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by Richard Aldi’s “Specially Selected” Arundel moving the whole range, won the judges’ ap p rova , area administration back into lthe delighting from York. managing director Ken Bottomley, together with The son of partner GrimsbyLakeside town centre marketing Food and Street markets GroFreeman up. grocer David Arundel, who also Gold went to 4 Coquilles St used to actfeaturing as a potato merchant to Jacques, dive-caught the area’sfrom fish and chip shops, scallops the coast of Peru, joined forcesinwith Suffolk smothered cheese, mushroom businessman Bruce Kerr in 1999. and white wine sauce, topped with The former KPand potato storage creamy potato a crunchy facility cheesewhich crumb.has now been substantially developed, was Silver was handed on a platter to acquired 2007, when a LuxuryinTopped Side aofproject Salmon, began to grow skin finished featuring a lemon, tarragon and potatoes on the Isle Axholme. cheese crumb, withofbronze taken “We wanted to show we could by a Smoked Salmon Terrine. produce the required quality Mr Bottomley, an industry locally that supermarkets wereof a veteran, who was the founder buying in from Herefordshire, business that became Scotland or even importing,” he at internationally-owned Sealord said.

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With development led by Jerry Elston. Therapid awards will help Morrisons’ growth in the create a solid quality base from retail world, the business has been which to quickly, further develop the propelled and working business and progress Mariner with Eastoft-based L Harrison & as a strong brand.

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TRANSFORMATION COMPLETE: Richard Arundel, managing director of potato processor AKP. Picture: Jon Corken

Top table is set for CBI dinner Humber wind event looming

Sir Roger Carr, president of the CBI and Gavin Esler, best known for his role as a presenter on BBC Newsnight, have been confirmed as the guest speakers at one of the region’s leading business gatherings later this year.

The CBI Yorkshire and Humber Annual Dinner takes place at Leeds University on October 10.

It will be one of the first events with John Fitzgerald, port director for Grimsby and Immingham, as chairman of the region.

Mr Esler is an award-winning television and radio broadcaster, novelist and journalist.

His latest book, due to hit the shelves next month, focuses on lessons that can be gleaned from leaders in how they tell stories, and will be the subject of his speech to the area’s business bosses, and their guests.

For more information about the dinner, which is frequently well represented by the South Bank and features a drinks reception within Parkinson Court, home to the famous Marks & Spencer archive and art gallery, e-mail katya.menhennet@cbi.org.uk or WIND: The Humber is gearing up to welcome the visit http://yorkshire-annual-dinner.eventbrite.com return of North Sea Offshore Wind.

The mission, uniting industry representatives from Scandinavia with those in northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, takes place in late October.

A FURTHER £4-million of investment across the The role thequarter estuary, poised the UK’s region thisof last has seen to thebecome total funds main offshore windYorkshire hub with climb the three largest wind issued

by Finance to £23-million. farms in UK waters on its will be outlined, The money, available to doorstep, firms in northern with tours of in development sitesand conducted.

Lincolnshire seedcorn, loan equity linked Organised by Team Humber MarinetoAlliance, the– investments – ranging from £15,000 £2-million regional branch of Enterprise Europe Network and is there to help small and medium sized businesses Windcluster Europe, it is the fourth time it has taken meet their growth and development requirements. place, and the secondtooccasion in the UK.in 183 The figure amounts 224 investments Markand O’Reilly, chairman of Team Humber Marine small medium sized enterprises since August Alliance, said: to “North Windcreated brings and 2010, leading moreSea thanOffhore 4,600 jobs together offshore professionals across safeguarded in thewind region.

In the last from quarter alone, the venture North Sea region to loan exchange ideas, identify the capital and fund completed 30 new solutionstotalling and build relations.” investments more than £4.3 million.

First McWhirter, held in Stiklestad, Norway, in the Alex chief executive of 2011, Finance mission came Hullare in 2012, with Jutland, Yorkshire, said:to“We looking forward to building Denmark, the host last year. more companies on these figures and helping Delegates will in arrive on October 21, with achieve growth the coming months. workshops and site visits.

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£20m milestone passed further increases has now been put employed, handling 120,000 tonnes Park on Grimsby’s flagship products that allowed to celebrate a gold, silver and bronze inCLEAN place. SWEEP: Sealincs staff show offofthe Europarc development, will in bethe potatoes a year.

Of that,them 35,000 new seafood product category at the British Frozen Food Federation Awards back at the Mariner in officially openedFood this factory week by tonnes are self-grown, with a “We have taken two years to get Grimsby. Head of development Jerry Elston, centre, is flanked by development chefs Mark Quinton and Kim Elston.

Agriculture and Horticulture to this,” said Mr Arundel. “We got growing group in this region and Development chairman around sitefeel in Suffolk, the grant funding for storage and a cleananother sweep, we perhaps taking placeBoard in September.

John Godfrey contributing balance. grading operations in 2009, and creates thatthe base.

The successCBE, withhimself Aldi, a amajor North Lincolnshire farmer. built the storage throughout 2010, Recently 15 to employees were winner on the night across the “We need be developing to be open for that harvest. We Mr Arundel– added: “We’re added, with graduate categories together with Iceland, Mariner asthree a strong brand, a have had potatoes in from 2010 and trainees forward to opening also part the to company, for whom Sealincs is also the strong name.

Weof want develop looking 2011, and the whole project has cold store and grading said: facility specialising inthat growing, logistics producing, Mr Bottomley that and put forward, rather new been finished with the offices just – the uncharacteristic weather are and technical elements, including “The discount supermarkets than purely doing other people’s now. have brought us aare agronomy . The remaining enjoying themselves.

They brands. There is the opportunity, conditions challenging year,with but their the opening investment has seenin a the fleetbuilding of six more realistic margin “Our desire is to have more we have the space is just rewards forjob everyone’s Mercedes rigshave brought in to deliver event aspirations, do a good all quality potato producers local to to do it. We the growth round and seem to be relatively work. the potatoeswhich to customers, with the hard this site. It would cut down on potential, is why we moved uncomplicated to will deal not with, in primary packing transport costs. There is still a lot in. It is route a highMorrisons’ specification “The new facility only fact they to deal operations Harrogate. facility. It near would automatically of potential, it will help the enable us toseem meetvery the good demand of with.

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JOB DONE: Excelerate Energy Escobar Gasport in Argentina, designed and engineered by Technica. It provides increased peak capacity for winter months, and additional natural gas supply and transport capacity to the Buenos Aires region. Inset, Bryan Creed.

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RIMSBY-based specialist engineering firm, Technica Ltd, is furthering its global reach, with new contracts won in Pakistan and Puerto Rico.

To enable the continued growth, the company has doubled its working capital facilities with Barclays.

The company, which is managed by a core of engineers, designs, constructs, maintains and supports multi-million pound industrial projects for the gas, petrochemical and chemical sectors, project

that understands our business and can provide a holistic solution for both our operations and future ambitions.”

Technica, based on Cherry Tree Business Park, on South Humberside Industrial Estate, employs 46 staff locally and turnover is expected to increase to £6-million in the next year.

International trade is a massive part of the business and foreign trade facilities are crucial for their success. In May it picked up the International Trade Award at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards, coincidentally sponsored

by Barclays.

Dan Wilson, relationship director at Barclays, said: “It’s great news for Grimsby to see an established company like Technica thriving in the current climate and this deal demonstrates that we are open for business for well managed companies seeking to expand.

“It’s imperative for the economy that we are able to supply funding lines for existing and future clients as well as providing operational banking requirements and the future looks bright for this ambitious company and their growth plans.”

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● Continued from page one. again at Easter, and are at even higher volumes this Christmas.

The seasonal range succeeded in what was the company’s first Christmas operating from the Grimsby base, bought out following the Bakkavor’s decision to leave town as the recession struck.

A total of 100 jobs were envisaged when Mr Bottomley, together with fellow director Orn Jonsson, a fish supply sourcing expert who also runs Atlantic Fresh in Grimsby, when they announced their intentions back in May 2012.

That figure has been met, and it has been brought forward alongside Fishgate, another production plant on Binbrook Trading Estate, Brookenby.

Sealincs’ trading division has just been launched as a further standalone entity.

Eight new products are coming out for Christmas, with production already

under way on some festive lines.

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) Annual Awards is hotly competed, with big brands and three of the big four retailers all gaining recognition in 2014.

The Aldi supply, from Sealincs via Lakeside – a company celebrating 25 years of operations – was tipped for further success by the hosts.

Referring to Lakeside’s £100-million of sales, the BFFF said: “Aldi says ‘good food starts with the best quality ingredients ...’ and with the quality of the three award winners here, one can only believe that they will continue to grow at some pace.”

Judges said the Coquilles were “hand-made using beautiful plump, tender scallops” that “retail for an unbelievably great value of just £3.99”. Of the Luxury Topped Side of Salmon (£5.99), they said: “Chefs have created a wonderful

FLASHBACK: The directors of Sealincs Ltd, Ken Bottomley, back left, and Orn Jonsson, front right, with North East Lincolnshire Council leader Chris Shaw, front left, and chief executive of Grimsby Fish Merchants Association, Steve Norton. zesty, herby crumb made with juicy lemons and fragrant tarragon.

Deliciously aromatic, it infuses every tender mouthful of salmon with sweet, fresh flavour.”

Of the Terinne (£7.99), they

added: “It is made using only the finest fish with tender flakes which are gently mixed with creamy soft cheese and chive mousse, then wrapped by hand in mouthwatering oak-smoked salmon.”

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Month in Review Sharing Coke nationwide

UMBER Flying Club has been accepted as an EU Approved Training Organisation.

The school, set up by Captain John Greenfield in 1982 to provide budding pilots with a route to a dream career, is the first in the region to qualify for what will become a heavily restricted industry come April next year.

Organisations failing to comply will be limited to UK airspace, the type of plane, and good weather daytime flying only.

Capt Greenfield, chief flying instructor at the Humberside

DRINKS: A Grimsby businessman is preparing to share a personalised Coke with the nation, after winning a prestigious contract with the global drinks giant.

Richard Askam’s Intervino, the largest supplier of customised gifts in Britain, has become the exclusive fulfillment partner for Coca-Cola for the whole of the UK and Ireland as the Share A Coke campaign hits the next level.

A total of 40 temporary jobs have been created, with an expectation of handling more than one-million bottles.

There has been a demand in the industry to look after the customers.. This is a little bit of good coming out of Europe Capt John Greenfield Airport-based business he runs with his wife, said: “This is a great moment and a serious achievement for the club and represents many hundreds of hours spent producing a training manual of 155 pages, which goes into very fine detail exactly how the club will operate.

“We now meet the EASA (European Union) requirements for a training organisation to remain in business after the cut-off date. What this means is that the club will continue to provide training of the highest standard as we have done since September 1982.”

While there are frequently complaints about levels of

Airport hotel proposal LEISURE: Business travellers and holidaymakers will be able to stay at Humberside Airport for the first time if a new £7 million luxury hotel development goes ahead.

Property developer Paul Green is preparing to submit a planning application for a 100-bedroom hotel, complete with restaurant, bar and gym, creating 60 jobs.

He is the man behind Nightel Humber, which caters for workers in the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, working offshore in the region.

GROUNDWORK COMPLETE: Capt John Greenfield, chief flying instructor at Humber Flying Club, who is among the first tranche of EU Approved Training Organisations. Picture courtesy of David Lee Photography. bureaucracy emerging from Brussels, this has been genuinely welcomed by Capt Greenfield, who believes those learning to fly can often be short-changed.

“There has been a demand in the industry to look after the customers, in the past it has not always been a good quality. This is a little bit of good coming out of Europe, looking after customers. If it does that then it has achieved its purpose,” he said. “We spent a lot of time when the weather was wet and blowy last winter on this, we grasped the nettle and did it. There are a lot of people who seem to be leaving it to the last minute and a lot of people are not going to do it.”

He said some were seeking a grandfather clause – a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situations while a new rule will apply to all future cases – but Capt Greenfield said he would object to that.

“If we can do it everyone else can do it too,” he said, keen to see proper classroom briefings away from distractions and restriction of a cockpit.

“Our manual that was submitted to the UK Civil Aviation Authority has been given a serious once-over and found to detail all of the requirements needed to produce the next generation of private pilots who will have to operate in

the ever-busier airspace of Europe and beyond,” he added.

Capt Greenfield said a challenge for the industry was a lack of pilots coming through who wanted to be instructors, with the hope that improved regulations will make it a more attractive role.

Currently only 19 out of more than 400 flying schools have qualified.

A former farm tractor driver, he began flying in 1967, having got the bug sitting in the back of planes taking pictures with his Kodak Instamatic and thought “if he can do that so can I”.

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The area’s largest training provider is urging anyone looking for that competitive business edge within today’s economic climate to apply for the postgraduate degree, with the opportunity to take advantage of the Alumni Scholarship programme, which allows UCG graduates to gain a 30 per cent discount on tuition fees.

The new Master of Business is awarded by the University of Hull and can be studied on a full or part-time basis at UCG to fit around students’ needs.

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The specific research content of the programme will offer academic-based skills relating to sourcing, data collection and analysis, but will also provide vital transferable skills that align to, and underpin, many strategic decisions within organisations.

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Detangling the achievements of Shaun Pulfrey, a mighty proud ‘entrepren-hair’ The Grimsby hair colourist turned hugely successful inventor has recently received a second Queen’s Award for his endeavours in business. Once ridiculed in Dragons’ Den, he is more concerned now with counterfeit stock than being a laughing stock, while realistic enough to acknowledge a big pay day could be looming.

David Laister reports.

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AVING conquered Britain one split month. Last May we went past the ten-millionth end at a time, the rest of the world is Tangle Teezer.” now rapidly embracing the Tangle The 25,000 sq ft premises is a far cry from final stage assembly with his mum in his flat Teezer.

From a standing start where conditions of application meant it didn’t meet the international award criteria four years ago, he is now selling his specially designed palm brushes in nearly double the number of countries participating in this summer’s World Cup, catching Buckingham Palace’s attention once again with his exploits.

He is taking up 90 per cent of a factory’s capacity, and delights in the fact it couldn’t be more British, located in Witney, Oxfordshire – the Prime Minister’s constituency.

“I’m still waiting for a visit,” he jokes, but turning out 250,000 Tangle Teezers a month doesn’t leave too much time for a David Cameron-sized entourage. Such is the scale, logistics is now a key factor.

“We have just acquired a massive warehouse to handle the requirements of Avon, Amazon and British Airways who now take us all round the world, to the extent where we are shifting 17,000 travel versions a month through that.

Across all the designs we are doing 250,000 a

QUEEN’S AWARDS: Shaun Pulfrey receives a commemorative bowl from Clare Whelan OBE, Deputy Lieutenant of London, recognising the Queen’s Award for International Trade, above.

Below, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise scroll is presented by Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Great London Mike Dudgeon OBE, in 2012.

watching Coronation Street, a portrait painted so well by Mr Pulfrey when I interviewed him after the 2012 Queen’s Award for Enterprise was received.

He is busy masterminding more innovations now, while doing what he can to stop a plague of copycats trying to cash in on his success.

“The brand is going very strong,” he said, “and now we are about to launch, in October, our next offering; a blow-styling brush.

“We are going into the heat element. We have done de-tangling now were going into blow-styling. We have created something unique. When people use it I am confident they will be impressed and that it is all worth doing!”

Worth isn’t a word lost on him, not that it is the single motivating factor either.

“Someone was talking to me the other day, and asked, did I set out to start a multi-million pound company? I set out to make a detangling hair brush. I’ve faced every challenge every entrepreneur would face, and dealt with it when it has come along, and one of the best moves was registering the intellectual property before I sold a brush, and of course opting for UK manufacturing.”

Last time he was at the Palace, with his proud mum Wendy, who lives in Cleethorpes, he left seven colleagues back at the Brixton base. There is now a 20-strong Tangle Teezer Team.

“When I started the business, the benchmark for me in the brush market, the guideline, was how it did in a salon. Success there gave me confidence. I started bringing good people on board, top notch people, and people were buying into it. We have added some good people, we have had to, and they have contributed to the growth we have seen recently.

“We are like a family, in fact we are better than a family, as we don’t argue. Everyone does a job and no-one steps on any toes.”

From salons to high street retail, it has become a style accessory, feted by the glossy magazines and the celebrities who adorn them.

And the trappings with success have arrived, too. “I am set for life now, and that’s a great feeling,” said the son of a trawler skipper, who turned his back on the sea for a job at Lawson And Stockdale in Grimsby’s Victoria Street.

“I’ve not had to sell any of the company out, we have not had to bring others in, any venture capitalists, that could upset the equilibrium. If we have needed expert advice, then we have brought a professional in.

“One day this business will be sold, without a doubt it will be, but there are quite a few more products I would like to take to market before it is. I think a few of these things could be instrumental in the price! One day we should be looking at an obscene amount of money. I’ve

ONE EYE ON THE PRIZE: Shaun Pulfrey, who admits being set for life is a ‘great feeling’, and that a sale of the business is inevitable. Below, back in the Dragons’ Den in 2007. been told to look at my life and ask myself ‘how much do you want to change it?’.”

He said the team that has helped him succeed will be rewarded, too. “I will help them change

It works to the extent exports have gone from 6 per cent to 80 per cent in the past four years, with domestic sales still growing, too.

Slayed dragons may be salivating at the books, but Mr Pulfrey certainly isn’t bitter, and why would he be?

“I came out that day knowing more about my business than when I went in,” he said. “The secret was to not look at them as the last hope. I went on to remortgage my flat. It wasn’t lastchance saloon. No investment didn’t mean I didn’t have a product. There wasn’t even a determination to show them they were wrong, it was just a determination to succeed. The global coverage I got out of it was good, too, though Shaun Pulfrey that was never planned. That programme was translated into 15 different languages!” their lives. I’m not here for a meal ticket. I still It is hard to think that was only 2007, but it know the value of money. Would I become a tax now enjoys a platform alongside the children’s exile? I don’t think so. I am comfortable with animal suitcase Trunki as one of the 11 series’ what I have, I have earned it. I paid corporation most successful ‘failures’. He has already had tax in the second year and have done ever since, the fairytale, with the tie-in with Disney’s and rightly so. I pay my way.” movie Tangled, but the exit strategy of a very After Grimsby, Mr Pulfrey headed for happy ending could be a few more chapters Manchester, London and then America. He away yet, judging by the enthusiasm Mr Pulfrey worked for Vidal Sassoon, in Boston, still harbours.

Massachusetts, before returning to the UK. It was then the development of the Tangle Teezer began, while working as a colourist to the stars.

Now stars such as British fashion model Cara Delevingne and Hollywood actress Salma Hayek are proud customers, but celeb endorsement for the coveted design isn’t the only factor by any means.

“We get really good international distributors in, they get into it and it creates a buzz, something they have never seen before. In Brazil, one of the pharmacies we have just launched in, sold £3,000-worth in one week.

