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He also points to the £700m of Local Transport Fund money that was allocated to Lancashire over a seven-year period by the previous government.
Simon adds: “There’s significant opportunity to invest in the infrastructure and that will support projects like Lancashire Central as an example.
“But it’s also then about ensuring that we use public funding to shoehorn in private sector funding as well, to support those projects.”
Daniel Barry is a supply chain and logistic specialist and co-founder of Heysham headquartered North Star Projects. The independent consultancy focuses on improving the supply chain and logistics for businesses and organisations.
He points to the success of Northampton, seen as the logistics capital of the UK, and believes the sector in Lancashire has a potential opportunity, through its new developments, to adopt the east midlands’ town’s approach when it comes to harnessing collaboration and clustering.
He says: “One of the reasons that people Aptus
storage solutions and partitioning, as well as mezzanines and material handling equipment.
She says: “We’ve grown 20 per cent year on year. We’re now moving into automation and we’re in the process of building an innovation hub in our warehouse where people can see that automation at work.
“The North West of England has been one of the most sought-after places for industrial warehousing in the world in recent years and we’re set to support a lot of businesses locally.”
Wayne Ousby, owner of Colne based vehicle rental business Craven Vehicle Services, also sees new investment in logistics in Lancashire as a catalyst for more growth.
He says: “We’re positioning ourselves to grow in the corporate market, supporting more local businesses, certainly around Burnley, where we are near to Frontier Park, and watching it develop.
“I’m currently looking at businesses that will potentially be coming to sites like this, because investment into logistics brings with it opportunity.”
We’ve got a real opportunity here to deliver
much needed jobs. The benefits for a scheme like this for Lancashire are enormous and we just need to be able to move it to the next stage
consider Northampton and its ‘golden triangle’ the UK’s logistics capital is that it delivers a one-stop shop.
“You’ve got warehousing, fitters, rackers, transport companies, fulfilment centres and consultancies. Everything is in one place.
“I’d like to see more of that in Lancashire. If we could all be in one space together, on one park, that is something that is attractive to clients. There’s real opportunity for growth through collaboration.”
While building work goes on, businesses throughout the county’s transport and logistics sector supply chain are looking at ways they can benefit from this latest growth spurt.
Elizabeth Porter is managing director at Chorley based Brysdales, one of the UK’s leading providers of racking, shelving, archive
Lama Fulfilment is based in Clayton-le-Moors. It is a third-party fulfilment and long-term storage company with more than 20 years of industry experience.
The company takes deliveries from its customers, books them into its warehouse management system, receives orders on their e-commerce channels and picks, packs and ships them.
Managing director Vernon Yerkess says Lancashire is home to “significant” international players in fulfilment that are successful because of their ‘can-do’ attitude and ability to deliver solutions to clients.
He believes one of the secrets of his company’s success is the human element it brings to the process.
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