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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 21st, 1991 7


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Area still holds back waves of recession


Chief reporter Vivien Meath reviews the local industrial scene


THE recession may be rippling around the perimeter of the Ribble Valley — but the waves have yet to break.


LES PETTY (left) with former G Plan workers Paul Evans (centre) and Dave Walker


Go-ahead firm spawns bright new ‘infant’


RECESSION. What recession? That was the response from one Ribble Valley businessman who, during eight years in Clitheroe, has certainly,


wife Ann, popular proprie­ tors of La Bedrooms in Shawbridge Street, are a first class example of Brit­ ish industry at its very best. Eight years ago, they


made his mark. Mr Les Petty and his


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worked day and night to convert it into Ribble Val­ ley’s leading bed and fitted bedroom showrooms. Customer satisfaction is


took over the former Sal­ vation Army Hall and


including cots. La Petite Furniture


top priority — and has remained so throughout. In recognition of that, La Bedrooms has recently achieved the distinction of selection by the consumer organisation Safe Buy UK as one of only 25 com­ panies throughout Lanca­ shire whose standards are considered suitable for membership. O p p o r tu n i t ie s are


quickly grasped by this forward-looking couple


and the latest led to the formation of their new company, La P e t i te Furniture. Following the closure of


takes the raw products and makes them up to the company’s design with the help of two former G Plan cabinet makers, Dave Walker and Paul Evans, whose jobs were saved by the new venture. The finished products


glow on the horizon and, although the fore­ cast for 1991 is not quite an industrial boom, the future still looks ama z i n g l y


T h e re ’s a golden


bright. In direct contrast to


trends elsewhere, major companies are continuing to invest heavily in an area which they obviously believe lias much to offer. In the past 12 months,


Atkinson’s premises at Salthill. The move doubled the


size of the company and led to 20 more staff being taken on. Ultraframe now has orders from all over Europe, plus 2,000 other window companies buying ideas from its first class team of designers and draughtsmen. The firm is fully auto­


millions of pounds have been ploughed into the local economy. ICI plans to invest


was named as one of the five finalists in the 1990 North West Rural Busi- n e s s of th e Y e a r competition. Involved in the produc­


Hurst Green Plastics \ . •A'


mated and has become the leading UK specialist for PVC roofing components, producing around 350 com­ plete windows a week. Ultraframe is currently


approximately £10m, increasing output by 40% and creating new jobs as well. The company chose the Clitheroe site for expansion, following increased internal and external demand. Producing high perform-


are on display at La Bedrooms in the compre­ hensive showrooms which feature fitted bedroom furniture, a wide range of beds, carpets and a made- to-measure service for curtains and bedding. With 1992 now not too


weathering the recession, but has seen many of the businesses it supplies cease trading in recent months. Headed by Grindleton


ing catalysts for the ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, petrochemical and refining industries throughout the world, ICI exports to 400 customers in 60 different countries, more than 85% of the site’s output being exported.


G Plan, Les and Ann took an industrial unit at the Enterprise Works, launch­ ing a company for the manufacture of two ranges of nursery furniture,


far away, Les could already have one eye on the export market. During his time with Silentnight as a management trainee he gained invaluable experience from making beds to selling them and spent a period working in B ru s s e ls , E i re and Germany.


Small to Medium Sized Business Tho amount of telecommunications equipment on the market today is mind-boggling. Whether you're looking for a new office telephone system or a fax machine, a car phone or an answering machine, the


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gigantic 3M Health Care Group, has spent £3.5m adding to the impressive facility at Salthill. With a 100-strong work­


Ncotechnic, part of the


tion of first aid boxes for British troops engaged in the Middle East crisis, the company is based in a for­ mer village mill. Ithas already completed 12,000 boxes and work is under­ way on a further 6,000. Spiroflow UK Ltd con­


businessman Tony Cann, the Eas t L an c ash ire Training and Enterprise Council last year clinched a £13m contract to provide training and enterprise support. ELTEC is one of the


tinues to go from strength to strength. Equipment originating from Clitheroe is used in the preparation of food, toiletries,cosmet­ ics, pharmaceuticals, plas­ t ic s , chemicals and minerals. Recently, Spiroflow


ICI works manager Mr Murtin Hill (seated) with his management team: from the left, Air Graham Dudley, Mr Kevin Ashton and Mr Geoff Barkcss


Nothing too much trouble at Borough


first training and enter­ pr ise councils to be approved by the Govern­ ment and reflects the new, rad ic a l approach to training.


its gates to 1,000 visitors for its first open day last year.