That’s a lot of Teezers! They buy into the brand, and if it is a success it brings them success.

They look after the brand and that looks after you. I like the distributors to get a foothold, lift it up, and once it gets established I got in as a brand ambassador. It works.”

Did I set out to start a multi-million pound company? I set out to make a detangling hair brush

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EW flooring concepts breathing new life into homes and industry are at the forefront of a Grimsby business that could bring more jobs to the area.

Achtis Group, brought forward by partners Karen Kennedy and David Owen, is using American advances in polymer and concrete mixes, together with a growing innovative product line, as it looks to play a key role in UK and European markets.

The company is operating from Europarc, with an office in the Innovation Centre and a workshop in Pegasus Square, with the potential to create jobs at pace as it grows. It deals direct with the construction trade, having established an international third-party supply chain and a distribution role with the US brand Elite Crete Systems.

We have the potential to grow, and grow quite quickly, creating jobs and raising skills David Owen Mr Owen, technical director, said: “We import, manufacture and distribute a number of different flooring products and supply related products. It is everything from industrial floor coatings to domestic driveways. Anywhere that has concrete down we can coat, even some timber.

“They are extremely hard wearing, extremely durable.”

Initially as concept for concrete repair, the potential was quickly

harnessed. It was quickly realised that swirls could be put in it, colour could be added, more texture, opening the door to a variety of possibilities. And with easy clean properties and major advantages in hygiene because of the cementitious nature, meaning there are no joins that could harbour bacteria, it is an attractive proposition at home and in the work environment.

“People are always looking for other uses for products,” said Mr Owen. “There are a large amount of industrial-grade products out there that people don’t think to use domestically, until there is a little lateral thinking about a different setting. High gloss white floors are one of the biggest things now.”

Mr Owen, who has worked in the construction industry for 30 years, in both materials and property, also told how companies he deals with are impressed with the set-up, and the business-friendly location of North East Lincolnshire.

“We couldn’t be in a better position,” he said.

“We have ferries straight into Europe, quiet motorways and a taxi service into Schipol Airport.

Where else could a business base better than this? It all helps to make the final product cheaper.”

“It is an extremely lucky happenstance really,” added Miss Kennedy. “There is a great excitement across the Humber region at the moment. A few years ago North East Lincolnshire was always seen as deprived, a difficult area to do business. People have now gone from saying, ‘it must be a difficult market,’ to ‘how did you find this place?’.

“There is a lot of support for local businesses around, when you look at the Local Enterprise Partnership and UK Trade and Investment,” said Mr Owen. “We have the potential to grow, and grow quite quickly, creating jobs

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How to choose an accounting software package

INNOVATIVE FOOTWEAR: Karen Kennedy, managing director of Achtis Group, with a Shoe-In, for which Achtis has exclusive distribution rights. Below, examples of the various flooring products in different settings.

By Joanne Dixon, HBP Systems Managing Director

For any business that wishes to handle their accounts internally, an effective accounting software package is a must have.

Unfortunately, there’s quite a few options out there and ‘accounting software’ is quite a broad term, so don’t worry if that leaves you asking “what does it do?” and “which one is right for me?”.

and raising skills.”

Achtis pulls together the distribution business for Elite Crete, developing own manufacturing lines – including potential for the health market – and Shoe In, an innovative answer to floor laying requirements which could be opened up to further uses, such as utility providers.

The oversized flip flop goes over a tradesman’s shoe, with either flat or spiked tread for specialist floor laying.

“They were invented by a contractor,” said Mr Owen.

“Nothing he tried worked. The main things he wanted were stability, something quick and easy.

It is a great design.”

The good news is, whether you’re looking to get started with accounting software or upgrade an existing system, there’s straightforward considerations that will simplify your decision making.

For example, it’s a good idea to research in depth into the options available, but you firstly want to fully understanding what exactly you need the software to do for you, both now and in the near future. I say the future because the solution you choose will be a long-term investment; one that you believe will be suitable in the upcoming years, not just the present.

Additionally, it’s also wise to consult an unbiased accounting professional, who’ll be able to provide an educated second opinion and guide you in the right direction.

Once you’ve established your needs, have a search to find out what brands are out there and what features they offer. Some products provide an introduction to the accounting software scene, whereas higher level options come as ‘modular software’, giving users the chance to completely customise their system with additional add-ons and features beyond the basics.

Understanding this difference and short-listing your best options will get you one step closer to your goal. By this point you’ll have also noted your current operation levels, what you currently need the software to do today, your goals for the future, and what it needs to be capable of in three to five years time.

With everything considered, the choice is almost straightforward. The only real issue left is deciding between an accounting solution based on-premise or in the cloud.

Going into more detail; do you prefer to have access to the software from any location and device, paid for using a monthly plan without the commitments to maintaining additional IT, or would you rather house the software yourself on your own IT infrastructure, with the ability to monitor, maintain and secure your own system at your fingertips?

That’s a discussion in of itself, but by taking these steps you’ll be efficiently prepared to implement the perfect accounting software package.

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UMBER Seafood Summit 2014 is all set, with the line-up confirmed for what is the fifth annual event to showcase Grimsby’s proud processing might.

Feeding the Nation – Supply And Efficiency is the theme, while the hugely popular welcome reception will be given over to the official launch of the World Seafood Congress 2015, which comes to the town for the first time ever next year.

Organiser Seafish said interest for both was already high, with the summit taking place on Wednesday, September 17 and Thursday,

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The event brings together a panel of respected industry and national government speakers and delegates from across Europe.

The event draws interest from key people in the distribution, process and retail sectors of the UK seafood industry.

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Fishing, which was credited with enhancing the reputation of the industry. The sequel, The Business of Processing, will be screened as part of the event, at Humber Royal Hotel.

Julie Snowden, project manager at Seafish, said: “This really goes to the heart of the industry in Grimsby and the Humber.

“We are trying to explain, in part, a very complex industry in a more accessible way. We are trying to create a new enthusiasm around the industry. Recruitment is an issue, and so too getting young entrepreneurs coming in. The film is a great way of telling a very positive story.”

Mr Berthet will be talking about “exciting new developments” in his field, ahead of three specific sessions.

Opportunities and Trends is an annual fixture. Aquaculture makes a return based on feedback from previous events, and an all-new session will conclude the event.

Scanning the Horizon – Trade And Technology, will bring representatives from Russia, Iceland, China and Norway to Grimsby, all major exporters to Britain.

Mrs Snowden said: “We want them to share with the UK what is going on and what the new developments are, whether that is in terms of trade or technology.

“We know Iceland is doing amazing work on innovation and research and development, and we want them all to share what they are doing. Hopefully it will go really well and will be really interesting.

“The whole event is all about supply and efficiency, and there are a lot of key topics that can go underneath that.”

Russia will be represented by Alexey Pchelintsev of Eurofish, Iceland by Jonas Vidarsson of

MATIS, China by Claire Urry of the China-Britain Business Council and Norway by Jack-Robert Moller of Noregian Seafood Council.

Simon Dwyer, previously chair of Humber Seafood Group’s trade corridor work, will chair the session, with Dr Paul Williams, chief executive of Seafish, leading the first two sessions.

Registration is open and there is already a great deal of interest.

Organisers are aiming for 200 delegates again.

On The Wednesday evening, at the Humber Seafood Summit Reception, Flatfish, Young’s Seafood, Chapman’s Fishcakes and Icelandic Seachill will be joined by The Big Prawn Co and Paramount 21, in preparing the seafood supper.

It will accompany the official launch of the World Seafood Congress, with registration opening on the night for the five-day event in September 2015.

Dani Sewell, industry

communications officer at Seafish, said: “It is a huge deal for Grimsby.

We are already getting attention from global publications. Humber Seafood Summit will see us unveil the meat on the bone, as we continue our work with sponsors, partners and speakers.”

For more information e-mail humberseafoodsummit@seafish. co.uk Registrations are sought no later than Friday, August 30.

Strong knowledge base SPEAKERS appearing at the Humber Seafood Summit lecturn: ● Nianjun Shen, FAO: Global trends of fisheries and aquaculture and the implications for food securtiy. ● Jonathan Banks, JB Associates.

Satisfying the shopper and the consumer. ● Karen Galloway, Seafish: The role of provenance and sustainability in foodservice. ● Jose Souto, Westminster College: Understanding sustainability with the professional chef sector. ● Louise Vaughan, Acceleris/NFFO: Let them eat

hake, using the media to communicate positive messages on the industry ● Bauke De Roos, University of Aberdeen: Health effects of consuming two portions a week of Scottish farmed salmon raised on different feeding regimes. ● Dan Lee, Global Aquaculture Alliance: Moving from responsible to sustainable aquaculture. ● Francis Murray, University of Stirling: Experiences from the Bangladesh shrimp sector.

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Month in Review Extra Schipol hop likely

AVIATION: Return flights between Amsterdam and Humberside Airport could be increased from three to four each day.

KLM bosses have told how they hope to have an additional service in place by next summer, to support the growing investment coming to the Humber.

Passenger numbers at Kirmington are anticipated to go up five per cent and increase from 239,000 to 300,000 by 2016.

VOLUME RETENTION: Neil Turton, left, is confident Nisa’s industry-leading service and relaunched Heritage range, above, can ensure a smooth ride post the loss of the 1,400 Costcutter outlets previously served by the member giant.

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REPARATION for lift post Costcutter has seen convenience retail group Nisa relaunch its Heritage brand range and embark on a bold member recruitment drive targeting dissatisfied traders.

to revolutionise the way consumers think about own-label ranges from independent retailers, and went nationwide into 2,500 stores this past month.

Ian Bishop, marketing director, said: “The new Heritage range creates a new premium brand for the convenience market. We Ties have been cut have improved the recipe between the two on every product to offer independent organisations, great quality and value. as long anticipated, with Whether you are looking the York-based firm setting for a quick lunchtime bite up its own buying or an evening meal, we operation, a model Nisa has hope the Heritage range built up to industry-leading will quickly become a firm standards over nearly 40 favourite.” years.

Early promotions saw two The Heritage push, pies for £1.80 and two packs initially focusing on pies of mini-pies for £3, building and pastries, is part of a bid on the already successful

impact on volume and turnover, with estimates of a drop in the latter from £1.6 billion to £1.5 billion, picking up contacts such as McColl’s has seen much of what has been lost covered.

No jobs have been affected.

In a bold move to pick up some of the departing business, a dedicated helpline and fast track support service to help Costcutter retailers to rejoin the Nisa business has now launched.

The company says it is responding to accommodate upwards of 30 enquiries a day from retailers who are struggling to source stock after the two organisations split.

1,300-strong range available throughout Nisa stores.

An essentials range called Heritage Pantry and a premium range, Heritage Gourmet, is also coming.

The relaunch will be rolled out across categories including fresh meats, produce, cheese and pizzas in the coming months.

Some of the 2,500 outlets operate under the Nisa brand, and others under their own names. Nisa supplies the stock they need and retail support that helps them grow their business, from the sprawling base on Scunthorpe’s Normanby Enterprise Park.

While the loss of the Costcutter business will

“We are not here to make money from our members, but to make money for them; that’s a commitment that sets us apart from the competition,” said Neil Turton, Nisa chief executive. “Our retailers value their independence but also realise that through Nisa they have sector leading delivery levels, low cost of goods, a 13,000 strong range, an award-winning own label brand which is available to stock in their stores and a great range of promotions which keeps them competitive in the market place.”

The helpline can be reached on 0800 542 7490 or trust@nisaretail.com

Major Europarc build PROPERTY: Hundreds more jobs look set to be heading to Grimsby after the owner of the town’s flagship business park lodged an application to build a huge new industrial unit.

The multi-million-pound 126,000 sq ft speculative development is being brought forward at Europarc

by Wykeland, with warehousing, distribution or production highlighted as the likely use. The Telegraph understands negotiations with a number of potential operators are progressing.

Construction is also underway on infrastructure to open up The Village, a further 6.5 acres for a hotel, restaurant, public house, nursery, gym and other commercial and retail units.

Sea View Street sparkle RETAIL: Jewellery designer Daniella Draper is opening her own shop in the heart of Cleethorpes.

Five years after graduating from world-leading Central St Martins, the London college for arts and design, she will launch in Sea View Street later this summer.

Her bangles and stack rings received highly sought-after celebrity endorsements within months of launching Daniella Draper Jewellery, and the brand remains popular with the all-important fashion magazines. She will retain her current workshop at Meridian Point, Cleethorpes.

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Firm is riding on crest of big renewables wave

CREST OF WAVE: The new £3 million Rix Lion vessel. Inset, Dominic Ward, head of shipping and transport at Andrew Jackson.

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CLIENT of law firm Andrew Jackson has expanded its fleet by investing £3 million in a new vessel. Rix Sea Shuttle specialises in operating vessels for firms in the renewables sector.

Dominic Ward, head of shipping and transport at Andrew Jackson, which operates pan-Humber, said: “The Rix Lion is a fantastic addition to our client’s fleet and we are pleased to have advised Rix on the terms of the ship-building agreement with the Dutch The vessel, called The Rix Lion, will be used to ship-builder, Damen. carry engineers and equipment to and from the “I am certain that Rix will continue to go from UK’s shores to offshore wind farms, and is the strength to strength in the renewable energy newest edition to the Rix Sea Shuttle fleet of market, having invested in its largest transfer offshore support and crew transfer vessels. vessel to date.”

Built by Damen shipyards, the Rix Lion is the Rix Sea Shuttle managing director James largest vessel on the fleet at 26.3m.

Doyle said: “The FSC 2610 is a vessel with an excellent reputation and our customers demand She was launched at Port of Grimsby East in the past month, and built to the successful Twin that.

Axe FCS 2610 design, allowing the Rix Lion to “The sea-keeping abilities are excellent; it maintain greater speeds in higher sea states. rides the waves extremely well and allows

boarding and landing at increased waved height.

“It means rather than just carrying engineers we can carry anything – equipment, men, two ISO containers if necessary – and that makes it a true support vessel.

“As we immerse ourselves more into the renewables industry, we believe there will be a great demand for these bigger crew support vessels in the future.

“We use Andrew Jackson and in particular Dominic Ward as I know we get excellent service. Dominic has extensive knowledge and experience in shipping law and can always be relied upon to deliver sound legal advice.”

Professional status is a must for energy sector CHARTERED status is an aid to getting on in the energy sector, it has been found.

In a survey of more than 1,000 energy professionals, those with chartered status receive higher salaries, improved job security and increased work-life balance.

These are the key findings of the 2014 Hays Energy Salary and Benefits Guide, produced in partnership with the Energy Institute (EI), which provides an analysis of the current labour market conditions in the energy sector.

Sarah Beacock, skills and capability director at the Energy Institute, which has a Humber branch as one of 13 across the UK, said: “One of the strengths of the energy industry is the variety of

highly specialist and highly technical roles. In particular, engineers remain in high demand within the sector. This survey shows a clear advantage for EI members and those with chartered status in terms of salary, job security and work-life balance. The energy industry has a lot to offer new entrants, but more can be done to promote energy as an exciting and vibrant career option, particularly among females, and from an early age.”

The report shows that 30 per cent of respondents saw their salary rise in line with the cost of living in 2013, while 33 per cent received a pay rise above this.

Those with qualifications and specialist skills, such as project managers and specialist engineers,

continue to do well. One in ten were awarded a rise of between 6 to 10 per cent; a further 10 per cent enjoyed a jump of over 10 per cent.

The survey also revealed that almost twice as many people without chartered status earned below £41,000 than those with chartered status.

There is still evidence of a gender pay gap with only 12 per cent of women earning between £61,000 and £80,000 compared with 16 per cent of men.

Greg Lettington, director at Hays Energy, said: “Our research shows the premium paid for specialist skills in the energy industry. A shortage of engineers in areas such as power system, substation design, distribution networks, low carbon energy generation and system

design means salaries are likely to continue to rise as employers compete to attract the skills they need.

“As the current workforce reaches retirement age the pressure will be on for employers to address this skills gap. While many employers are taking action to upskill their existing workforce, more must be done to encourage new entrants to the industry, particularly women who are under-represented in energy.”

The survey covered the oil and gas, nuclear, renewables, biomass, biofuels, utilities and combined heat and power markets as well as energy demand and efficiency.

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Month in Review Wharf expansion plans PORTS: Further expansion plans have been announced by a family-owned port on the banks of the River Trent.

The £150,000 investment at Kings Ferry Wharf by father and son team Roy and Martin Smith would include the extension of warehouse facilities.

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council have been told the extension would create a minimum of seven full-time and part-time jobs, adding to the present 10 staff at Burton Stather.

Enterprising Britain SUPPORT: E-Factor, the business support organisation serving North East Lincolnshire, has won an Enterprising Britain Award from the Government.

The provider of advisory services to new start-ups and existing companies is one of four organisations nationwide recognised for showing outstanding innovation and vision.

The award highlights success in helping provide the environment, skills and confidence needed for small businesses to start and grow.

NEW PERSEPCTIVE: The WR Gaskets Ltd team, from left, Paul Graham, managing director, Lynsey Wright, accounts manager, Eddy Loftus, workshop operative and Richard Grimley, business development manager.

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EW premises, machinery and staff have been secured by an expanding Grimsby company as it looks to play a part in the developing renewables sector in northern Lincolnshire.

additional workshop operator.

Further jobs could follow as the customer base grows.

Paul Graham, managing director, said, “In the past seven years we’ve nearly doubled our turnover as the business has grown. This grant from the Regional Aided by a Regional Growth Growth Fund will help us to Fund grant, WR Gaskets Ltd is take the business forward with gearing up for anticipated confidence to the wider growth, with a small team Humber area and hopefully, built up over the past seven Europe, and grow at a pace years being increased. that will suit us and ensure the stability of the company in the The company has been future.” manufacturing gaskets in various materials for He has taken on a third unit distribution to oil, at Haven Light Industrial petro-chemical and Estate, off Gilbey Road, and pharmaceutical companies ordered new manufacturing since it launched. equipment, anticipated in September.

Now the £26,500 boost to the coffers has helped to part fund Mr Graham said: “We want additional premises, new to have the flexibility to grow machinery and equipment. without upsetting our regular customers.

As part of the investment, two new posts will be created “It would be stupid to sit at the company – a business back and miss this development manager, who opportunity. There is a lot of will work to increase the work coming to the area, and a small portion of it would be customer base, and an

lovely. So far we have done biodiesel facilities but have not as yet been involved in wind, that’s why I want to see what we can do.”

Talks are being held with ManufacturingeAdvisory Service and Grow, as he hopes to fill the capacity the recent expansion will bring.

“It is a little bit ‘cart before the horse,’ but we needed to grow, and needed to make the move to allow that to happen.”

The additional unit increases floorspace by 50 per cent, with a larger oscillating knife cutting table the focus.

He said: “I bought a machine a couple of years ago, a 1.5m by 1.5m cutting table, and it was a real luxury item back then. I look back now and wonder how we managed before it.

