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Catterall-based Collinson Construction has been selected to build a new £3m teaching facility at Runshaw College. The 1,000 sq m facility will be built off Langdale Road in Leyland and will feature a block of 12 classrooms over two storeys. The company recently completed a £3.8m, 3,184 sq m training facility at Trailfinders Sports Club in West Ealing, London.
Global engineering and technology firm
Expleo is planning to create 120 jobs at its UK headquarters in Bamber Bridge. The move is part of a wider drive to create 500 engineering jobs across the UK over the next 12 months.
Vegan snack manufacturer Nutreelife created jobs and tripled production capacity after
investing in new equipment. The Ormskirk company, founded in 2017, upped its output of protein bars, snacks and other plant-based snack products to meet growing demand.
ACCRINGTON-based Studio Retail Group has
been bought out of administration by Frasers Group. Studio had been seeking but had failed to secure £25m in funding which it believed would help offload its surplus stockholding. Frasers, led by retail entrepreneur Mike Ashley, completed the purchase saving more than 1,400 jobs. The deal included an undisclosed cash sum and a £26.8m payment to Studio’s lenders.
The Queen’s New Years Honours for 2022 included MBEs for Annette Weekes and Brian Newell. Annette is managing director of Nelson- based PDS CNC Engineering and Burnley-based Tooling Solutions and used her experience and connections to develop the Covid Manufacturing Cluster for Lancashire and South Cumbria to provide medical equipment for the NHS during the pandemic. Newell founded Euxton-based Shackerley Holdings Group in 1992 and has made a significant contribution to the worldwide ceramics industry.
the first Eden Project in Cornwall is leading the programme alongside Lancaster University, Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership.
Kingswood Homes acquired the derelict Grill and Grain at the Boatyard near Hoghton, which was destroyed by fire five years ago. The housebuilder submitted plans to convert it into a 12,000 sq ft headquarters over two storeys.
Morecambe-based Strongdor has become an accredited member of Made in Britain following a year of investment and growth which included a move into a new 44,500 sq ft factory and a 60 per cent increase in its workforce, up to 80 employees.
Frank Whittle Partnership completed the £50,000 refurbishment of the Wainwright Bar - now named the 1869 Bar - at Preston Grasshoppers’ Lightfoot Lane home.
Sales Geek doubled turnover for the fifth consecutive year and now plans to expand its operation into the USA and Australia. In 2021, the Blackburn-based company secured several major contracts, launched 13 new UK franchises and saw a 300 per cent increase in downloads of its app.
Lancaster-based holiday park operator
Verdant Leisure is to recruit 15 new employees following a year of significant investment and growth. In 2021, the company invested £1.5m in park accommodation and facilities, including the addition of two Devon-based parks.
EFS Global acquired Gees Haulage of Crawshaw Hall Nursing Home and Medical
Centre, Crawshawbooth, has been sold to Constantia Care Homes, part of the Constantia Healthcare Group, for an undisclosed sum. The business, established in 1987, is based within an 18th-century mansion standing in over five acres of gardens.
Chorley-based PAR Group acquired Birmingham-based Mountford Rubber and Plastics Ltd for an undisclosed sum in a deal that had been delayed by the pandemic. Beever and Struthers and Napthens advised.
Lancaster City Council’s planning committee
approved planning permission for the Eden Project North in Morecambe. The team behind
Wakefield and Tyneside Express Transport of Gateshead. The deals include 235 vehicles including trailers and 115,000 sq ft of warehousing space, and take the Burnley company’s total turnover beyond £100m.
Chorley-based Rowan Executive Search announced its first acquisition: Claro Search & Selection of Warrington. The division will be rebranded as Rowan Life Sciences and will be led by Claro founder Josh Guest.
Padiham-based international business
automation software company Zigaflow reported an increase in revenue of 81 per cent last year, It has also grown its team by launching a new customer-facing division and opened a new office in Burnley.
The University of Central Lancashire named its first ever Entrepreneurs in Residence: Pam Steed, managing director of Monarch Personnel Group; Andy Gullick, chief executive of RIFT Social Enterprise; Glen Higson, founder and managing director of Business Insight 3; Michelle Bondesio, business coach, consultant, writer and podcaster at Growth Sessions/ Bondesio C&C; Rupert Gatty, founder and chief executive officer of CoolKit; Russell Hogarth, who ran his own companies for 25 years before retiring, and Joanne Boyd, managing director of CJX Business Services.
Blackburn-based engineering firm Assystem
is to create 450 jobs within its low carbon projects, one-third of which will be based in the North West. The recruitment drive is part of Assystem’s campaign to promote a transition to carbon-free electricity to customers in energy, rail transport and infrastructure sectors.
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