Castle Cement opened


force, the company manu­ factures millions of compo- nents for life-saving aerosols, producing aero­ sol valves and containers for medical and other uses.


turers of plastic (uPVC) window frames, roofing components and conserva­ tories, invested £lm with the acquisition of Eeon


Ultraframe, manufac­


output of 1.3m tonnes ol cement and is a front run- n e r in UK c em e n t production. With £5m investment


The plant has an annual


acquired the stock and manufacturing rights for the IDP range of sack fill­ ing, shrink wrapping and palletising machines, fol­ lowing the closure in Jan­ uary of Burnley-based ID Packaging Ltd. The new IDP sales and


A LONG established company with a first class reputation, Borough Printing, is enthusiastically looking forward to the 21st century. The firm was founded in 1921 and the present owner, Mr John West, took over from the Rush-


ton family in 1972. Jobbing printers, tho company offers a service geared to other businesses or the individual. Nothing


service division, which includes many key person­ nel from IDP, has been set up to maintain continuity of service to existing IDP customers for spare parts, s e r v i c e a n d new machinery. Unfortunately, the Rib­


ble Valley has not entirely escaped the recession. Smith and Nephew Ltd


planned, including a new raw material mill and £2m to improve reliability, Castle Cement — despite a low in the construction industry and fierce world­ wide competition — is holding its own.


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SERVICES ON THE SPOT


announced the closure of its Chatburn mill lash month, with the loss of 110 jobs, and at Philips Com­ ponents Ltd, Simonstone, talks are still taking place regarding 400 job losses — part of 45,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a radical restructuring in order'to restore the com­ pany to profitability.


is too much trouble. Much of the work is local, but with a wide range of


services on offer, many companies throughout the county take advantage of the first class printing and reproduction facilities. During 1990, Borough Printing acquired a Canon


Colour Laser Copier for its new shop which fronts on York Street and offers a fax service, stationery, photocopies and plan prints. The extensive printing premises are situated directly behind and equipped with modern off-set printing machinery, a fully equipped dark room and computerised typesetting


facilities.The colour copier, which lias been an immediate success with customers, features multi-page enlarge­ ment, zoom, image composition, colour highlighting, balance, three-dimensional originals, positive and negative copies and colour conversion. There’s no limitation oil the size of copy with any­


thing up to 400% possible. Says Mr West: "We are busy, dashing from one


rush" job to another, and although we are in the middle of a recession, sales are slightly lip and we are


battling on.”


In d u s tr ia l e s ta t e s h e lp m a k e u p th e jo b lo s s e s


ALTHOUGH times are hard for industry, there are encouraging moves afoot at Ribble Valley’s industrial estates to make up for recent job losses.


jobs as a result. Plans for BA’s new factory and offices are due to be considered by the council at the end of March.


employment terms, said Mr Philip Bailey, director of development for Ribble Valley Borough Council, is that British Aerospace plans to develop its Samlesbury site — and expects eventually to create 2,000


Some of the best news in


English Estates’ recent change of policy over its industrial sites at Gisburn and Whalley: businesses there will now be able to buy their


Equally encouraging has been


sites rather than rent them. The borough council is involved


with the development of the Barrow Printworks site, taking part in negotiations with the Department of Transport in the hope of making progress on the scheme.


own six sites off Lincoln Way at Salthill. But these, said Mr Bailey, were more for relocation than for new businesses, which might be attracted to other council areas which receive more Government grant aid.


from the town centre, for the benefit of the town centre,” he added.


“The relocations to Salthill are


job terms) lies in the two health authority sites at Brockhall and Ribchcster.


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