“Now we have the ‘daddy of the family’ coming, at 3m by 2m. It will give us the scope for higher production runs and larger gaskets.”

Pallet business gains backing EP Pallets & Packaging Ltd, a young Stallingborough company looking to grow its business, has also been awarded RGF funding.

The company set up just a few years ago to manufacture and recondition pallets for use in industry. And nothing goes to waste – if pallets can’t be reconditioned, the wood is manufactured into kindling and briquettes, or handed over for compost production.

The bid for £20,000 followed a visit to an established operator in Holland.

Sean Jones, operations officer at the company, said: “More and more businesses are turning to using reconditioned pallets, which is not only cost-effective, it also helps their sustainable practices. This grant will help us to take the business to the next level and in turn, increase our staff levels alongside that expansion.

This is an exciting time.”

New equipment is expected to at least double, if not treble, current output.

Seven new posts are

expected to be created – including workshop repairers, administrators and drivers.

Councillor Ray Oxby, portfolio holder for regeneration at North East Lincolnshire Council, said: “We’re pleased to support all sorts of sizes of companies with RGF grants – whether it’s a small or large business, and indeed, a small or large grant. The fact that the company doesn’t send anything to landfill is a very welcome bonus!”

College wins Tata work TRAINING: North Lindsey College has been awarded the Tata Steel contract for delivery of the company’s apprenticeship scheme. Starting in Setptember, the deal will involve delivery of engineering frameworks, including technical, craft electrical and mechanical, to some 119 existing and new apprentices, over the next three years.

Key transport priorities INFRASTRUCTURE: A dozen key transport priorities have been identified to allow the Humber area to maximise the potential now being realised as an all-encompassing Energy Estuary.

They are being presented to Shadow Transport Secretary Mary Creagh when she visits North East Lincolnshire this week.

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ECOMING a fully-fledged engineer is a great achievement – and one that Humberside Engineering Training Association marks annually at its Stallingborough centre.

Trainees who have completed their four-year apprenticeships are honoured at a presentation that is also attended by their employers.

This year, representatives from Cristal, Phillips66, Port Engineering, CPL, D S Smith, Lindsey Oil Refinery and RES also said their farewells to centre manager Mark Oldham, who is emigrating to Australia.

He will be replaced by Alex Billingham, who joined HETA more than ten years ago as an electrical instructor.

“We always have presentations for the first year apprentices but never had anything for those who had successfully completed their training,” Mr Oldham said. “We think this is a most important time for them, so three years ago we started this presentation ceremony.

“I’m now handing things on to Alex and would like to thank all the companies who work with us. We couldn’t do it without their support.”

Instructors Chris Atkins, Kelly Wyatt and Mike Amos presented certificates to apprentices they had mentored at HETA and on site.

“I was once asked what got me out of bed in a morning,” Mr Atkins recalled. “I said at the time it was seeing the face of a year one apprentice when he achieved his first certificate, but I think now it’s seeing these young people when they are signed off and are working as a valued member of their employer’s team.

“I then bump into them two or three years later and find they’re looking after new apprentices.”

Mr Amos agreed. “It really gives you a buzz when you know you have contributed to a young person’s career,” he said.

Mr Oldham singled out RES apprentice Mike Smith for praise.

“He got himself a job in renewables when it was a really new industry and did a lot of the hard work himself to get his NVQ,” he said.

As reported, he joined the team at RES, led by Grimsby Renewables Partnership chairman Chris

FOND FAREWELL: HETA's departing Mark Oldham, right, with RES apprentice Mike Smith.

SKILLS SOLUTION: Cleethorpes and Immingham MP Martin Vickers, right, with HCF chairman Dr Chris Bowlas, at the official opening of the Skills Enhancement Centre at Catch in Stallingborough. Above, a new aerial shot of the facility, following the build project to the rear of the site, off Kiln Lane, with the HCF administration building in the foreground.

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LEETHORPES and Immingham MP Martin Vickers has officially opened the Skills Enhancement Centre at the HCF run Catch training facility in Stallingborough.

Holden, on Port of Grimsby East, in 2010.

He has since been involved in a series of ground-breaking firsts for the area when it comes to offshore wind operations and maintenance, including the initial contracts served on Round Three developments close to the Humber

corridor. Mr Smith has also helped others to follow in his footsteps, giving talks to both teachers and young jobseekers about opportunities provided by the emerging industry.

Collecting her certificate, Rebecca Tacey, who works at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, rounded off the

presentation by thanking the instructors.

Rebecca, who is very keen to encourage girls to look at a career in engineering, said: “You all did a fantastic job putting up with us apprentices, so I would like to say thanks from all of us.”

designed specifically to accelerate learning and assessment opportunities for apprentices and adult learners as Adrian Wookey, ECITB regional account manager for Yorkshire and Humberside explained. “The Skills Enhancement Centre addresses a problem second and third year After touring what is known as apprentices can sometimes face in Sec and talking to those who were trying to learn skills which are instrumental in setting it up, Mr Vickers said: “I am delighted to be difficult to gain access to on site,” here at Catch yet again. I have seen he said. “We call these ‘apprentice it develop over the years and it is a pinch points. Take the scenario where a company needs someone to great asset to the local area. change a critical asset on site. It “It is clear that this new Skills can be dangerous or time bound Enhancement Centre is providing and they don’t want a second or fantastic opportunities for young third year apprentice doing that for people to get the essential training the first time. But the apprentice and expertise that industry needs.” needs to learn, and that’s where the The Sec provides high intensity Skills Enhancement Centre comes targeted training, using in; it provides highly focused Engineering Construction Industry training and authentic simulated Training Board (ECITB) assessment. qualification standards, which “We’ve found employers have make the most of Catch’s real been very pleased with the results industry facilities. of the Skills Enhancement Centre.

Sec offers a range of courses It has significantly reduced the

time for an apprentice to complete their training and become a fully qualified tradesperson. In simple terms, that means employers can train more apprentices in less time.”

Ian Greenbeck, regional ECITB chairman and executive director at Jacobs LES, is one of the employers who has experienced these benefits.

“Apprentices can now do their Mechanical Installation training much earlier, instead of waiting until the end of their apprenticeship. An apprenticeship that used to take four years can now take less than three and a half years to complete. Accelerating the development of our apprentices into qualified tradesman in this way makes a big difference.”

The Sec is part of a wider employer-led project, headed by Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez, managed by HCF and delivered at Catch, that has attracted more than £1 million public funding through the Government’s Employer

Ownership of Skills (EOS) pilot.

This employer led approach is indicative of Catch, as Dr Chris Bowlas, chairman of HCF explained. “Catch is always looking to expand and diversify the facilities and training it can offer to industry. The Skills Enhancement Centre is a fantastic example of this responsive approach and is making a real contribution to meeting the skills needs of the region’s process, energy, engineering and renewables sectors.”

Other recent additions to the £12 million training facility following employer input include a nitrogen purging system, filtering extension to the process plant, mechanical joint integrity training rig and electrical training rig.

Sec currently provides training for specific units in Mechanical Installation, Mechanical Maintenance and Pipefitting disciplines, with plans to expand this to electrotechnical disciplines in the near future.

Turkish refinery contract secured by Trainload

BRIGHT FUTURES: Rebecca Tacey, left, with instrumentation instructor, Steve Pollard-Mersom, and Mike Smith, above, second right, toasting the first served contract for a Round Three offshore wind asset from Grimsby, in May 2012.

NORTHERN Lincolnshire specialist company Trainload Ltd has won a £1-million contract to supply new handling equipment to a Turkish oil refinery.

Tüpra, the Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation, has enlisted the 51-year-old company for the design, engineering and supply of four new bitumen loading arms at the Kirikkale Refinery, used to transfer the bi-product to rail wagons.

The project also includes upgrading the existing control room panels as well as supervision for the installation and commissioning of the project.

Jason Dear, managing director of Trainload, a business started by his father, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded the contract with Tüpra. The contract has a very tight deadline to commission phase one by November 2014, and phase two by April 2015, which presented a challenge for the company and has involved many of our engineers working extremely hard to meet these dates.”

INCREASING WORK OVERSEAS: Jason Dear, managing director of Trainload Ltd. He is confident that the project will be on time and on budget, with the contract win

leading to a benefit in the goods and services supply chain.

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ECOMING a fully-fledged engineer is a great achievement – and one that Humberside Engineering Training Association marks annually at its Stallingborough centre.

Trainees who have completed their four-year apprenticeships are honoured at a presentation that is also attended by their employers.

This year, representatives from Cristal, Phillips66, Port Engineering, CPL, D S Smith, Lindsey Oil Refinery and RES also said their farewells to centre manager Mark Oldham, who is emigrating to Australia.

He will be replaced by Alex Billingham, who joined HETA more than ten years ago as an electrical instructor.

“We always have presentations for the first year apprentices but never had anything for those who had successfully completed their training,” Mr Oldham said. “We think this is a most important time for them, so three years ago we started this presentation ceremony.

“I’m now handing things on to Alex and would like to thank all the companies who work with us. We couldn’t do it without their support.”

Instructors Chris Atkins, Kelly Wyatt and Mike Amos presented certificates to apprentices they had mentored at HETA and on site.

“I was once asked what got me out of bed in a morning,” Mr Atkins recalled. “I said at the time it was seeing the face of a year one apprentice when he achieved his first certificate, but I think now it’s seeing these young people when they are signed off and are working as a valued member of their employer’s team.

“I then bump into them two or three years later and find they’re looking after new apprentices.”

Mr Amos agreed. “It really gives you a buzz when you know you have contributed to a young person’s career,” he said.

Mr Oldham singled out RES apprentice Mike Smith for praise.

“He got himself a job in renewables when it was a really new industry and did a lot of the hard work himself to get his NVQ,” he said.

As reported, he joined the team at RES, led by Grimsby Renewables Partnership chairman Chris

FOND FAREWELL: HETA's departing Mark Oldham, right, with RES apprentice Mike Smith.

SKILLS SOLUTION: Cleethorpes and Immingham MP Martin Vickers, right, with HCF chairman Dr Chris Bowlas, at the official opening of the Skills Enhancement Centre at Catch in Stallingborough. Above, a new aerial shot of the facility, following the build project to the rear of the site, off Kiln Lane, with the HCF administration building in the foreground.

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LEETHORPES and Immingham MP Martin Vickers has officially opened the Skills Enhancement Centre at the HCF run Catch training facility in Stallingborough.

Holden, on Port of Grimsby East, in 2010.

He has since been involved in a series of ground-breaking firsts for the area when it comes to offshore wind operations and maintenance, including the initial contracts served on Round Three developments close to the Humber

corridor. Mr Smith has also helped others to follow in his footsteps, giving talks to both teachers and young jobseekers about opportunities provided by the emerging industry.

Collecting her certificate, Rebecca Tacey, who works at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, rounded off the

presentation by thanking the instructors.

Rebecca, who is very keen to encourage girls to look at a career in engineering, said: “You all did a fantastic job putting up with us apprentices, so I would like to say thanks from all of us.”

designed specifically to accelerate learning and assessment opportunities for apprentices and adult learners as Adrian Wookey, ECITB regional account manager for Yorkshire and Humberside explained. “The Skills Enhancement Centre addresses a problem second and third year After touring what is known as apprentices can sometimes face in Sec and talking to those who were trying to learn skills which are instrumental in setting it up, Mr Vickers said: “I am delighted to be difficult to gain access to on site,” here at Catch yet again. I have seen he said. “We call these ‘apprentice it develop over the years and it is a pinch points. Take the scenario where a company needs someone to great asset to the local area. change a critical asset on site. It “It is clear that this new Skills can be dangerous or time bound Enhancement Centre is providing and they don’t want a second or fantastic opportunities for young third year apprentice doing that for people to get the essential training the first time. But the apprentice and expertise that industry needs.” needs to learn, and that’s where the The Sec provides high intensity Skills Enhancement Centre comes targeted training, using in; it provides highly focused Engineering Construction Industry training and authentic simulated Training Board (ECITB) assessment. qualification standards, which “We’ve found employers have make the most of Catch’s real been very pleased with the results industry facilities. of the Skills Enhancement Centre.

Sec offers a range of courses It has significantly reduced the

time for an apprentice to complete their training and become a fully qualified tradesperson. In simple terms, that means employers can train more apprentices in less time.”

Ian Greenbeck, regional ECITB chairman and executive director at Jacobs LES, is one of the employers who has experienced these benefits.

“Apprentices can now do their Mechanical Installation training much earlier, instead of waiting until the end of their apprenticeship. An apprenticeship that used to take four years can now take less than three and a half years to complete. Accelerating the development of our apprentices into qualified tradesman in this way makes a big difference.”

The Sec is part of a wider employer-led project, headed by Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez, managed by HCF and delivered at Catch, that has attracted more than £1 million public funding through the Government’s Employer

Ownership of Skills (EOS) pilot.

This employer led approach is indicative of Catch, as Dr Chris Bowlas, chairman of HCF explained. “Catch is always looking to expand and diversify the facilities and training it can offer to industry. The Skills Enhancement Centre is a fantastic example of this responsive approach and is making a real contribution to meeting the skills needs of the region’s process, energy, engineering and renewables sectors.”

Other recent additions to the £12 million training facility following employer input include a nitrogen purging system, filtering extension to the process plant, mechanical joint integrity training rig and electrical training rig.

Sec currently provides training for specific units in Mechanical Installation, Mechanical Maintenance and Pipefitting disciplines, with plans to expand this to electrotechnical disciplines in the near future.

Turkish refinery contract secured by Trainload

BRIGHT FUTURES: Rebecca Tacey, left, with instrumentation instructor, Steve Pollard-Mersom, and Mike Smith, above, second right, toasting the first served contract for a Round Three offshore wind asset from Grimsby, in May 2012.

NORTHERN Lincolnshire specialist company Trainload Ltd has won a £1-million contract to supply new handling equipment to a Turkish oil refinery.

Tüpra, the Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation, has enlisted the 51-year-old company for the design, engineering and supply of four new bitumen loading arms at the Kirikkale Refinery, used to transfer the bi-product to rail wagons.

The project also includes upgrading the existing control room panels as well as supervision for the installation and commissioning of the project.

Jason Dear, managing director of Trainload, a business started by his father, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded the contract with Tüpra. The contract has a very tight deadline to commission phase one by November 2014, and phase two by April 2015, which presented a challenge for the company and has involved many of our engineers working extremely hard to meet these dates.”

INCREASING WORK OVERSEAS: Jason Dear, managing director of Trainload Ltd. He is confident that the project will be on time and on budget, with the contract win

leading to a benefit in the goods and services supply chain.

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Skills Support for the Workforce was launched in 2013 and is managed by Hull College. The scheme is co-financed by the Skills Funding Agency, the European Social Fund and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership and offers free training in a host of transferable skills areas, including: ● Business administration. ● Customer service skills. ● Effective teamwork. ● Food industry skills.

● Food safety. ● Management. ● Sales and marketing. ● Team leadership.

One Grimsby-based company, Ice Fresh Seafood, has seen many benefits following staff training in Food Industry and Food

The business is really benefitting from these programmes.

John Marshall Manufacturing qualifications with the Grimsby Institute through the scheme.

John Marshall, factory manager for Ice Fresh Seafood, explained:

“We chose to train our employees with the Grimsby Institute because of their good reputation and package of training offered to the company. I’d recommend similar training to other employers.

“The assessor was friendly and helpful with all staff and extremely knowledgeable.

“The business is really benefiting from these programmes. The training has added another dimension to the staff. It has seen them adding improvements both on and off the factory floor, improving morale and understanding of the requirements needed.”

An Institute spokesman said: “We’re really pleased to be working with Ice Fresh Seafood thanks to the SSW scheme. SSW is an opportunity for businesses to develop the workforce, help them grow and take advantage of new opportunities as they arise.

“The project has been running for a year and in that time we have helped and are still helping almost 150 learners to achieve qualifications that are relevant and useful in their working environments.

“Ice Fresh have been a fantastic supporter of the scheme and I hope that other local employers take a leaf out of John’s book and contact us to find out how we can help them to upskill their workforce.”

Businesses could be eligible for free training through the Skills Support for the Workforce scheme if they are located in the Humber region and employ less than 250 people. Anyone interested in finding out about the free training available through the Skills Support for the Workforce scheme can simply contact 0800 012 6656 or email training@grimsby.ac.uk

The new canary is out of cage!

CORROMETER: A new corrosion monitoring device being distributed by HITEK Electronic Materials Ltd. Inset, Jim Lawton, managing director of HITEK Electronic Materials Ltd.

A NEW state-of-the-art piece of equipment is now being distributed by Scunthorpe company HITEK Electronic Materials.

The business, which provides a bespoke service to the UK electronics industry, is now distributing the Corrometer – a brand new corrosion monitoring device.

The Corrometer is a compact, self-contained corrosion sensor that will indicate the corrosion rate of the environment surrounding your equipment.

The device is placed in, or near, an environment that is to be monitored and a reading is taken from the corrosion scale periodically.

Jim Lawton, managing director of HITEK, said: “This device is made in the USA and has been 12 years in the development.

“It has just launched in Europe and we are the sole agent/distributor for the product.

“It is a corrosion monitoring device. Anywhere that people have electric connectors, junction boxes or sensitive electronic equipment – it can be used.

“It basically allows you to monitor corrosion and acts as a preventative. One analogy we use is saying it is like the canary in the cage for miners – this device gives you the warning before critical failure.”

Mr Lawton is confident that this new product will be popular, but is keen to see which industries are interested.

He said: “We are testing the water to start with because the product is so new.

“We supply corrosion preventative materials to the military, and in the past have used a piece of metal plate, which goes rusty to indicate when corrosion will start.

“This new device is far more effective for detecting corrosion, and will ultimately save people money. You can tell which products corrode quickly, and which are more durable.

“It is only the size of a AAA battery so can be used almost anywhere.

“There is nothing like it in the world at the moment and we are very confident that it will be popular. It is self-contained, low cost and neat.

“It is exciting because it is very new to people.”

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T first glance the professional qualities required for accountancy and the hospitality industry might appear to be very different – but that’s not necessarily the case, according to one successful northern Lincolnshire businesswoman.

That’s because people working in both professions succeed by building relationships based on trust, openness and delivering the right results time after time.

That’s the view of Liz Parry, named as Business Person of the Year in this year’s Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards.

She’s been a Forrester Boyd client throughout the 10 years she’s run Abbys Bistro in Grimsby’s Abbeygate, where she and her staff offer a variety of quality dining options seven days a week, including private bookings on Sundays.

She said: “At Abbys we offer a quick and attentive service, and we anticipate clients’ requests.

That’s exactly how Forrester Boyd works, too.”

Throughout that time she has benefited from a service that delivers far more than simply ‘accountancy’.

“I feel there’s nothing about my business that I couldn’t ring Forrester Boyd for advice about,” she said. “They will always deliver a friendly, honest and objective opinion. Being able to call on someone you know you can trust is invaluable.”

But that’s only part of the story.

