, Howard Gosling said: “It’s an essential event for anyone looking to expand into export markets.” Experts from UKTI will be manning a special UKTI stand and giving several exclusive talks on how it can help your business expand into export markets. “UKTI provides unique and valuable trade advice and practical support to UK-based companies wishing to grow their business overseas,” explained Howard. “I know of several examples where UKTI has made a real difference in launching businesses overseas. UKTI’s knowledge and expertise of overseas markets is second to none and they offer real hands-on help in terms of practical support and guidance, market research, development of a business and marketing strategy, and so on. This fantastic opportunity is open to all our visitors and exhibitors looking to grow their business abroad.”
One company that has already turned to the services of UKTI is Spa Crest Europe Ltd, whose Managing Director, Tony Welsby, said: “Their assistance over the years in helping us to both exhibit using our own large stand at Lyon and also in finding new buyers in Europe away from a show environment has been invaluable. I am happy for anyone attending SPATEX to come along to the Spa Crest stand and discuss how UKTI have helped us.” SPATEX 2013 takes place 3 to 5 February at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Exhibition Centre. Free registration is available via the show’s website.
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