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HETA UNVEILS £4 MILLION INVESTMENT TO TRAIN ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE A
training business which has been supporting employers for 50 years is to
mark its golden anniversary by investing nearly £4 million in a new head office and workshop. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) expects to move by Easter 2018 to premises in Dansom Lane South, Hull, which were previously occupied by the Eltherington Group. Iain Elliott, Chief Executive of HETA,
said the new home will provide his organisation with nearly 34,000 square feet of space to increase numbers of apprentices and adult learners and to improve services to employers. He said: “We are embarking on this
exciting project because we are committed
to improving our services to employers and to our learners and to making a significant contribution to raising skills across the Humber region. “The business has grown over the last
50 years and we need to be able to continue to offer different types of provision, such as renewables, in addition to traditional industry. We also offer higher education qualifications now and we are doing a lot more adult courses than we used to, upskilling people to meet the needs of employers across the region.” HETA moved to its current, purpose-
built site in Copenhagen Road, Hull, 1978. It also owns a centre at Foxhills, Scunthorpe, which opened in 2014 and it leases a third site at CATCH in Stallingborough. Hull accommodates more than half of
HETA’s 200 first-year apprentices, who make up a total of 650 working at the company’s centres and with employers, who now number 300. Iain said: “Copenhagen Road is not big
enough for what we want to do and the new site will give us twice as much space. Our priorities were size and the ability to convert the premises to meet our needs with relative ease.” Dave Garness, Managing Director of
Iain Elliott (centre) with (from left) Barry Haslam,
Dave Garness, Kate Seward and HETA Deputy Chief Executive Joanne Lawson.
Indoor pic: Iain Elliott (centre) with (from left) Barry Haslam, Kate Seward, Dave Garness, and HETA Deputy Chief Executive Joanne Lawson.
Garness Jones, said: “It is a well-established industrial site and we identified it as a property which would be a great fit for HETA. We wish HETA every success in building on what is already a very successful business and hope the new premises deliver everything they need and expect.” HETA has agreed an initial funding package with Santander Corporate &
Commercial to seal the acquisition. Leading Humber law firm Bridge McFarland Solicitors acted for HETA. Barry Haslam, Relationship Director,
Santander Corporate & Commercial, said: “Santander is delighted to support growing, ambitious companies like HETA, one of the region’s leading engineering training providers. We have a common shared focus on apprentice development and in key sectors like manufacturing, particularly given our own strategic tie up with the EEF. “Additionally, through our highly rated
Moneywise training programme, which we will be rolling out to HETA apprentices across the Humber, we hope to help educate young people in responsible financial management as they embark through their careers.” Kate Seward of the Bridge McFarland
commercial property team, said: “HETA has been synonymous with supplying high calibre apprentices to employers across the region for many years. In line with their growth it was important to not only find a suitable new head office, but that the handover was dealt with as efficiently as possible. Bridge McFarland were keen to complete the acquisition for HETA with minimum disruption to the business. I’ve been delighted to deliver this transaction for HETA and hope they will be happy in their new headquarters.” Work will start this summer on
refurbishment of the existing office and workshop space and construction of new classrooms, IT space and additional workshop areas as well as welfare facilities including a restaurant.
LAND DEALS POINT TO A POSITIVE FUTURE
approach into Hull is nearing capacity with completion of a major development, commission of a new project and the final plot now placed under offer. A new phase at Priory Park, launched
A
four years ago by developer Henry Boot, released 14 acres. Initial interest was steady but a strong market has been exploited with deals now agreed on all remaining land. Dave Garness, Managing Director of
Garness Jones chartered surveyors, highlighted a turnaround in Hull’s fortunes as a result of investment estimated at £1.5 billion, driven by renewables and City of Culture. The buoyant market has enabled his practice to dispose of more than 50 acres of land at sites across Hull and East Yorkshire during the last 12 months.
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business park project which has changed the landscape of the
He said: “With City of Culture there
was a lot of excitement and anticipation and it has now been seen to deliver. At the same time, big businesses are investing and expanding – with Siemens and Reckitt Benckiser (RB) among the large, well respected companies which are making a difference.” Pharmaceuticals company Indivior, a
division of RB, has opened a development laboratory and clean room on a 6.5-acre site as the first major project in the new phase. Dave Garness said: “The project for
Indivior has provided high-quality, skilled jobs. Another plot of around six acres has been sold to a high-profile, Hull-based business which is planning significant expansion. That will leave an area of around 6.5 acres for which we expect to agree a disposal in the coming months.”
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MONTHLY 2017
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