The human element is important, too, says Liz, who feels she’s more than “just a number” with her accountant. “Forrester Boyd is a big company, but it doesn’t feel like it. It feels small and personal.

The people who work there are all lovely, and look after us very well.

Forrester Boyd has kept us on the straight and narrow and given the

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BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR: Forrester Boyd client Liz Parry, owner of Abbys in Abbeygate, Grimsby. right advice since we bought this business. I’m sure that has helped Abbys to be more successful than it might have been without it,” she said.

Running a business is complex, with lots of things crying out for attention. That means important areas can get pushed to one side

because the focus at any given moment can be on another area that appears more important at the time. “It becomes easy not to have a focus on the right areas of business; Forrester Boyd help their clients to refocus on important things that might otherwise be overlooked, and that boosts efficiency and prevents money being wasted,” she said.

Although Liz knows many of the Forrester Boyd staff, especially at the Grimsby office, her principal contact is partner David Everatt pictured left, who has been with the company since 1988. He specialises in owner-managed

businesses like Abbys, and is a great believer in building strong and proactive relationships to help clients resolve business issues. He’s developed a wealth of expertise in property, construction, logistics and farming – a perfect combination in this region, given its diverse industrial nature.

Liz added: “I’ve never regretted choosing Forrester Boyd to look after Abbys. My relationship with them started on the basis of a personal recommendation, and I’d be happy to offer that same recommendation to anyone else,” she added.

Bans and flexibility: A review of employment law changes that have recently come into force IN the last few months the media spotlight has been shining, once again, on employment law changes.

In June, the Government announced that exclusivity clauses were to be banned in zero-hours contracts, and this was swiftly followed by another announcement which gives all workers the right to request flexible working.

David Buckle pictured, partner and specialist employment lawyer at Wilkin Chapman Grange, has examined what the changes mean in practice.

“Zero-hours contracts have been in the public spotlight for some months now and have sparked considerable debate across the political spectrum,” he said. “In 2012, the Office for National Statistics estimated that around 250,000 individuals were on zero-hours contracts – a figure which is widely believed to be much lower than the reality. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development estimates the number is more likely to be around one million.”

It is generally accepted that the increase in use of these contracts over recent years has been as a direct response to economic pressures on employers, who benefit from the flexibility.

Individuals on zero-hours contracts have tended

to work across the economy, with a particular focus on distribution, accommodation and food services industries.

On June 25, the Gover nment announced that it will ban the use of exclusivity clauses and increase the availability of information on zero-hours contracts for employees. What this means in reality is that employees on zero-hours contracts will have the freedom to find work with more than one employer.

Employers will no longer be able to enforce any exclusivity clauses which prohibit the employee working elsewhere or under another contract without the employer’s consent.

Hot on the heels of these changes, the government announced that all employees (with a minimum of 26 weeks’ service) have the right to request flexible working. These changes came

into effect on June 30 and have implications for employer and employee alike.

Mr Buckle said: “Previously, only certain employees – such as those with child care requirements or an adult in need of care – had the right to ask for flexible working.

“Now, all employees can request flexible working. Although, it is unlikely that this will open the floodgates for flexible working requests, the extended rights may well have an impact in the workplace and it is important employers are alert to the changes.”

The extended regime still only provides a right to “request”, but employers have to consider all requests in a “reasonable manner” and respond within a three-month time-frame.

Requests can only be rejected based on the eight statutory business reasons, which haven’t changed. For employees, requests have to be made in writing and only one request can be made in a 12-month period.

Mr Buckle added: “Prioritising requests may be a challenge for some employers, particularly if requests start to come in from a wide range of staff. Employers need to be mindful that all requests need to be dealt with objectively and even-handedly if they want to avoid discrimination claims.”

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Skills Support for the Workforce was launched in 2013 and is managed by Hull College. The scheme is co-financed by the Skills Funding Agency, the European Social Fund and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership and offers free training in a host of transferable skills areas, including: ● Business administration. ● Customer service skills. ● Effective teamwork. ● Food industry skills.

● Food safety. ● Management. ● Sales and marketing. ● Team leadership.

One Grimsby-based company, Ice Fresh Seafood, has seen many benefits following staff training in Food Industry and Food

The business is really benefitting from these programmes.

John Marshall Manufacturing qualifications with the Grimsby Institute through the scheme.

John Marshall, factory manager for Ice Fresh Seafood, explained:

“We chose to train our employees with the Grimsby Institute because of their good reputation and package of training offered to the company. I’d recommend similar training to other employers.

“The assessor was friendly and helpful with all staff and extremely knowledgeable.

“The business is really benefiting from these programmes. The training has added another dimension to the staff. It has seen them adding improvements both on and off the factory floor, improving morale and understanding of the requirements needed.”

An Institute spokesman said: “We’re really pleased to be working with Ice Fresh Seafood thanks to the SSW scheme. SSW is an opportunity for businesses to develop the workforce, help them grow and take advantage of new opportunities as they arise.

“The project has been running for a year and in that time we have helped and are still helping almost 150 learners to achieve qualifications that are relevant and useful in their working environments.

“Ice Fresh have been a fantastic supporter of the scheme and I hope that other local employers take a leaf out of John’s book and contact us to find out how we can help them to upskill their workforce.”

Businesses could be eligible for free training through the Skills Support for the Workforce scheme if they are located in the Humber region and employ less than 250 people. Anyone interested in finding out about the free training available through the Skills Support for the Workforce scheme can simply contact 0800 012 6656 or email training@grimsby.ac.uk

The new canary is out of cage!

CORROMETER: A new corrosion monitoring device being distributed by HITEK Electronic Materials Ltd. Inset, Jim Lawton, managing director of HITEK Electronic Materials Ltd.

A NEW state-of-the-art piece of equipment is now being distributed by Scunthorpe company HITEK Electronic Materials.

The business, which provides a bespoke service to the UK electronics industry, is now distributing the Corrometer – a brand new corrosion monitoring device.

The Corrometer is a compact, self-contained corrosion sensor that will indicate the corrosion rate of the environment surrounding your equipment.

The device is placed in, or near, an environment that is to be monitored and a reading is taken from the corrosion scale periodically.

Jim Lawton, managing director of HITEK, said: “This device is made in the USA and has been 12 years in the development.

“It has just launched in Europe and we are the sole agent/distributor for the product.

“It is a corrosion monitoring device. Anywhere that people have electric connectors, junction boxes or sensitive electronic equipment – it can be used.

“It basically allows you to monitor corrosion and acts as a preventative. One analogy we use is saying it is like the canary in the cage for miners – this device gives you the warning before critical failure.”

Mr Lawton is confident that this new product will be popular, but is keen to see which industries are interested.

He said: “We are testing the water to start with because the product is so new.

“We supply corrosion preventative materials to the military, and in the past have used a piece of metal plate, which goes rusty to indicate when corrosion will start.

“This new device is far more effective for detecting corrosion, and will ultimately save people money. You can tell which products corrode quickly, and which are more durable.

“It is only the size of a AAA battery so can be used almost anywhere.

“There is nothing like it in the world at the moment and we are very confident that it will be popular. It is self-contained, low cost and neat.

“It is exciting because it is very new to people.”

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T first glance the professional qualities required for accountancy and the hospitality industry might appear to be very different – but that’s not necessarily the case, according to one successful northern Lincolnshire businesswoman.

That’s because people working in both professions succeed by building relationships based on trust, openness and delivering the right results time after time.

That’s the view of Liz Parry, named as Business Person of the Year in this year’s Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards.

She’s been a Forrester Boyd client throughout the 10 years she’s run Abbys Bistro in Grimsby’s Abbeygate, where she and her staff offer a variety of quality dining options seven days a week, including private bookings on Sundays.

She said: “At Abbys we offer a quick and attentive service, and we anticipate clients’ requests.

That’s exactly how Forrester Boyd works, too.”

Throughout that time she has benefited from a service that delivers far more than simply ‘accountancy’.

“I feel there’s nothing about my business that I couldn’t ring Forrester Boyd for advice about,” she said. “They will always deliver a friendly, honest and objective opinion. Being able to call on someone you know you can trust is invaluable.”

But that’s only part of the story.

The human element is important, too, says Liz, who feels she’s more than “just a number” with her accountant. “Forrester Boyd is a big company, but it doesn’t feel like it. It feels small and personal.

The people who work there are all lovely, and look after us very well.

Forrester Boyd has kept us on the straight and narrow and given the

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BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR: Forrester Boyd client Liz Parry, owner of Abbys in Abbeygate, Grimsby. right advice since we bought this business. I’m sure that has helped Abbys to be more successful than it might have been without it,” she said.

Running a business is complex, with lots of things crying out for attention. That means important areas can get pushed to one side

because the focus at any given moment can be on another area that appears more important at the time. “It becomes easy not to have a focus on the right areas of business; Forrester Boyd help their clients to refocus on important things that might otherwise be overlooked, and that boosts efficiency and prevents money being wasted,” she said.

Although Liz knows many of the Forrester Boyd staff, especially at the Grimsby office, her principal contact is partner David Everatt pictured left, who has been with the company since 1988. He specialises in owner-managed

businesses like Abbys, and is a great believer in building strong and proactive relationships to help clients resolve business issues. He’s developed a wealth of expertise in property, construction, logistics and farming – a perfect combination in this region, given its diverse industrial nature.

Liz added: “I’ve never regretted choosing Forrester Boyd to look after Abbys. My relationship with them started on the basis of a personal recommendation, and I’d be happy to offer that same recommendation to anyone else,” she added.

Bans and flexibility: A review of employment law changes that have recently come into force IN the last few months the media spotlight has been shining, once again, on employment law changes.

In June, the Government announced that exclusivity clauses were to be banned in zero-hours contracts, and this was swiftly followed by another announcement which gives all workers the right to request flexible working.

David Buckle pictured, partner and specialist employment lawyer at Wilkin Chapman Grange, has examined what the changes mean in practice.

“Zero-hours contracts have been in the public spotlight for some months now and have sparked considerable debate across the political spectrum,” he said. “In 2012, the Office for National Statistics estimated that around 250,000 individuals were on zero-hours contracts – a figure which is widely believed to be much lower than the reality. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development estimates the number is more likely to be around one million.”

It is generally accepted that the increase in use of these contracts over recent years has been as a direct response to economic pressures on employers, who benefit from the flexibility.

Individuals on zero-hours contracts have tended

to work across the economy, with a particular focus on distribution, accommodation and food services industries.

On June 25, the Gover nment announced that it will ban the use of exclusivity clauses and increase the availability of information on zero-hours contracts for employees. What this means in reality is that employees on zero-hours contracts will have the freedom to find work with more than one employer.

Employers will no longer be able to enforce any exclusivity clauses which prohibit the employee working elsewhere or under another contract without the employer’s consent.

Hot on the heels of these changes, the government announced that all employees (with a minimum of 26 weeks’ service) have the right to request flexible working. These changes came

into effect on June 30 and have implications for employer and employee alike.

Mr Buckle said: “Previously, only certain employees – such as those with child care requirements or an adult in need of care – had the right to ask for flexible working.

“Now, all employees can request flexible working. Although, it is unlikely that this will open the floodgates for flexible working requests, the extended rights may well have an impact in the workplace and it is important employers are alert to the changes.”

The extended regime still only provides a right to “request”, but employers have to consider all requests in a “reasonable manner” and respond within a three-month time-frame.

Requests can only be rejected based on the eight statutory business reasons, which haven’t changed. For employees, requests have to be made in writing and only one request can be made in a 12-month period.

Mr Buckle added: “Prioritising requests may be a challenge for some employers, particularly if requests start to come in from a wide range of staff. Employers need to be mindful that all requests need to be dealt with objectively and even-handedly if they want to avoid discrimination claims.”

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NEW system developed by a Cleethorpes-based company is set to change the way contractors create concrete structures for the first time in decades – helping the construction sector become greener, safer and more efficient.

currently taking shape on Meridian Way. Mr White, who has worked in construction for more than 28 years, first starting fixing steel on Freshney Place’s car parks, said: “Generations of contractors have used a very labour-intensive way to form concrete structures, which often presents safety risks and generates excessive waste Inventor and Fast Form timber. This just isn’t right for Systems managing director today’s construction sector as Tony White has launched an it strives to be more innovative method for forming environmentally responsible concrete structures such as and prevent dangers on-site, as foundations and walls, which well as build more efficiently. are typically used when “We’ve developed a way to building foundations, roads, create concrete formwork and bridges and railways to vital shuttering using re-usable, flood defences and many more easy-fix adjustable steel applications. brackets, which are all made And one of the first buildings and fabricated in Grimsby. to be built using this system is “It means concrete can be the new Premier Inn cast more quickly, waste is 60-bedroom hotel in virtually eliminated and it is also a safer way of working Cleethorpes, which is

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because the brackets can incorporate hand-rails and offer more assurance that the formwork will be structurally robust.”

The originality of the Fast Form Systems solution is already attracting attention for the business community, with the firm winning the Venturefest Yorkshire 2014 Investment Competition earlier this year, and a host of financial investors on board.

Fast-Form was also shortlisted for the 2014 Angel Investment Awards in Liverpool.

With the potential to rent the equipment it can also rule out capital costs.

Mr White said: “There is so much potential for the system here in the UK and around the world and we plan to be exporting to overseas customers shortly as we have already had enquiries from North and South America and the Bahamas.

“Fast Form Systems have proved themselves in a number of trials and early projects across the UK. In addition to the new Premier Inn in Cleethorpes, our recent projects include seating for the London Olympic Stadium conversion, London Mainline railway bridges, flood defence work at Littlehampton in West Sussex and we have just landed work on the prestigious Waste to Energy Power Station in Leeds for Clugston Construction Ltd. “We will receive a ‘patent granted’ for the system this summer and this will be a further catalyst for business growth as we are already in the process of applying for worldwide patent protection.”

Mr White, who was keen to run his own company, launched Orion Construction in the early Nineties, a ground-works firm supplying manpower all over the country. While doing that he decided he needed an administrative computer system.

Construct It came to the fore and, in 1998, Mr White decided to concentrate on the software, basing himself at Cleethorpes Business Centre, adding

financial management to the programme.

Prior to the recession he diversified into hiring super cars with Aston-Hire, based in Wilton Road, Humberston.

At Venturefest, Mr White beat off stiff competition to win a prize package of business support worth £52,000 His was the winning pitch from five judged by an audience of Yorkshire Association of Business Angels. The winner was selected by secret vote, with judges scoring on the originality of the product, potential market size, business model, competitive advantage, management team strength and forecasted profitability.

Investment competition organiser Barbara Greaves, of YABA, said: “We saw five excellent presentations from a wide range of businesses, all capable of achieving great things. Fast Form Systems is building a business by offering environmental, safety and efficiency benefits to the construction industry.”

Month in Review

STRONG GROWTH: Gary McMullen, right, managing director of Tower Staff Construction Ltd, with Peter Bould, regional manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance.

Market occupancy soars

POWERFUL PITCH: Tony White, managing director of Fast Form Systems Ltd, addressing Venturefest Yorkshire 2014, the investment competition he won.

RETAIL: Grimsby’s Top Town Market is enjoying unprecedented occupancy levels for the new millennium, with all but one of the 90 stalls now trading.

The uptake is being celebrated by traders, keen to build on the momentum created, with more than 16,000 people a week now visiting the hall and food court adjoining Freshney Place.

Stall take-up trumps neighbouring offerings in Louth, Scunthorpe, Hull and Lincoln, and comes on the back of £100,000 of investment over the past year.

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RECRUITMENT entrepreneur has taken his business independent, while investing in new premises as he aims to increase his turnover by 25 per cent.

organisations.

He succeeded and in 2012 had a turnover of £1.4-million while working with the support of another firm. With newly-secured contracts and a growing construction staff database, he Tower Staff Construction decided to turn Tower Staff provides the building industry Construction into a standalone with qualified members of staff for business in its own right in March. permanent and temporary He said: “We established the assignments. business in a tough market, but we Established in 2011 by managing have seen consistent and solid director Gary McMullen, the firm growth since. Our aim is to now has more than 3,000 continue to grow our turnover and construction professionals on its the number of workers we are database. placing, while remaining committed to providing clients Originally working as a crane with a high standard of personal operator until he was made service.” redundant in 2010, Mr McMullen approached established To achieve this, he invested recruitment firms to see if he could heavily in a new responsive invest and create a specialist database, which allows speedier construction wing within their searches for candidates and

quicker response times and new computer systems.

He has already added a further staff member since he has taken the business independent, in addition to the two that were already employed.

To support the growth he has also invested in an office at E-Factor’s Business Hive in Dudley Street.

Following an increase in temporary staff placements, Mr McMullen approached Lloyds Bank for a £250,000 invoice discounting facility that enables him to free up cashflow without waiting on payment from clients.

Mr McMullen said: “Since we pay temporary workers on a weekly basis, cash really is the lifeblood of our business. Without an invoice discounting line, we wouldn’t be able to pay our workers and continue to grow the business. It

has taken pressure off of our cashflow, allowing us to invest in expanding the firm.”

As the construction industry continues to improve following the economic downturn, Mr McMullen expects Tower Staff Construction’s turnover to increase by £350,000, nearing the £2-million mark.

Peter Bould, regional manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, said: “Gary has seen impressive growth and has established a solid reputation in a niche market. As the construction industry recovers, the firm will be able to take advantage of new projects and demand.

“We look forward to supporting Tower Staff Construction as it continues to grow and firmly establish itself as a leader in the market.”

OFFSHORE WIND: A final consultation period has opened into the second wind farm project that forms part of the huge Round Three Hornsea offshore zone.

Further preliminary environmental information has been released for the next phase of a multi-billion-pound project that sits in the Humber sailing corridor, and is already providing work in Grimsby with meteorological mast support.

A series of consultation events, focusing on the proposed onshore cable route that circumnavigates North East Lincolnshire to connect to the National Grid at North Killingholme, was held by SMart Wind, the supply chain led consortium developing the 4GW programme, earlier this month.

Job losses minimised SEAFOOD: Grimsby seafood giant Icelandic Seachill has confirmed that the number of redundancies resulting from the decision to leave the ready meals market will be lower than expected.

The exit from the specialist production sector, which put 250 jobs at risk and was first announced in February, will be completed next month, as proposed.

No exact figures have been made public, as talks continue, with bosses “confident that many will be successfully redeployed to the company’s other sites”.

Meals are concentrated on the former Coldwater West site on Estate Road Five at South Humberside Industrial Estate, and the major supplier of fish to Tesco, Asda, Marks and Spencer and others, as well as brand Saucy Fish Co, also operates the coated facility on Estate Road Two and chilled on Great Grimsby Business Park, employing 1,500 people.

ACS&T partnership extended SOLUTION: Mr White’s Fast Form Systems are being used on Cleethorpes’ emerging Premier Inn. Left, the equipment in use, and above left, the end result.

GRIMSBY-headquartered logistics operator ACS&T has secured a significant, multi-million-pound contract renewal with leading foodservice wholesale distributor Bidvest 3663, which will potentially see two companies work together until 2022.

