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Hospice’s shop expansion plan revealed as top retailer returns
EXPANSION STRATEGY: Simon Vicary, head of retail at St Andrew's Hospice, pictured at the new book shop at the Peaks Lane charity’s headquarters.
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QUARTER of a century of experience with the UK’s leading supermarket chain is being put to good use to help drive a major retail expansion plan for Grimsby’s St Andrew’s Hospice.
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Stuart Vicary is the head of retail for the Peaks Lane operation, having returned to his home town after a high-profile career with Tesco. The hospice is seeking to double the number of shops in its portfolio, while expanding into online retail as the continuous fundraising requirement is set to step up. Mr Vicary said: “My background is in retail, from being a teenager when I started out pushing trolleys in the old Tesco on Osbourne Street in Grimsby. “After a two-year spell there I moved to work as a commercial trainee with Marks & Spencer before rejoining Tesco in 1990 as a retail management trainee in Scunthorpe.” He remained with the company until last spring, taking redundancy. “My plan was to have an extended break and enjoy a well-earned rest, however, just as I was settling into the routine of washing, drying, vacuuming, gardening and car cleaning the role at St Andrew’s Hospice was advertised and I joined the team determined to use every bit of my experience to try to make every day count. “The first six months have been amazing and I am so grateful for how welcome the team here have made me feel. I’m still in awe of the work that goes on here every day and that drives me to do the very best for the hospice. “We now have a clearly defined retail strategy which will see us double the number of shops we operate over the next three years. We will also be launching an online business later this year too. My role here is to define and implement our retail strategy as well as coaching the retail team to improve our shops, look after our volunteers and customers and to increase the revenue we make for the hospice. This is certainly a great challenge.” One particular element is
RECENT ADDITION: St Andrew’s Hospice’s Shop & Drop, at the site of the former Blockbuster on Lockhill, Grimsby.
BORDER LINE: The Brocklesby Estate land off King’s Road, Immingham. Aerial shot is looking south, with the Knauf manufacturing site at the bottom right, and businesses and homes in the foreground, including the Graypen shipping head office. The A180, with the junction with the A1173, runs across the top of the photograph, with HCF Catch and Stallingborough’s Kiln Lane Industrial Estate to the left. The site border is for illustrative purposes, and while guided, may not be completely to scale.
recruiting enough volunteers to help the expanded operation, as well as filling management vacancies. “Achieving this will give us the structure and capability to double the number of shops we have and provide vital funds for the hospice to continue to provide the amazing care in does in our local community. As well as people to work with us we are always looking for things to sell.” Mr Vicary’s first management position came as dairy manager at Tesco Cleethorpes when it first opened, moving to Stoke on Trent and then to North Wales before a first store manager position in Stockport. He led several others, including opening Doncaster Extra and Irlam Extra in Greater Manchester. “My parents still have the photograph on opening day in Doncaster with Paul Hudson and I cutting the ribbon being watched by them and my two children in the background,” Mr Vicary said with another memory from his earlier days also dominating: “Working as the store manager of the Tesco Metro on Market Street in central Manchester was certainly an experience I will never forget, however it gave me lots of valuable experience
very quickly,” he said. Other roles included working in the property department at Tesco HQ in Cheshunt, and two years with the team that set up Tesco Direct, the online non-food business. For volunteering and fundraising opportunities, call 01472 350908 or visit www.standrewshospice.com
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ORE than 50 acres of strategic development land has been brought to market, having been included in the latest round of enterprise zone allocations.
The Brocklesby Estate has instructed PPH Commercial to open up a large site at the eastern entrance to Port of Immingham. Close to the A180, off Kings Road and Queens Road, it is one of the six strategic sites that forms part of the wider South Humber Industrial Infrastructure Programme, a £30 million project to provide a large scale economic stimulant, led by North East
Lincolnshire Council. Together with two sites at the East Gate of Immingham Dock and A180/M180. Stallingborough, three off Moody Lane, Grimsby, and another at Immingham, it forms “Sites are potentially available for sale or to part of one of 26 enterprise zones in the last let from one acre upwards.” round of dedications by the Treasury. Initial first phase infrastructure works are underway and due to complete by the end of It means it offers enhanced capital allowances May, including a new access road from Kings for investment in plant and machinery and Road, together with the provision of mains already holds planning consent for light services and other infrastructure, which has industrial, general industrial and benefited from assistance from Humber Local warehouse/distribution uses. Enterprise Partnership. Duncan Willey, divisional director for PPH, Mr Willey added: “We have already received a said: “This offers an exciting development number of enquiries although marketing is now opportunity having a strategic location close to being intensified and the site will be promoted
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opportunity as village grows
RISING demand for housing in Tetney is being toasted. The popular village has earmarked a requirement for a total of 250 new homes in the next decade as part of its Neighbourhood Development Plan. Each village in East Lindsey was invited to come up with their own map for future development. It comes as North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire also look to accelerate home building, with Grimsby West and Lincolnshire Lakes headline-grabbing announcements. Businessman and Lincolnshire county
councillor, Tony Bridges, gained planning approval for five executive detached homes and three luxury apartments on a fully serviced 1.5 acre plot next to the former Stables restaurant, on Holton Road. The Stables Mews land for development was formerly part used commercially for weddings, on a paddock, with a car park for the restaurant. There is a public footpath to the village at the back of the site, adjoining riding stables. Mr Bridges who runs a TV and video production company, said he is seeking a developer able to start work on the homes and apartments this year to make his vision
become a reality. He said the “high quality” apartments along with the executive homes sited on the edge of Tetney would be “very private”. He added: “There is genuine need. “Tetney is a very nice place to live. There are straight links by road to the Humber Bank as well as businesses in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. He said Tetney had retained its character well. Mr Bridges’ father, the late William Arthur Bridges MBE, a renowned trawler skipper, planted all the fruit trees bordering the development land.
on a local, regional and national basis. In particular North East Lincolnshire Council’s economic development unit have been particularly helpful and we will be working with them in relation to inward investment enquiries and hope that the site will offer significant employment gains in the near future.”
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