The preferred supplier for more than 60,000 hospitality industry customers across the UK, Bidvest 3663 offers tailored catering solutions for businesses of all sizes, as well as selling a range of own brand and branded products.

The partnership will see ACS&T continue the unique National Consolidation Scheme, which together the firms have operated since 1994. It allows 130 of Bidvest 3663’s suppliers to benefit from a shared user platform provision.

Business development director Mike Rice said: “We are very pleased to be continuing our 20-year working relationship with Bidvest 3663 and such a significant long-term deal reflects the high levels of service we provide for both Bidvest 3663 and the supplier base, as well as demonstrating our own commercial agility and the innovation taking place within our business. “In

addition to extending our service offering for Bidvest 3663, we have also introduced hard, real-time savings as part of the partnership.”

As part of the scheme, supplier products arrive into ACS&T’s Wolverhampton shared-user storage facility and become immediately visible to the Bidvest 3663 depots and suppliers via a real-time, web-based, stock management system, facilitating a seamless vendor-managed stock and supply service.

The scheme holds many benefits for suppliers, including shared-user collection, vendor-managed inventory and warehousing services, with proportional pallet charging for delivery to the Bidvest 3663 estate.

Jim Gouldie, director of supply chain at Bidvest 3663, said: “ACS&T has always delivered a first-class response to our business needs, adapting readily to our consistently evolving requirements. We have been working in partnership with ACS&T for many years now and have the utmost confidence in their expertise. They are an integral part of our supply chain and we look forward to continuing our long-standing relationship well into the future.”

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Hotel proves ideal showcase site for town construction innovator A

NEW system developed by a Cleethorpes-based company is set to change the way contractors create concrete structures for the first time in decades – helping the construction sector become greener, safer and more efficient.

currently taking shape on Meridian Way. Mr White, who has worked in construction for more than 28 years, first starting fixing steel on Freshney Place’s car parks, said: “Generations of contractors have used a very labour-intensive way to form concrete structures, which often presents safety risks and generates excessive waste Inventor and Fast Form timber. This just isn’t right for Systems managing director today’s construction sector as Tony White has launched an it strives to be more innovative method for forming environmentally responsible concrete structures such as and prevent dangers on-site, as foundations and walls, which well as build more efficiently. are typically used when “We’ve developed a way to building foundations, roads, create concrete formwork and bridges and railways to vital shuttering using re-usable, flood defences and many more easy-fix adjustable steel applications. brackets, which are all made And one of the first buildings and fabricated in Grimsby. to be built using this system is “It means concrete can be the new Premier Inn cast more quickly, waste is 60-bedroom hotel in virtually eliminated and it is also a safer way of working Cleethorpes, which is

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because the brackets can incorporate hand-rails and offer more assurance that the formwork will be structurally robust.”

The originality of the Fast Form Systems solution is already attracting attention for the business community, with the firm winning the Venturefest Yorkshire 2014 Investment Competition earlier this year, and a host of financial investors on board.

Fast-Form was also shortlisted for the 2014 Angel Investment Awards in Liverpool.

With the potential to rent the equipment it can also rule out capital costs.

Mr White said: “There is so much potential for the system here in the UK and around the world and we plan to be exporting to overseas customers shortly as we have already had enquiries from North and South America and the Bahamas.

“Fast Form Systems have proved themselves in a number of trials and early projects across the UK. In addition to the new Premier Inn in Cleethorpes, our recent projects include seating for the London Olympic Stadium conversion, London Mainline railway bridges, flood defence work at Littlehampton in West Sussex and we have just landed work on the prestigious Waste to Energy Power Station in Leeds for Clugston Construction Ltd. “We will receive a ‘patent granted’ for the system this summer and this will be a further catalyst for business growth as we are already in the process of applying for worldwide patent protection.”

Mr White, who was keen to run his own company, launched Orion Construction in the early Nineties, a ground-works firm supplying manpower all over the country. While doing that he decided he needed an administrative computer system.

Construct It came to the fore and, in 1998, Mr White decided to concentrate on the software, basing himself at Cleethorpes Business Centre, adding

financial management to the programme.

Prior to the recession he diversified into hiring super cars with Aston-Hire, based in Wilton Road, Humberston.

At Venturefest, Mr White beat off stiff competition to win a prize package of business support worth £52,000 His was the winning pitch from five judged by an audience of Yorkshire Association of Business Angels. The winner was selected by secret vote, with judges scoring on the originality of the product, potential market size, business model, competitive advantage, management team strength and forecasted profitability.

Investment competition organiser Barbara Greaves, of YABA, said: “We saw five excellent presentations from a wide range of businesses, all capable of achieving great things. Fast Form Systems is building a business by offering environmental, safety and efficiency benefits to the construction industry.”

Month in Review

STRONG GROWTH: Gary McMullen, right, managing director of Tower Staff Construction Ltd, with Peter Bould, regional manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance.

Market occupancy soars

POWERFUL PITCH: Tony White, managing director of Fast Form Systems Ltd, addressing Venturefest Yorkshire 2014, the investment competition he won.

RETAIL: Grimsby’s Top Town Market is enjoying unprecedented occupancy levels for the new millennium, with all but one of the 90 stalls now trading.

The uptake is being celebrated by traders, keen to build on the momentum created, with more than 16,000 people a week now visiting the hall and food court adjoining Freshney Place.

Stall take-up trumps neighbouring offerings in Louth, Scunthorpe, Hull and Lincoln, and comes on the back of £100,000 of investment over the past year.

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Building on resurgence A

RECRUITMENT entrepreneur has taken his business independent, while investing in new premises as he aims to increase his turnover by 25 per cent.

organisations.

He succeeded and in 2012 had a turnover of £1.4-million while working with the support of another firm. With newly-secured contracts and a growing construction staff database, he Tower Staff Construction decided to turn Tower Staff provides the building industry Construction into a standalone with qualified members of staff for business in its own right in March. permanent and temporary He said: “We established the assignments. business in a tough market, but we Established in 2011 by managing have seen consistent and solid director Gary McMullen, the firm growth since. Our aim is to now has more than 3,000 continue to grow our turnover and construction professionals on its the number of workers we are database. placing, while remaining committed to providing clients Originally working as a crane with a high standard of personal operator until he was made service.” redundant in 2010, Mr McMullen approached established To achieve this, he invested recruitment firms to see if he could heavily in a new responsive invest and create a specialist database, which allows speedier construction wing within their searches for candidates and

quicker response times and new computer systems.

He has already added a further staff member since he has taken the business independent, in addition to the two that were already employed.

To support the growth he has also invested in an office at E-Factor’s Business Hive in Dudley Street.

Following an increase in temporary staff placements, Mr McMullen approached Lloyds Bank for a £250,000 invoice discounting facility that enables him to free up cashflow without waiting on payment from clients.

Mr McMullen said: “Since we pay temporary workers on a weekly basis, cash really is the lifeblood of our business. Without an invoice discounting line, we wouldn’t be able to pay our workers and continue to grow the business. It

has taken pressure off of our cashflow, allowing us to invest in expanding the firm.”

As the construction industry continues to improve following the economic downturn, Mr McMullen expects Tower Staff Construction’s turnover to increase by £350,000, nearing the £2-million mark.

Peter Bould, regional manager at Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance, said: “Gary has seen impressive growth and has established a solid reputation in a niche market. As the construction industry recovers, the firm will be able to take advantage of new projects and demand.

“We look forward to supporting Tower Staff Construction as it continues to grow and firmly establish itself as a leader in the market.”

OFFSHORE WIND: A final consultation period has opened into the second wind farm project that forms part of the huge Round Three Hornsea offshore zone.

Further preliminary environmental information has been released for the next phase of a multi-billion-pound project that sits in the Humber sailing corridor, and is already providing work in Grimsby with meteorological mast support.

A series of consultation events, focusing on the proposed onshore cable route that circumnavigates North East Lincolnshire to connect to the National Grid at North Killingholme, was held by SMart Wind, the supply chain led consortium developing the 4GW programme, earlier this month.

Job losses minimised SEAFOOD: Grimsby seafood giant Icelandic Seachill has confirmed that the number of redundancies resulting from the decision to leave the ready meals market will be lower than expected.

The exit from the specialist production sector, which put 250 jobs at risk and was first announced in February, will be completed next month, as proposed.

No exact figures have been made public, as talks continue, with bosses “confident that many will be successfully redeployed to the company’s other sites”.

Meals are concentrated on the former Coldwater West site on Estate Road Five at South Humberside Industrial Estate, and the major supplier of fish to Tesco, Asda, Marks and Spencer and others, as well as brand Saucy Fish Co, also operates the coated facility on Estate Road Two and chilled on Great Grimsby Business Park, employing 1,500 people.

ACS&T partnership extended SOLUTION: Mr White’s Fast Form Systems are being used on Cleethorpes’ emerging Premier Inn. Left, the equipment in use, and above left, the end result.

GRIMSBY-headquartered logistics operator ACS&T has secured a significant, multi-million-pound contract renewal with leading foodservice wholesale distributor Bidvest 3663, which will potentially see two companies work together until 2022.

The preferred supplier for more than 60,000 hospitality industry customers across the UK, Bidvest 3663 offers tailored catering solutions for businesses of all sizes, as well as selling a range of own brand and branded products.

The partnership will see ACS&T continue the unique National Consolidation Scheme, which together the firms have operated since 1994. It allows 130 of Bidvest 3663’s suppliers to benefit from a shared user platform provision.

Business development director Mike Rice said: “We are very pleased to be continuing our 20-year working relationship with Bidvest 3663 and such a significant long-term deal reflects the high levels of service we provide for both Bidvest 3663 and the supplier base, as well as demonstrating our own commercial agility and the innovation taking place within our business. “In

addition to extending our service offering for Bidvest 3663, we have also introduced hard, real-time savings as part of the partnership.”

As part of the scheme, supplier products arrive into ACS&T’s Wolverhampton shared-user storage facility and become immediately visible to the Bidvest 3663 depots and suppliers via a real-time, web-based, stock management system, facilitating a seamless vendor-managed stock and supply service.

The scheme holds many benefits for suppliers, including shared-user collection, vendor-managed inventory and warehousing services, with proportional pallet charging for delivery to the Bidvest 3663 estate.

Jim Gouldie, director of supply chain at Bidvest 3663, said: “ACS&T has always delivered a first-class response to our business needs, adapting readily to our consistently evolving requirements. We have been working in partnership with ACS&T for many years now and have the utmost confidence in their expertise. They are an integral part of our supply chain and we look forward to continuing our long-standing relationship well into the future.”

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Month in Review Investment bears fruit as Ultimate aids M&S PACKAGING: Grimsby specialist business Ultimate Packaging has helped Marks & Spencer to an industry first, using digital print to produce confectionery packs.

M&S is the first retailer to use the emerging technology to produce confectionery packaging, opening the door to quicker routes to market.

Summer of Flavour Fruit Jellies, which are available in M&S stores across the UK, are leading the way.

The digitally-printed, flexible packaging has been printed and laminated by the Europarc-based company, where a £4-million investment in a digital hub and design studio has put it at the forefront of the competitive industry.

Ultimate has supported M&S with design and print standards for a number of key ranges.

Smyths coming to town RETAIL: Smyths Toys is to open a store in Grimsby.

The location is yet to be confirmed, but the Grimsby Telegraph understands it will be on the site of the former JJB Sports store on the Victoria Retail Park, Victoria Street North.

The company anticipates making an official announcement soon. JJB left the unit in 2012, after administrators KPMG shut down a total of 133 stores and sold the remaining 20 to rival Sports Direct International. ● All material used in Month in Review has previously appeared in either the Grimsby or Scunthorpe Telegraph. To subscribe call 08444 068 744.

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NVESTMENT in new machinery at a Scunthorpe engineering company will create jobs and help to fulfil a growing order book.

S&E Engineering (Scunthorpe) Ltd has taken on two new recruits following the £200,000 purchases, assisted by the Regional Growth Fund.

Managing director Martin Sanderson established the business more than 25 years ago.

In that time, it has undergone major expansion and now employs 26 people at its base on South Park Industrial Estate.

The order book has improved dramatically over the past 18 months Jim Swan The latest investment in computer-controlled machinery was made possible by the RGF monies, said Mr Sanderson.

“It contributed £40,000 or 20 per cent of the total capital costs,” he said. “It’s enabled us to purchase a new lathe and a plasma cutting machine.

“Both allow us to increase our capacity and improve our flexibility. Without them, we would have had to have outsourced the work.

“They now allow us to keep it in house, improving

HELPING HAND: RGF money has enabled S&E Engineering to invest in state-of-the-art machinery. From left, general manager Jim Swan, senior foreman Phil Musgrave, RNS partner Robert Smith, managing director Martin Sanderson and senior sales representative Simon Sanderson. the service we provide to our clients.”

General manager Jim Swan said those clients were across a number of sectors, including petro-chemical, oil and food. Its largest client, however, is Tata Steel.

“The order book has improved dramatically over the past 18 months and this has given us more confidence to invest,” said

Mr Swan. Regular investments have been made in computer-controlled machinery over the past seven years, which have enabled the firm to improve efficiency and capacity.

“One operator can look after two machines, programming one while the other is working,” he added.

Mr Sanderson thanked

RNS Chartered Accountants partner Robert Smith for his assistance with the RGF grant, distributed by North Lincolnshire Council.

“He identified we were eligible and assisted us enormously with the portfolio we had to prepare.

“We are grateful for his support because the RGF monies enabled the additional growth and the

two new jobs,” he said.

Mr Smith said: “RGF is ideal for firms such as S&E. It provided that extra confidence and assurance that made the firm’s investment worthwhile.

“It is for capital equipment that will generate extra jobs. We have also identified significant savings on the taxation front that will help the firm further.”

Van checks covered by fleet support company A HUMBERSTON company specialising in support for transport operators nationwide has launched two new products.

GB Tachopak Ltd offers a range of stationery covering defect reporting and working time recording, to the latest digital tachograph downloading systems and analysis.

The most recent product is the Van Defect Report Book, which addresses a need to comply with VOSA’s latest guidance.

It focuses on the need to complete a comprehensive safety walk-round check when taking over a van and record and report any defects found.

Michael Bayliss, managing director of the Wilton Road business, said: “More than 250,000 new light goods vehicles are registered every year and all types of operators will be expected to comply.

“Heavy goods vehicles have followed this procedure for many years and GB Tachopak sells thousands of these books every year.”

The company, trading since 1980,

SAFE DRIVING: Staff at GB Tachopak Ltd with the van driver’s defect report books, which they are producing.

Pictured, from left, are Anne-Marie Archer, sales director, Janet Dixon, analysis team leader, Lesley Bayliss, commercial director, and Mike Bayliss, managing director. offers a nationwide service, helping fleet managers comply with the stringent operating licence requirements issued by regulators.

Online ordering via the www.tachopak.co.uk website has substantially increased as more of these vital products and services are added.

Another new item is a specially designed wallet for digital tachograph users, to help keep their cards and records tidy and available for inspection.

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Carving out a business based on a career in the logistics industry

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MPROVING skills in the supply chain is the focus of a new company brought forward by Kevin Robinson.

other providers in the market. If you look at who provides logistics education and training it tends to be colleges and universities. I have real world experience. I have worked in the industry for the past 25 years, working around the

Amaradia Ltd is his Grimsby-based education, training and consultancy business, building on the growing demand for logistics management provision in the Humber and beyond.

For the past five years he has worked at Grimsby Institute as head of logistics and supply chain, after a career that took him around the globe, working for DFDS Torline, Samskip, Humber Sea Terminal and Marr.

Now he is combining the recent academic experience with his industry background in his own venture.

Mr Robinson, who is based at E-Factor’s Business Hive in Grimsby’s Dudley Street, said: “I have taken the opportunity to set Kevin Robinson up on my own, to specialise in logistics and supply chain world, and deliberately taking jobs education and training. in other areas to increase my “I am trying to stand out from

I have worked in the industry for the past 25 years, working around the world, deliberately taking jobs in other areas to increase my knowledge

NAME SAKE: Kevin Robinson, who has launched new business Amaradia Ltd, holding the plaque that was presented to him. knowledge.”

The name Amaradia comes from a Romanian distant water factory fishing vessel he spent three months on at the outset of his career. The captain presented him with a driftwood carving to commemorate their time together.

A quarter of a century on, and it is a fitting return gesture as Mr Robinson looked to ensure the business wasn’t constrained by its title.

“We are not just offering a single service, so I thought long and hard,” he said.

Already an approved Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport centre, with Mr Robinson a fellow of the professional body, he is also a qualified Growth Accelerator coach, a programme rolled out by the Government with business,

which can be used to provide match-funded training if coaching identifies it as a requirement.

He also holds a course directorship at the IBC Academy, a joint venture with Lloyds List, and a team of associates he can call on with expertise in freight forwarding, temperature-controlled transport and port and shipping management.

“I certainly want to come at it from a quality perspective,” said Mr Robinson. “I am hoping to attract local interest but the business isn’t limited to the Humber region. A lot of the courses are of a distance learning nature, so can be delivered through a virtual learning environment across the UK and overseas, whether that is via tablet, laptop or mobile phone.”

Ink drying on DFDS deal to acquire Quayside Distribution THE company behind Grimsby’s knights of the road, Quayside Distribution, was this month bought out by DFDS Group in a multi-million-pound deal that has sown seeds for growth at the cold logistics specialist.

In a buy-out that came together inside three months, the Danish shipping and logistics giant acquired Identity Parade Holdings Ltd, which incorporated Quayside Distribution and Quayside International Ltd. Speaking following the announcement on the Danish stock exchange, managing director and major shareholder Mick Wilkinson, who will stay on board, said: “This strategic move by DFDS Logistics recognises the existing distribution network of Quayside as an important part of the UK temperature controlled logistics industry, and the acquisition greatly strengthens both the Quayside network and that of DFDS Logistics.”

Executives from both companies signed the deal on July 1, as reported in the Grimsby Telegraph.

Eddie Green, executive vice-president and head of DFDS Logistics, said: “I am very pleased that we have been able to consolidate our services into a much stronger network in the UK. This will help us develop and provide the services that are crucial for our customers’ opportunities in the future, in a more demanding market.”

The DFDS Group has acquired Quayside, which will boost the firms expansion in the long term.

Pictured after the signing are, from left, finance manager UK and Ireland, Graham Fitzgerald; Mick Wilkinson; Ole Faerge, general counsel DFDS; Eddie Green; Simon Pinchbeck, Quayside finance director and Steve Macaulay, DFDS vice-president for UK and Ireland.

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WO trainee tradesman have won top wards at the regional heats of national construction competition Skillbuild 2014.

Stephen Mason, 18, from Scunthorpe, was named best plasterer, with Louth’s Joshua Wilkinson taking the best senior painter and decorator accolade.

Stephen studies at Hull College, the heat venue, with Joshua on the roll at Grimsby Institute. Both beat off stiff competition from around the region, including Lincoln, Sheffield and York, to the land the wins.

In total around 100 young construction trainees battled it out in their chosen trade.

This regional heat is the final of 14 taking place across the UK, with the top ten competitors from across the 14 heats going through to the national final at the Skills Show at Bir mingham’s NEC in November.

SkillBuild has taken place for around 40 years, travelling around the country looking for the best in regional talent.

The competition is organised and supported by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), the Sector Skills Council and Industry Training Board for the construction industry.

Steve Housden, CITB sector strategy manager for the Yorkshire and Humberside region, said: “We

HEAT IS ON: SkillBuild competitors take part in the 2014 heats of the UK’s largest trade competition. were really excited to bring SkillBuild 2014 to Hull. There is some great construction talent in the region so we were looking forward to seeing what the young apprentices could do.

“SkillBuild is all about the way that people setting out on their construction career work. Most of the competitors are still learning so it’s not just about the finished article, it’s about the whole process

that they go through. The event at Hull College was a great success with a high level of entries. Well done to everyone who took part and congratulations to all of the winners.”

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Business community can enjoy leisure gem too IN CLEETHORPES stands a cinema and theatre that prides itself on being more of a community hub.

The Parkway, in Kings Road, based in the heart of the resort, is an entertainment establishment that screens all the latest releases but one that also possesses the power to choose their own programming without being tied into the mainstream prices of a national cinema chain.

If there is enough interest, from local people in a particular film then the cinema is willing to work with customers to give them the best possible experience.

It’s a superb venue from where independent flicks can have their first screenings; they are also engaging community organisations such as the local WI so that members can watch the region’s annual meeting broadcast live to the comfortable seats next year.

General manager Antony Maggs said: “We try to put the films on that our customers want to see.

“Our pricing structure is as simple as we can make it, we want to give people the best possible prices available – we aim to be the

MORE THAN FILM: Parkway Cinema, with Antony Maggs, inset top, and Chris Hunt, below. least expensive in the members, plus the London Coming soon to perform region.” and Manchester comedy are Gimme ABBA, a tribute TV funnyman Bobby circuit stand-ups also act who have been singing Davro has just played the appear on Sunday, from 8pm hits for more than 14 years, venue, which went down as part of a Comedy Store on Sunday, July 27. really well with audience evening.

And staying with the

tribute scene, Just Jessie, the UK’s number one Jessie J tribute act, performed by Karen Tomlinson, can be heard on Sunday, August 3.

Corporate events are also catered for, with Grimsby chartered accountancy firm Pelham recently hosting a screening of the England v Uruguay World Cup match, following on from film evenings that gave a twist to networking.

Partner Chris Hunt said: “We wanted to do something different. People can get fed up of networking events. Ours at the Parkway are focused on clients enjoying a night out among colleagues and friends.

“They’ve each been followed by a current film but we quickly realised the third night of the series coincided with England’s second Group D clash in Brazil.

“Instead of clashing with what was going to be a huge sporting occasion, we worked with the cinema to put on a special night for our clients and friends.

“As well as the full match live, there was a temporary bar next to the screen so nobody missed a kick.”

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SSOCIATED British Ports has appointed James Leeson into the new role of head of commercial, Humber.

It follows a number of significant developments, including the announcement that Siemens and ABP will be investing more than £300 million in wind turbine manufacturing facilities at the Port of Hull, the £100 million Humber-wide agreement with Drax Power Ltd and the opening of the £26 million Grimsby River Terminal.

An external appointment, Mr Leeson will work closely with customers to ensure their requirements are met, while generating new business for the four Humber ports of Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole.

He said: “Now that both north and south banks have been brought under one directorate I’m looking forward to exploring how we can respond more effectively to the needs of our customers and adding value to their businesses.

“I’m also planning on looking at ways we can exploit the synergies between the ports themselves in order to meet market demands.”

Mr Leeson, who hails from South Yorkshire, joins ABP from Inchcape Shipping Services, where he was global key account manager.

Prior to embarking on a career in the maritime industry, he was on Yorkshire Bank’s graduate trainee scheme and worked at one of the company’s Hull branches, before joining a similar scheme at Harrison Line, in Liverpool.

“I wanted to use the languages I’d studied at university, as well as expand my knowledge of international business, and moving to Harrison Line proved to be a great decision,” he recalled, having spent four years in Puerto Rico working on business development for the container shipping line.

After P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) took over the trading rights to Harrison Line, he moved to the PONL head offices in London as trade manager for Latin America, before P&O Nedlloyd was itself bought by Maersk. This meant another move, this time to Paris and then onto Madrid, where he looked after refrigeration business in Spain, Portugal,

NEW ROLE: Paul Lawrence has joined East Midlands Instrument Company.

Expansion brings development role

WELCOME ABOARD: James Leeson has taken the new role of head of commercial, Humber.

France and North Africa.

A final move to Tilbury Container Services (now London Container Terminal) saw his first involvement with ABP in its former role as shareholder in the company.

“My dealings with ABP during this time were always positive,” Mr Leeson said. “They were, and continue to be, a successful company with traditional values and big plans, and as I was keen to get back into a ports and terminals environment, when this post became available I didn’t hesitate, especially as it meant returning to the Humber.”

ABP director, Humber, John Fitzgerald, said: “James comes to ABP with a wealth of sector experience and I’m pleased to have him on board.

“This is an exciting time for ABP and for the region as a whole, and I’m confident James’ knowledge and enthusiasm will enable the commercial team here on the Humber to develop and grow in order to deliver more fantastic opportunities for ABP, its employees, customers and the communities in which we operate.”

Jens joins ABP board as national director FORMER DFDS boss Jens Skibsted Nielsen has joined ABP, the UK’s leading port operator, as commercial director.

He bringing with him more than 30 years of experience of Europe’s marine, transport and logistics industries to the national role.

He is tasked with working with colleagues on ABP’s board to help drive further growth of the business.

Mr Nielsen said: “I am proud to join ABP, which has such a strong reputation in the industry and a fantastic operational track record.

“I’m really looking forward to working with our customers to ensure we support and contribute to delivering their business objectives while meeting our own demanding aspirations.

“It is an exciting time in a fast-developing sector ripe with opportunity. My aim will be to make sure we seize those opportunities. We have a great team and a portfolio of 21 ports, which together boast 87km of

GOODBYE GIFT: Jens Nielsen receives a gift from Sean Potter when he left Immingham.

quay, 1,000 hectares of open storage and 1.4 million square metres of covered storage as well as 900 hectares of strategic development land.”

Prior to joining ABP, Mr Nielsen worked for Blue Water Shipping for 12 years, and then DFDS, where he was UK & Ireland managing director of DFDS Transport; managing director of DFDS Seaways; and, latterly, vice-president of Freight Sales Solutions.

Chief executive James Cooper said: “We are delighted to welcome Jens onboard. With plans to invest more than £800 million in the years ahead, ABP is already delivering significant growth in the business. Jens’ appointment reflects our determination to deliver even more by continuing to make sure we provide the highest possible standards of service for our customers.”

The DFDS Seaways tenure saw him based in Immingham, and he played a crucial role as a private business lead in lobbying and campaigning to successfully overthrow the controversial port rates, that threatened to ruin many shipping businesses, under the previous gover nment.

He also oversaw the joint investment in a new outer harbour roll-on roll-off terminal at Immingham, together with ABP. He left Nordic House in 2010, after seven years at the helm, and was succeeded by Sean Potter.

EAST Midlands Instrument Company has appointed Paul Lawrence to the new role of business development manager.

Founded in 1966, employing more than 180 people, it is an electrical, instrumentation and mechanical contractor for the power generation, power distribution, rail, process and major hazards industries across the UK, operating from Morton, north of Gainsborough.

Dan Bingham, engineering director for EMI, said: “The start of 2014 has demonstrated a successful year for the company, with increasing orders from new and existing clients.

“We are investing in the business and hope to continue that success by building on the company’s strengths.”

EMI offers on-site electrical and instrumentation installation, electrical and instrument workshop services as well as fabrication and mechanical services.

Mr Lawrence said: “I am looking forward to the challenge and working with the rest of the EMI team. EMI’s portfolio of clients and track record is well regarded, having worked on the majority of the UK’s power stations over a 40-year period.”

Mr Lawrence, 33, has more than ten years’ experience across industry, including various roles at Humber Chemical Focus, IChemE and Grimley Smith Associates.

Mr Bingham added: “EMI is growing and looking to fill a number of other positions throughout the company, including a commercial manager’s role based at Drax as well as an electrical contracts manager and project engineer’s role based at our head office.”

Senior opening at Young’s Seafood

NEW ROLE: Jens Nielsen.

A KEY site director role has emerged with Young’s Seafood in Grimsby, following a reorganisation of facilities in Scotland that will further the town’s credentials as a salmon hub for the UK. The Marsden Road plant on Port of Grimsby East has been named Centre of Excellence for Natural Salmon, as a cluster of factories north of the border are established under a similar banner for white fish processing.

They centre around Fraserburgh, including Kilron and Spey Valley, with a rebrand from Macrae to Young’s.

Following the reorganisation, Andy Stapley – managing director of the Fraserburgh cluster – is to leave the business, and is to be replaced by Darren Beecham, currently general manager at Marsden Road.

There are no other impacts on staff for Grimsby’s largest private employer.

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UGUST sees an exciting new arrival at the Humberside Motor Group. Staff at the highly-regarded car and commercial vehicles sales centre, based in Victoria Street, Grimsby, are looking forward to the arrival of the latest in Renault’s fleet.

Commercial sales manager Mark Scott is confident the All-New Renault Trafic will be extremely popular with those who want to combine more space and comfort with the latest in modern technology.

Already busy with existing customers, Mr Scott firmly believes that this addition to the commercial van sales side of the business will generate more activity for the business.

“This All-New Trafic will be available to see here in August, when customers will be able to get a real feel of what it is like – we anticipate that it will be very, very popular,” said Mr Scott.

Renault has gone all out to provide the answers to the needs of the modern commercial vehicle owner, who can chose from the panel van, the crew van or the passenger – the latter seating up to nine people.

For example there is a laptop station – with a fold down central seat incorporating a detachable A4 clipboard holder, which can be fixed in place to face the driver or passenger, whilst the backrest can be opened out to reveal laptop storage (up to 17in).

Meanwhile, the adjustable smartphone and tablet cradles accommodate most sizes and a USB socket enables charging while on the move.

There is also a huge 90L of storage, with 14 perfectly integrated storage compartments distributed around the cab, including a notable 54 litre container under the passenger bench seat.

Safety is always front of mind for any purchaser and Renault are well aware of this.

The new generation ESC guarantees added stability and detects the load level of the vehicle to reinforce efficiency. This is standard on all versions, and adds useful features, including:

De-rail plans THE GRIMSBY Telegraph is urging businesses on the South Humber bank to join its campaign against plans to stop the direct express service between Cleethorpes and Manchester.

The Government has said the service may be stopped as part of its look at the network when franchises are renewed.

It has put out an alternative proposal, which would see passengers having to change at either Doncaster or Sheffield.

So far 4,000 people have signed our in print and online petition, which will be presented to the Transport Minister before the consultation period ends on August 18.

The campaign has already received heavyweight support and has the backing of both Austin Mitchell MP and Martin Vickers MP. Sign the petition here and send it back or go to www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/keepontrack

● Grip Xtend: this gives enhanced VERSATILE: The All-New Renault Trafic. traction when driving in difficult conditions like sand, mud or snow. ● Hill Start Assist: this holds the vehicle for two seconds to give some time to get the vehicle moving.

In addition a wide view mirror is built into the passenger vanity mirror to get rid of blind spots and rear parking sensors and a camera add to the ease of reversing into spaces.

Front fog lights improve visibility in poor driving conditions and the Trafic is fitted with cruise control and a speed limiter.

Renault has also developed clever solutions to make the loading area more practical.

So North East Lincolnshire drivers, you will not have too long to wait for this arrival – the Humberside Motor Group will be happy to hear from you and ensure you get an appointment to view the Trafic, or any other models that you are interested in.

PRACTICAL: Renault has developed clever solutions to make the loading area more practical.

Contact the firm on 01472 348527.

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You may be aware that Cleethorpes and Grimsby could lose its direct express rail service to Meadowhall and Manchester Airport.

Under new Government proposals, which are currently out to consultation, the current service will cease. Instead there will be a reduced service with passengers having to change at either Doncaster or Sheffield.

The Grimsby Telegraph, supported by the business and tourism community and North East Lincolnshire Council, believes this is a further blow to the already poor investment in rail services in this area and will hamper further growth in many areas. Please sign this coupon if you agree. Or add your name to our online petition at www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/keepontrack All petitions, coupons and letters received by the Grimsby Telegraph and their supporters will be sent to Patrick McLoughlin, the Secretary of State for Transport and Stephen Hammond, Railways Minister.

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BREAKFAST TOAST: The successful BNI group gathering, pictured at Abbys, Grimsby. Picture courtesy of Chris Lynn Photography.

Success toasted at networking event

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XTRAORDINARY growth in membership has been toasted by two Grimsby-area BNI groups.

Regional executive director for the networking and business referral organisation, Niri Patel, came to the town to toast the 34 per cent increase.

Better Business Exchange, and Cleethorpes Business Connections, have swelled dramatically, with area director Jeremy bass welcoming Mr Patel to Abbys, where the Cleethorpes group is based.

The managing director of Laceby Village Motorcar Company, who has been an area director for nearly a

decade, received an award for an outstanding contribution as a speaker, together with a gong to recognise the growth.

It contributed towards the £2.8-million of business passed between 65 members – making it one of the top areas in the country.

Group director James Cody, who runs an eponymous signs business in Grimsby, joined in September 2012.

He said: “At 30 years old it has been a steep learning curve for me in business and this group have been instrumental in my success so far.

“I joined 22 months ago when my business was two months old and it has

been amazing for me. I have met and worked with many local businesses which has enabled me to take on two apprentices to work alongside me and grow my business.

“The quantity of business is unreal. I have seen about £35,000 in referrals, business I never would have known existed. What you give you get back in spades!”

A contact of a member, plumbing and heating engineer Ryan Scott, was also recognised, after the BNI organisation received a letter praising his work after he was recommended when a home-owner was let down.

When business and life matters Beetenson and Gibbon bridge the M180 and can help you build and grow both as a business and individually.

With established bases in Northern Lincolnshire and the Humberside areas two major industrial centres Grimsby and Scunthorpe, Beetenson and Gibbon are well placed to serve you and your business and provide comprehensive legal advice tailored to the specific needs of business in the region.

In addition to general commercial advice, property development and employment advice Beetenson and Gibbon are at the forefront of the development of business, employment and commercial resolution services through BG Resolution the firm offers an alternative to expensive legal proceedings and have within their ranks qualified mediators and arbitrators who can advise on a comprehensive route to the settlement of outstanding disputes not simply on litigious action before the Courts.

With strong community links Beetenson and Gibbon have also developed their personal and pastoral legal services and can assist you in meeting the requirements of your legal needs both as an individual and as families and can also assist in the provision of legal services on behalf of employers to their employees should you wish to create a Legal Assistance Employee Scheme.

For a discussion about any of the matters or to instruct Beetenson and Gibbon please contact us on 01472 240251. Referring matters to either Ben Barber or Mr William King or in their absence contact our Office Manager Jo Moorhouse with the details.

solicitors CONGRATULATIONS: Jeremy Bass, BNI area director, is presented with a certificate to recognise his speaking work by Niri Patel.

BNI Yorkshire executive director. Mr Bass, in turn. congratulates Ryan Scott, of Arkay Gas Plumbing and Heating.

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Prestigious personal project looms large for JemBuild

STATEMENT OF INTENT: JemBuild’s new head office. Work will start on the plot, off Wilton Road, Humberston, later this summer. Below, Paul Barker, right, and Mark Kitchener, on receipt of the ISO 9001 quality management accreditation, and another view of the development, which has been designed with fellow Grimsby firm ID Architecture.

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APIDLY expanding construction company JemBuild is all set to go on a very personal project.

A new headquarters is to be built close to the entrance to Wilton Road Industrial Estate in Humberston, in what will be a £400,000 investment by the award-winning firm.

The two-storey office development will accommodate the growing team, which has yet to complete three full years of trading.

In that period it has won the E-Factor Small Business Award at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards, achieved ISO 9001 quality management accreditation, as well as having works it has been involved with recognised by the Royal Institute of British Architects and regional building control officers.

It comes as the team embarks on the three-storey £3-million science academy teaching block at Healing School, on the outskirts of Grimsby, having succeeded in a tender against some established regional heavyweights.

Managing director Paul Barker

said: “We are building something really nice, that we actually want to show off. We can use it as a bench mark to show people exactly what we do, and enter it for awards when finished.

“It is by no means a shed, it has been architecturally designed.”

Situated just beyond the entrance to Wilton Road, work will begin in September, with completion scheduled for March 2015.

It will be a 350 sq m modern twostorey sustainable office facility with associated car parking and warehousing facilities. Mr Barker said: “These facilities will enable our company to expand over the coming years obviously creating further local jobs on top of the 17 local people we now employ.

“It is all going in the right direction, and we are keeping local people employed, which is pleasing as it has always been a bug bear when you see contractors from out of town coming in.

“We just picked up Healing School, which at £3-million is a fantastic job. We are in with some real big hitters, and we are also picking up work from Grimsby

Institute which is good, as there is a big spend programme.”

As previously reported, Mr Barker, together with commercial director Mark Kitchener, are former employees of Clark Construction. The North Killingholme business was one of the biggest casualties of the

recession, which hit the construction sector hard. JemBuild was brought forward in November 2011.

The Wilton Road development is being supported with an £80,000 Regional Growth Fund grant.

Current neighbour at Alexandra Dock Business Centre, ID

Architecture, has brought forward the design with JemBuild.

Earlier this year, judges in the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards heard how turnover had risen from £250,000 to an estimated £3.5-million for the third full year of operations.

Town hotel with a £500,000 price tag LOUTH bed and breakfast business, The Beaumont Hotel, has been placed on the market through specialist hotel agents Colliers International, with an asking price of £550,000.

Described as being “located in one of the UK’s favourite market towns”, The Beaumont Hotel, pictured, has 16 guest bedrooms and is complemented by “all

round’”hotel facilities, including a lounge bar and large car park.

The Victoria Road business also benefits from staff accommodation, in addition to a fully fitted restaurant for 50 diners and a function room with capacity for up to 70 diners.

Dining facilities aren’t currently being used and offer additional revenue potential for the hotel’s future owners, Peter Bean,

director of hotels at Colliers International said, with the opportunity to attract non-residents to the venue, close to Fairfield Industrial Estate and North Holme Road.

The hotel’s current private owners acquired the property in 2008 and have run the business under management. It is unbranded and Mr Bean said it maintains the feel of a privately owned hotel.

He added: “The Beaumont Hotel has plenty of good class letting bedrooms providing a highly profitable bed and breakfast trade and scope to do restaurant and function trade. Added to this, the hotel also provides its owners with a home in this delightful market town. All in all, The Beaumont Hotel presents a very attractive package for buyers.”

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Commercial Property

Workshop and office build is a ‘plumb’ job for family business

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OMPLETION of a move to larger, purpose-built premises is a clear sign of the long-term ambition held by Grimsby’s oldest plumbing and heating engineers.

with the company relocating from the original base in Ladysmith Road, previously home to a coal merchant and his horse-drawn cart.

Simon Dixon, who is also company secretary, said: “It is a move made to allow us to T Dixon and Son Ltd dates grow, and a good investment in back to 1933, when Thomas the business. We couldn’t Dixon, grandfather of current really use Ladysmith Road for directors Tim, Simon and what we do. Now we have Richard, first started out. something more secure, out of town, that is easily accessible The business then passed to with offices that allow us to their father Roy, who still works in the office, with Tim’s work far better. For us all to be in one place is super, and we son Robert also onboard, as a now hope to build on that.” fourth generation. Their mother Jean and Simon’s wife The core work of the business Sarah are also involved. focuses on commercial and The new 400 sq m complex off domestic plumbing and Main Road, Brigsley, was built heating. The portfolio includes fish processing facilities on the through 2012 and 2013, docks, Grimsby Fish Market bringing together a collection and new systems installed at of offices previously at the Europarc. directors’ homes. It has also seen a large workshop created, The new base, has been

self-built through 2012 and 2013, with sub-contractors brought in.

Mr Dixon is also a director of house-building consortium Land Developers (Lincs) Ltd, which unites several construction trades in the area, bringing in new build work to the business.

Of T Dixon, Mr Dixon said: “It is very much a family firm.

Out of the nine staff on the books, seven are family.

Another employee has been with us 10 years and then we have an apprentice, too.

“We are very proud of the history, and the fact it is a family business, family-owned and family-run. To keep this going we needed to bring everything together, so we can progress and build on it.”

PAST AND PRESENT: T Dixon and Son Plumbers Ltd has moved to new premises at Brigsley.

Directors are, from left, Simon Dixon, Richard Dixon and Tim Dixon. Left, founder Thomas Dixon with completed works in the early stages of the business.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY EXPERTISE ACROSS THE HUMBER REGION

THE TEAM: From left, Simon Dixon, director, Roy Dixon, former director, Richard Dixon, director, Robert Dixon, Tim Dixon, director, Craig Brockbank, engineer, and Jacob Denton, apprentice.

Construction firm accredited Mr Rodden said: “We’re delighted to be part of the Be Fair Framework. We’re committed to promoting fairness and inclusion in the workplace so that our employees and others working in construction feel welcome and respected.”

The Be Fair Framework is being developed by the industry, for the industry, to create more inclusive working environments which support individuals and companies across construction and the built environment sector.

The framework aims to address negative cultures and practices to create a fair, inclusive and respectful industry for everyone.

Kate Lloyd, fairness inclusion and respect manager at CITB, said: “Support from organisations like Rodden and Cooper Ltd is what we need to help address the industry’s lingering image problem, change negative cultures and improve its diversity credentials. Construction still has an image problem and is

traditionally seen as a ‘job for the boys’.

“Women have made up only 12 per cent of the industry for the last decade and with confidence in construction growing, we need 182,000 qualified construction workers in the next five years to meet the skills demand. We also need to ensure the working environment across the industry is supportive so these workers stay in the construction industry, so we can benefit from their knowledge, experiences and skills.

“That’s why we need to attract and retain the best and brightest talent to our industry regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation and background.

“CITB is taking action by introducing the Be Fair framework to help create more inclusive working environments, both in offices and on sites, to ensure that all workers are treated fairly and with respect.”

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Rodden and Cooper Ltd, from Louth, has been awarded the new Be Fair accreditation by the Construction Industry Training Board following a pilot scheme.

The company was formed in 1991 by qualified joiners Steve Rodden and Andy Cooper.

They share the same drive for quality and development of their own skills, a trait that follows through to their employees.

Rodden and Cooper has grown steadily over the years and now employs 16 regular staff, including bricklayers, joiners and ground workers.

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40th anniversary move completed E NGINEERING giant Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez’s move to Grimsby’s Europarc marks the 40th anniversary of the business.

place to do business and we are committed to the area. “The region is ideal for serving the oil, gas, power and allied industries as well as the growing renewables sector.”

The company has taken As reported last month, Origin Three, one of five the multi-discipline office buildings located in organisation has brought together its corporate and the centre of the flagship business park. engineering operations Head of asset under one roof, from Brigg management at and Immingham, to Europarc-owner further enhance its Wykeland, Grant service to clients, which Edmondson, said: “Cofely include some of the Fabricom is a fantastic biggest names in the addition to the Europarc energy industry. family. It has a Nigel Carlton, Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez’s UK long-standing commitment chief executive, said: “Our to North East Lincolnshire and is a major local headquarters needed to reflect the organisation as employer as well as being a leading name in its we are today and allow for field.” further growth, creating Work recently started on new jobs in the region. the next phase of “We have a programme Europarc. Infrastructure to recruit people who have work is opening up the 6.5 the right technical skills acres adjacent to the main and experience to meet approach road into the site our growing business to make way for the needs.

Europarc Village, where “All our staff are pleased planning permission for a with the new offices which hotel, restaurants, a public provide state-of-the-art house, nursery, gym and facilities and services. other commercial and “North East retail units has already Lincolnshire is a good been granted.

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* High Specification office accommodation * Approx 690 sqft/64 sqm * Air conditiioning/central heating, Double glazing, category 2 lighting * Designated parking, New Lease available EPC Rating C

* Approx 946 ft²/88 sqm * High eaves approx 4.25/14ft * New leases available * Reduced rental in year 1

* Former shop, store and yard, approx. 33.91 sqm/365 sqft plus enclosed yard * Potential investment opportunity * Former fishing tackle and bait business premises * Reversionary ground rent interest in 2 adjoining flats, EPC rating F

GRIMSBY

LOUTH

102-104, Victoria Street

Units 9 & 10, Nottingham Court 194/196 Victoria Road

TO LET

TO LET

RENT £5,500 p.a.x.

TO LET

RENT £3,750 p.a.x. Offers Around £22,000 as freehold

GRIMSBY

TO LET

* Spacious 1st floor office suite, Approx 182 Phase 2: 2 X 2,000 sqft/ 186sqm units sqm/1958 sqft (net NUFA), town centre location * High eaves, Available on new lease terms, by * 6 MONTHS RENT FREE negotiation * EPC Rating E * Incentives by negotiation

RENT £7,000

FOR SALE

RENT £8500 p.a.x.

TO LET

* 2 storey offices * General office, reception, 5 private offices * Off street parking available * New lease * EPC Rating F

RENT £8500 p.a.

LINCOLNSHIRE’S LEADING ESTATE AGENCY GROUP

MOVING IN: Senior members of the Cofely Fabricom Suez UK team mark the arrival at Grimsby’s Europarc, creating a single corporate base for the business. Pictured are, from left, Richard Webster, chief financial officer; Yvonne Day, HR director; Clive Rounce, senior operations manager and Martyn Whiteley, operations director, both of Cofely Fabricom Engineering Solutions; Mark Wingate, director of EPC & EPC(M) delivery; Neill Shipley, procurement manager and Nigel Carlton, chief executive.

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01522 518298 DUNSTON DUNSTON FEN • Countryside Pub • 5 Bed Living Accommodation • 1 Bed Flat • 2 Bed Flat • 26 Fishing Pegs • Mooring On The River • New Windows Upstairs • Epc Rating D

GREETWELL KIRTON ROAD • Owner Occupier Opportunity Or Investment • 5 Apartments • Could Be Converted Back Into Large Bungalow • Epc Rating D - Pine Lodge • Epc Rating E - Front Lodge • Epc Rating E - Lodge End • Epc Rating D - The Den • Epc Rating E - Pine Cottage

GRIMSBY SOUTH HUMBERSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE • Industrial Investment • 1079 Sq M (11607 Sq Ft) • Food Processing Unit • Established Industrial Estate • 10 Year Lease From Jan 2006 • Copies Available • Passing Rent £75,000 Pax • Epc Rating C

GAINSBOROUGH CHURCH STREET • Retail Unit • Ground Floor Retail Space With Additional 2 Floors • Prominent Location • Town Centre • 191.02 Sq M (2,056 Sq Ft) • Freehold £150,000 • Rent £10,000 Pax • Epc Rating E

BRIGG EUROPA WAY • Photo Of Example Building Only • Brand New Business Park • Europa Way • Ancholme Business Park • Development Of Newly Built Industrial Units • New Court Yard Terrace, Fully Fenced • Units From 139 Sq M To 464 Sq M • Negotiable Lease Terms • Rents From £8,250 Pax • Epc Not Required

£349,950 Freehold

£350,000 Freehold

£650,000 Freehold

£10,000 To Let pax

£8,250 To Let pax

LINCOLN LOWFIELDS SHOPPING CENTRE, BRANT ROAD • Barber Shop Business For Sale • Established 12 Years • Prominent Location On Shopping Centre • Car Parking Available • Passing Rent £6,250 • Epc Rating C

GRIMSBY INDUSTRIAL ROAD 7 • 1.4 Acres Land • Freehold • Price - £150,000 Per Acre • Epc Not Required

GAINSBOROUGH CARLISLE MEWS • Investment Opportunity • Or Owner Occupier • 1 X 2 Bed House - £80,000 • 4 X 2 Bed Flats - £70,000 • 1 X Penthouse - £85,000 • Rental Income Available • Epc Ratings C And D

£25,000 Leasehold

£150,000 per Acre Freehold

Prices From £70,000 Freehold

£75,000 Freehold

LOUTH MERCER ROW • Two-Storey Offices • Basement Storage • Fully Refurbished • Ideal Investment • Great Town Centre Location • 66.77 Sq M (718.70 Sq Ft) • Epc Rating E

HEMSWELL CLIFF GIBSON ROAD • Ground And First Floor Office Suites Available • Ground Floor East Suite 1,480 Sq Ft • Ground Floor North Suite 2 - 484 Sq Ft • First Floor Office 1 - 618 Sq Ft • Store Room 4 - 187 Sq Ft • Epc Rating F

Rents from £1,584 To Let pax

FISKERTON HIGH STREET • Public House & Accommodation Above • Attractive Village Location • 2 Ground Floor Bars • Large Dining Room • Good Sized Plot • Room For Expansion • Epc Rating C

GRIMSBY CROMWELL AVENUE • Detached Single Shop Unit • Has Been Used As A Fishing Tackle Shop For The Last 40 Years • Suitable For A Variety Of Uses • 77.7sqm (836.36 Sq Ft) • Epc Rating D

GRIMSBY ESTATE ROAD NO 1 • Established Commercial / Industrial Location • Ground Floor Offices • 150 Sq M / 1,600 Sq Ft Nia • 6no Parking Spaces • Negotiable Lease Terms • Epc Rating E

SCAWBY BROOK, BRIGG SILVERSIDES LANE • Development Land With Full Planning Consent For Up To 44 Plots • Land Partially Developed With Road Up To Base Course • 3.9 Acres (1.6 Ha) • No Requirement For Social Housing • Epc Not Required

LOUTH CASTLE WAY • Industrial Unit • Fairfield Industrial Estate • Part Of Larger Site • 633.83 Sq M (6,821 Sq Ft) • To Let £23,000 Pax • Epc Rating C

With Offices at

| Lincoln | North Hykeham | Sleaford | Boston | Spalding | Grantham | Grimsby |

£349,950 Freehold

£30,000 Freehold

£10,000 To Let pax

£1,800,000 Freehold

£23,000 To Let pax

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Commercial Property

Major contracts landed

by Britcon

Serving the Region’s Business & Commerce Town Centre Period Office Building Providing Great Development/ Investment Excellent Redevelopment Opportunities REDUCED K FOR QUIC Opportunity E SAL

NEW TOT MARKE

Grimsby - Hainton Square £50,000

£1.85m CONTRACT: An extension is to be added to the ReFood food waste anaerobic digestion plant at Doncaster.

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CUNTHORPE-based building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has secured a £1.85 million contract to extend an anaerobic digestion plant in South Yorkshire for food waste recycler ReFood.

works and co-ordination of process plant installations all to ReFood’s high and exacting standards.

John Whitmore, commercial director at Britcon, said: “Through our work with ReFood we have developed an intense process of value engineering which ensures best value throughout all The new extension will elements and stages of the double the size of the plant in project.

Doncaster making it the “It requires a complex largest food waste anaerobic arrangement of a highly digestion plant in the UK to experience team throughout date. The facility, which already employs 35 people, will procurement, delivery and post create a further 30 new jobs management. We have built a across admin, operations and strong and trusting maintenance. relationship with ReFood across the UK and are In December 2013, ReFood delighted to be considered a secured planning consent to valued partner as it seeks to accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste that would otherwise go expand existing operations.” to landfill. The plant will Work has started on site and generate electricity through the contract is expected to be combined heat and power completed for handover in just (CHP) and will have a total six months. capacity of up to 5MWh, which will be fed into the national grid. A nutrient rich liquid fertiliser will also be produced by the anaerobic digestion (AD) process and will be used by farmers in the local area to grow new crops.

Britcon secured the principal contractor role following successful completion of the initial £6 million build programme for the ReFood AD plant in 2011. It also played a Paul Morris lead role in delivering ReFood’s second £20 million AD plant in Widnes in 2013, In recent years Britcon has which is due for completion set out a deliberate strategy to this month. focus its core business on key growth areas, including energy Britcon is undertaking earthworks, piling operations, and renewables. It has successfully created a niche ground works, and operation able to deliver very construction of specialised structures, including high rise specialist design and construction solutions for reinforced concrete digester waste recycling. tanks as well as a number of process structures to support Paul Morris, operations and enhance the existing director at ReFood, said: “We operational plant. It will also selected Britcon as principal deliver external and finishing contractor for our first UK

Britcon is now a valued partner working with us across a number of UK projects

For Professional Services, Properties, & News - www.scotts-property.co.uk Offices in Hull & Grimsby

plant in 2011 and the partnership has proved extremely successful. The Britcon team is very skilled in providing the resources needed for anaerobic digestion construction and has been able to deliver a complete project solution from managing complex earthworks through to building highly specialist structures compliant with our sustainability agenda. Britcon is now a valued partner working with us across a number of UK projects.”

Britcon won a Best Sutainable Project award at the 2012 South Yorkshire and Humber Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards, held at Forest Pines Hotel, Broughton.

Further afield and a £3.1 million contract to deliver purpose-designed workshop and offices for marine operator LDD Ltd has been secured by the team in Midland Road.

Work is underway on the facility at Tolvaddon Business Park, on the outskirts of Camborne, Cornwall, for Balanus Assets Ltd. It will be occupied by LDD, a high-value company specialising in marine and subsea foundations, project management and engineering.

As principal contractor, Britcon will manage the entire design and build for the project that is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and designed to achieve Breeam

IMPRESSION: The 20,000sq ft manufacturing workshop and offices for LDD Ltd, that Britcon has won the £3.1 million contract to deliver for Balanus Assets Ltd.

Grimsby - Dudley Street

“Excellent” standard. The brief includes delivery of a new 20,000sq ft manufacturing workshop and offices of steel frame and cladded structure with two gantry cranes installed within. Britcon will also deliver a new car park, storage yard, and standalone maintenance facility as well as a new site entrance, landscaping, draining and services for the benefit of the entire business park.

Shaun Hunt, pictured, managing director, said: “This

represents a significant contract for Britcon in the South West where we are becoming increasingly active with design and build projects.

“The competitive tender process was challenging due to strict cost control, but we were able to draw upon our experience in delivering Treleigh Industrial Estate in Redruth to combine regional knowledge with the strict criteria to achieve a Breeam Excellent rating within a budget that is necessary for

ERDF funding.” Anticipated to complete by the end of February 2015, LDD will relocate from existing headquarters at Longdowns where it has been based since 2007. The new facility is three times larger than its current operation, supporting plans for future expansion and employment in the region.

Close to the A30, between Newquay and St Ives, Tolvaddon Business Park is a new development located on a 14-hectare site.

COMMERCIAL At the centre of North Lincolnshire’s Commercial and Industrial markets TO LET MODERN OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SUITE 4 WOODFIELD HOUSE, BERKELEY CENTRE ●

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Superbly located modern offices close to the M180 motorway.

A short distance from the Gallagher retail park and new M&S developement.

Accommodation available approx.

127 sqm (1366 sq ft) over 4 offices.

Decorated throughout plus new carpets.

Dedicated parking spaces.

New lease on negotiable terms.

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MONTHLY CHARGE £350

FOR SALE/TO LET RESTAURANT/TEA ROOM/RETAIL 109 MARY STREET , SCUNTHORPE

TO LET ACCOMMODATION WITHIN GRANGE FARM DRIVING RANGE, MESSINGHAM

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Central position on main bus route.

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Accommodation over two floors 2015 sq ft (195.96 sqm).

TO LET RETAIL/HAIRDRESSING SALON 2A BURN ROAD SCUNTHORPE,

Visible from the arterial Scotter Road.

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Prominent 3-Storey Office Building/ Re-Development Opportunity REDUCE FOR QUICD K SALE

Grimsby - Hainton Avenue £6,500 p.a.

Set within a busy mixed use parade and locate d close to both the junctions of Frederick Ellis Way and Freeman Street as well as the Town Centre. The premises incorporate ground floor accommodation including: Sales Area/ Office, a further office to the rear as well as a kitchen/staff facility. The property would lend itself to various uses, subject to the appropriate planning conse nt.

Cleethorpes - St Peter’s Avenue £195,000

A prominent three storey building of 1,565 sq ft comprising highly-visible ground, first and second floor office accommodation - most recently utilised for the purposes of an accountants practice, but which would provide either an excellent redevelopment opportunity or would be suited for other uses, subject to the appropriate consents. Located on St Peters Avenue, part of the main shopping centre in the heart of Cleethorpes. Decorated to a high standard, the accommodation also is provided with decorative wrought iron security grilles to all ground floor windows. A car parking facility is provided to the rear of the property.

Town Centre Development, Opportunity to Provide 12 Residential Units

Retail Unit close to Asda Superstore

Grimsby - Freeman Street £3,400 p.a.

Three rooms available can be let individually.

Monthly occupancy terms with services and rates included in the rent.

Unit 1 £352 pcm - Unit 2 £227 pcm - Unit 3 £387 pcm

Prominent visual location to High Street.

National, regional and local traders in close proximity.

Main retail area 105.97 sqm (1140 sq ft).

Secondary retail 15.75 sqm (169 sq ft) plus ancillary and rear loading.

Fixtures and fittings (fashion related) included if required.

Very attractive leasing package available.

RENT £8,495 PER ANNUM

Contact Contact John John Knight Knight Tel: 01724 870520 Tel: 01724 870520 32 Oswald Road, Scunthorpe

Prominent Retail Premises located within Busy Parade

Unique leisure setting.

TO LET RETAIL UNIT GROUND FLOOR 166 HIGH STREET, SCUNTHORPE

Adjacent to Spar and Post Office.

Located on the busy town centre thoroughfare of Dudley Street, Grimsby, well recognised as an attractive office business location for a variety of users, having high volumes of traffic throughout the day, within close proximity to the town centre, Docks and motorway network. Comprising a former semi-detached residential dwelling converted over a number of years to provide quality office accommodation although would make an excellent development opportunity for various conversions, subject to the appropriate planning consent; car parking facility for approximately 8-10 vehicles.

Substantial investment/development opportunity at the busy junction of Freeman Street and Hainton Square, which has recently undergone regeneration.

Comprising three ground floor former retail units with purpose-built bar/ social club incorporated to the upper floors, snooker room and separate garage to the rear of the property. Offering 3,261 sq ft (301 sq m), THE PROPERTY WOULD IDEALLY SUIT RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION TO THE UPPER FLOORS SUBJECT TO THE NECESSARY PLANNING CONSENTS. DRASTICALLY REDUCED FOR A QUICK SALE.

" Multi use accommodation suitable for health & beauty, physiotherapist or consulting rooms etc.

FLEXIBLE TERMS

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Office 6 is siituated in the Park Square development.

Close to the Town Centre, Railway Station and Law Courts.

In house monthly rolling tenancy, Gas & electricity etc included within the rent.

Suitable for 1/2 person office.

Quick occupancy available Car parking is within the secured grounds.

Further space available if required.

£105,000

All All aspects aspects of of commercial property commercial property dealt with

Grimsby - Wellowgate

£495,000

Located within close proximity of Freshney Place, Grimsby Railway Station and other local amenities, on the west side of Wellowgate , opposite the junction with Duchess Street. Occupying a prominent position within a mixed use location.

Currently comprising a substantial detached workshop premises with additional offices/workshops, etc. Full planning consent has been granted for the demolition of the buildings on the existing site and the redevelopment of 12 dwellings varying from town houses to apartments. Details of the Planning Application are available upon request. For Sale with offers leading up to £495,000.

Located on Freeman Street within a busy shopping parade with nearby occupiers including Asda Superstore, Boyes, Pronuptia Wedding Wear and various local traders. The premises comprise mid-terrace ground floor retail accommodation of 410 sqft (38 sq m) benefitting from a large display window, fully fitted shutter frontage, showroom, sales area and WC facilities. Available To Let on attractive terms at £3,400 per annum (£65 per week).

CHARTERED SURVEYORS • PROPERTY CONSULTANTS • ASSET MANAGERS GRIMSBY 01472 353436 SCUNTHORPE 01724 856037 www.lovelle-commercial.co.uk Other branches in Brigg, Barton-Upon-Humber, Hessle, Humberston, Market Rasen and Gainsborough

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Commercial Property

27

Commercial Property

Major contracts landed

by Britcon

Serving the Region’s Business & Commerce Town Centre Period Office Building Providing Great Development/ Investment Excellent Redevelopment Opportunities REDUCED K FOR QUIC Opportunity E SAL

NEW TOT MARKE

Grimsby - Hainton Square £50,000

£1.85m CONTRACT: An extension is to be added to the ReFood food waste anaerobic digestion plant at Doncaster.

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CUNTHORPE-based building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has secured a £1.85 million contract to extend an anaerobic digestion plant in South Yorkshire for food waste recycler ReFood.

works and co-ordination of process plant installations all to ReFood’s high and exacting standards.

John Whitmore, commercial director at Britcon, said: “Through our work with ReFood we have developed an intense process of value engineering which ensures best value throughout all The new extension will elements and stages of the double the size of the plant in project.

Doncaster making it the “It requires a complex largest food waste anaerobic arrangement of a highly digestion plant in the UK to experience team throughout date. The facility, which already employs 35 people, will procurement, delivery and post create a further 30 new jobs management. We have built a across admin, operations and strong and trusting maintenance. relationship with ReFood across the UK and are In December 2013, ReFood delighted to be considered a secured planning consent to valued partner as it seeks to accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste that would otherwise go expand existing operations.” to landfill. The plant will Work has started on site and generate electricity through the contract is expected to be combined heat and power completed for handover in just (CHP) and will have a total six months. capacity of up to 5MWh, which will be fed into the national grid. A nutrient rich liquid fertiliser will also be produced by the anaerobic digestion (AD) process and will be used by farmers in the local area to grow new crops.

Britcon secured the principal contractor role following successful completion of the initial £6 million build programme for the ReFood AD plant in 2011. It also played a Paul Morris lead role in delivering ReFood’s second £20 million AD plant in Widnes in 2013, In recent years Britcon has which is due for completion set out a deliberate strategy to this month. focus its core business on key growth areas, including energy Britcon is undertaking earthworks, piling operations, and renewables. It has successfully created a niche ground works, and operation able to deliver very construction of specialised structures, including high rise specialist design and construction solutions for reinforced concrete digester waste recycling. tanks as well as a number of process structures to support Paul Morris, operations and enhance the existing director at ReFood, said: “We operational plant. It will also selected Britcon as principal deliver external and finishing contractor for our first UK

Britcon is now a valued partner working with us across a number of UK projects

For Professional Services, Properties, & News - www.scotts-property.co.uk Offices in Hull & Grimsby

plant in 2011 and the partnership has proved extremely successful. The Britcon team is very skilled in providing the resources needed for anaerobic digestion construction and has been able to deliver a complete project solution from managing complex earthworks through to building highly specialist structures compliant with our sustainability agenda. Britcon is now a valued partner working with us across a number of UK projects.”

Britcon won a Best Sutainable Project award at the 2012 South Yorkshire and Humber Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Awards, held at Forest Pines Hotel, Broughton.

Further afield and a £3.1 million contract to deliver purpose-designed workshop and offices for marine operator LDD Ltd has been secured by the team in Midland Road.

Work is underway on the facility at Tolvaddon Business Park, on the outskirts of Camborne, Cornwall, for Balanus Assets Ltd. It will be occupied by LDD, a high-value company specialising in marine and subsea foundations, project management and engineering.

As principal contractor, Britcon will manage the entire design and build for the project that is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and designed to achieve Breeam

IMPRESSION: The 20,000sq ft manufacturing workshop and offices for LDD Ltd, that Britcon has won the £3.1 million contract to deliver for Balanus Assets Ltd.

Grimsby - Dudley Street

“Excellent” standard. The brief includes delivery of a new 20,000sq ft manufacturing workshop and offices of steel frame and cladded structure with two gantry cranes installed within. Britcon will also deliver a new car park, storage yard, and standalone maintenance facility as well as a new site entrance, landscaping, draining and services for the benefit of the entire business park.

Shaun Hunt, pictured, managing director, said: “This

represents a significant contract for Britcon in the South West where we are becoming increasingly active with design and build projects.

“The competitive tender process was challenging due to strict cost control, but we were able to draw upon our experience in delivering Treleigh Industrial Estate in Redruth to combine regional knowledge with the strict criteria to achieve a Breeam Excellent rating within a budget that is necessary for

ERDF funding.” Anticipated to complete by the end of February 2015, LDD will relocate from existing headquarters at Longdowns where it has been based since 2007. The new facility is three times larger than its current operation, supporting plans for future expansion and employment in the region.

Close to the A30, between Newquay and St Ives, Tolvaddon Business Park is a new development located on a 14-hectare site.

COMMERCIAL At the centre of North Lincolnshire’s Commercial and Industrial markets TO LET MODERN OFFICE ACCOMMODATION SUITE 4 WOODFIELD HOUSE, BERKELEY CENTRE ●

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Superbly located modern offices close to the M180 motorway.

A short distance from the Gallagher retail park and new M&S developement.

Accommodation available approx.

127 sqm (1366 sq ft) over 4 offices.

Decorated throughout plus new carpets.

Dedicated parking spaces.

New lease on negotiable terms.

TO LET SMALL STARTER OFFICE PARK SQUARE , LANEHAM STREET ●

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FOR SALE/TO LET RESTAURANT/TEA ROOM/RETAIL 109 MARY STREET , SCUNTHORPE

TO LET ACCOMMODATION WITHIN GRANGE FARM DRIVING RANGE, MESSINGHAM

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TO LET RETAIL/HAIRDRESSING SALON 2A BURN ROAD SCUNTHORPE,

Visible from the arterial Scotter Road.

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Suit wealth of other traders.

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Prominent 3-Storey Office Building/ Re-Development Opportunity REDUCE FOR QUICD K SALE

Grimsby - Hainton Avenue £6,500 p.a.

Set within a busy mixed use parade and locate d close to both the junctions of Frederick Ellis Way and Freeman Street as well as the Town Centre. The premises incorporate ground floor accommodation including: Sales Area/ Office, a further office to the rear as well as a kitchen/staff facility. The property would lend itself to various uses, subject to the appropriate planning conse nt.

Cleethorpes - St Peter’s Avenue £195,000

A prominent three storey building of 1,565 sq ft comprising highly-visible ground, first and second floor office accommodation - most recently utilised for the purposes of an accountants practice, but which would provide either an excellent redevelopment opportunity or would be suited for other uses, subject to the appropriate consents. Located on St Peters Avenue, part of the main shopping centre in the heart of Cleethorpes. Decorated to a high standard, the accommodation also is provided with decorative wrought iron security grilles to all ground floor windows. A car parking facility is provided to the rear of the property.

Town Centre Development, Opportunity to Provide 12 Residential Units

Retail Unit close to Asda Superstore

Grimsby - Freeman Street £3,400 p.a.

Three rooms available can be let individually.

Monthly occupancy terms with services and rates included in the rent.

Unit 1 £352 pcm - Unit 2 £227 pcm - Unit 3 £387 pcm

Prominent visual location to High Street.

National, regional and local traders in close proximity.

Main retail area 105.97 sqm (1140 sq ft).

Secondary retail 15.75 sqm (169 sq ft) plus ancillary and rear loading.

Fixtures and fittings (fashion related) included if required.

Very attractive leasing package available.

RENT £8,495 PER ANNUM

Contact Contact John John Knight Knight Tel: 01724 870520 Tel: 01724 870520 32 Oswald Road, Scunthorpe

Prominent Retail Premises located within Busy Parade

Unique leisure setting.

TO LET RETAIL UNIT GROUND FLOOR 166 HIGH STREET, SCUNTHORPE

Adjacent to Spar and Post Office.

Located on the busy town centre thoroughfare of Dudley Street, Grimsby, well recognised as an attractive office business location for a variety of users, having high volumes of traffic throughout the day, within close proximity to the town centre, Docks and motorway network. Comprising a former semi-detached residential dwelling converted over a number of years to provide quality office accommodation although would make an excellent development opportunity for various conversions, subject to the appropriate planning consent; car parking facility for approximately 8-10 vehicles.

Substantial investment/development opportunity at the busy junction of Freeman Street and Hainton Square, which has recently undergone regeneration.

Comprising three ground floor former retail units with purpose-built bar/ social club incorporated to the upper floors, snooker room and separate garage to the rear of the property. Offering 3,261 sq ft (301 sq m), THE PROPERTY WOULD IDEALLY SUIT RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION TO THE UPPER FLOORS SUBJECT TO THE NECESSARY PLANNING CONSENTS. DRASTICALLY REDUCED FOR A QUICK SALE.

" Multi use accommodation suitable for health & beauty, physiotherapist or consulting rooms etc.

FLEXIBLE TERMS

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www.scotts-property.co.uk

Office 6 is siituated in the Park Square development.

Close to the Town Centre, Railway Station and Law Courts.

In house monthly rolling tenancy, Gas & electricity etc included within the rent.

Suitable for 1/2 person office.

Quick occupancy available Car parking is within the secured grounds.

Further space available if required.

£105,000

All All aspects aspects of of commercial property commercial property dealt with

Grimsby - Wellowgate

£495,000

Located within close proximity of Freshney Place, Grimsby Railway Station and other local amenities, on the west side of Wellowgate , opposite the junction with Duchess Street. Occupying a prominent position within a mixed use location.

Currently comprising a substantial detached workshop premises with additional offices/workshops, etc. Full planning consent has been granted for the demolition of the buildings on the existing site and the redevelopment of 12 dwellings varying from town houses to apartments. Details of the Planning Application are available upon request. For Sale with offers leading up to £495,000.

Located on Freeman Street within a busy shopping parade with nearby occupiers including Asda Superstore, Boyes, Pronuptia Wedding Wear and various local traders. The premises comprise mid-terrace ground floor retail accommodation of 410 sqft (38 sq m) benefitting from a large display window, fully fitted shutter frontage, showroom, sales area and WC facilities. Available To Let on attractive terms at £3,400 per annum (£65 per week).

CHARTERED SURVEYORS • PROPERTY CONSULTANTS • ASSET MANAGERS GRIMSBY 01472 353436 SCUNTHORPE 01724 856037 www.lovelle-commercial.co.uk Other branches in Brigg, Barton-Upon-Humber, Hessle, Humberston, Market Rasen and Gainsborough

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News

BY DAVE LAISTER

This colourful craze has far more merit than any b-looming danger

COMMENDED: Stephen White, centre, and Richard Bradley, left, receive the accolade from Hiten Sonpal at the event in Lincoln.

‘Foresight, vision and determination’ G

RIMSBY’S Enrolled Freemen have been recognised as leaders in renewable energy.

The hereditary organisation has been rewarded for major strides taken at Freeman Street Market, with a highly commended in the Lincolnshire Energy Champion Awards held this past month.

the organisation’s overall strategy which has breathed new life into the Freeman Street Market, which was core to regenerating one of the most deprived areas of the country as a location for enterprise. This is a huge success story which has incorporated a new build Skills Centre which is heated by air to water heat pumps incorporating low-energy lighting and a pilot rainwater harvesting system As reported, a business and digital and roof fixed PV solar panels. Within hub has been established in part of the the market area all market stalls have market, previously unused, with the been rebuilt with low-energy lighting green agenda at the forefront of the and a recycling system for market building and fit-out works. waste and packaging is in place.

Appropriately, this week, it was “The project was an ambitious plan holding a special workshop on offshore which has come to fruition due to the wind supply chain opportunities. foresight, vision and determination of The award was presented by the the Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby who sponsor Hiten Sonpal of NatWest to quite rightly in the opinion of the Stephen White, chairman of the judges deserve to be highly commended Enrolled Freemen, and Richard for this award.”

Bellamy, director of the Pastures Around 50 per cent of daytime Development Company. electricity requirements are being The citation read: “The judges wanted produced by the current 96kwp solar to highly commend the Enrolled system, with a further 91kwp due to be Freemen of Grimsby for their added to complete the installation outstanding contribution to energy and along with smart metering, energy environmental sustainability as part of storage and controls.

Delighted with the recognition, Mr White said: “The Enrolled Freemen of Grimsby own and operate Freeman Street Market. As of January 2014, the market also encompasses the Business & Digital Hub, a £1.4 million part European Union-funded construction in the north-eastern corner, which houses office spaces, workshops, training, and meeting rooms.

“Freeman Street Market is core to regenerating one of the most deprived areas of the country – the East Marsh – as a location for enterprise. This includes increasing our pre-existing renewable energy technology systems in order to create a comfortable, energy-efficient and cost-effective building for our tenants, market traders, staff, and customers.

“We have now a vastly more efficient clean and pleasant market building used regularly by all support and health agencies and has become once again the hub of the East Marsh.

“We are about to double our current generation and are interested in how any excess energy generated could be shared with the community such as The Central Hall.”

LOOM bands. Three weeks ago I’d never heard of them. Now I feel I can’t escape.

Away for a few days visiting family in Yorkshire, and my three-year-old daughter was approached in a park playground by another girl, at least twice her age, and asked to follow her back to a little timber hut in which she was sitting. Maybe working as a journalist has led me to fear the worst, but I wasn’t many steps behind as this most innocent of scenes played out.

Cautiously watching from a distance, we saw the girl, Isabelle – we later discovered – open a box and start showing our little one what was inside.

It was a little bit like Pulp Fiction – I had to know what was in the case. OK, maybe it wasn’t quite like Pulp Fiction, but concern got the better of my wife and I. And there they were. Hundreds of little bands, with my daughter’s “new best friend” frantically threading them together. No harm, all in sight, not a problem.

Five minutes later and we were about ready to go, as teatime and a hungry 10-month old should not be separated for long. Asking our daughter to say goodbye, she told us “Isabelle hasn’t finished making my bracelet yet.” Not sure it was for her, Isabelle reassured us it was, and we were overcome with the simple generosity and kindness displayed by this young stranger, clearly tired of tearing around after her two brothers and seeking some friendly female company.

She’d even let her choose the

Don’t be put off by the car park!

CLEETHORPES is all set to host the British Fish Craft Championships, a spectacle of a traditional talent that has prevailed in this part of the world for a long, long time.

Securing it has been heralded as quite a coup, and indeed it is, and it will add to the excitement of the August Bank Holiday Weekend.

The venue? Cleethorpes Leisure Centre car park. It doesn’t sound that glamorous a setting to the uninitiated, but there can be few finer places to park a vehicle, with

REVAMP: The launch of the new Business and Digital Hub at Freeman Street Market, Grimsby. Graham Pearce, department of communities and local government, front left, shakes hands with Stephen Savage, clerk to the Pastures Development Company, watched by other key stakeholders in the project and Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell, who opened it.

colours of the bands, with “more pink and purple” clearly a priority as the work had progressed.

We thought it was a lovely act. I contemplated giving my daughter a few coins to pass on as a thank you, and maybe even encourage that entrepreneurial spirit, but that could have opened up a whole heap of further questions.

Returning home, and suddenly loom bands – flicked into my consciousness in a sunny park by the River Aire – are the source of much controversy.

Eyes, fingers, accidents, etc etc.

The new menace on our streets?

Hardly. Like anything, if used correctly and carefully they are fine. Better than fine in fact.

Crazes come and go, but one so creative has got to be good. It could be the start of an interest in textiles or proper jewellery making.

At the very least you could learn a thing or two about knots and weaving. It isn’t a huge leap to suggest that loom bands could plant the inspiration that could lead to the next Daniella Drapers is it?

We don’t ban cricket balls because they can hurt if they hit you. We simply expect people to use items in the context they are intended. The whole point of a loom band is its elasticity, apparently!

As for our loom band bracelet, the only danger I see is the reaction from a certain little girl that losing or breaking it will bring.

the resort’s Central and Northern Promenade stretching beyond, facing up to the ever-changing panorama of the Humber Estuary.

With a few marquees – wind allowing – it could be quite a setting, and one I look forward to taking in.

We have an events arena just down the road, but ironically, a classic car rally is taking place there. Perhaps the salt water spray from an incoming tide will do less damage to a fillet of seabass than a 1960s Triumph Spitfire.

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