By Ellen Manning[1] Published: 14:36, 29 June 2024 | Updated: 14:43, 29 June 2024
The sandwich is a great British institution. Invented in 1762 by the fourth Earl of Sandwich, it’s been a go-to lunch for Brits for centuries.But in re…
Nestled just off the main Altrincham Road into Wilmslow, not far from the M56, are the villages of Morley and Morley Green. They may be tiny on the map, but they drawn in the crowds to visit some of the quirky businesses at their heart.
Not least a vil…
@Freeport East
The new sustainable building materials facility at Freeport East[1] create around 100 highly skilled jobs in Stowmarket and £45m investment
Turkish sustainable building materials manufacturer Assan Panel, an affiliate of Kibar Holding,…
Gateway 14, which is part of Freeport East, is set to be the location of the first UK manufacturing facility from Assam Panel, a major affiliate of Kibar Holding.
The firm produces sustainable building materials and its move to Gateway 14[1] will creat…
The £45m insulation plant is planned to be operational by Autumn 2025 and Assan is also is planning to establish a new office in Ipswich to serve the UK market.
It will produce sandwich panels filled with Polyisocyanurate (PIR), mineral wool, or polyur…
Assan Panel plans to locate its first UK manufacturing facility at Gateway 14 (Image credit: Freeport East)
A sustainable building materials business headquartered in Turkey has confirmed its plans to locate its first UK manufacturing facility at Gate…
The firm produces sustainable building materials and is one of the world’s market leaders in this sector. The move to Gateway 14 will create around 100 highly skilled jobs in Stowmarket and bring an investment of up to £45m.
The announcement comes at a…
There has been a cafe on this site for around 100 years, if local accounts are accurate. Situated on the A36, which runs between Southampton and Bristol, just 3 miles from the junction with the A303. Hillside Cafe was built by the current owner’s famil…
A train travelling through Lincolnshire[1] was damaged in a collision on an early morning journey, a new report reveals. The train collided with parts of a road-rail vehicle access point, near the Highdyke Junction by Lincoln[2], at around 6.30am on Tu…
A driver has been injured after a lorry overturned on a Lincolnshire road. Eyewitnesses saw the HGV on its side in a hedgerow on the A52, to the east of the North Kesteven[1] village of Threekingham[2], at around 8.30am on Thursday, January 10.
The roa…
Lincolnshire theme park Fantasy Island is recruiting ahead of the 2024 season, with jobs ranging from singers and ride operators to bar staff. The Mellors Group, which runs the large Skegness park, has listed 10 new jobs at the often busy summer site.
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A wrongly-convicted subpostmaster from Lincolnshire[1] says he believes the former Post Office CEO “jumped before she was pushed” as she handed her CBE back over the Horizon IT scandal. Paula Vennells, who led the company through the 2010s as it wrongl…
A major entertainment retailer blamed a “lack of investment” in a Lincolnshire town for its decision to close a store. HMV will be closing up shop in Pescod Square in Boston[1] for the second time, having reopened the store in 2018.
Staff have been not…
It is not yet known when a toll bridge will reopen after heavy rainfall left it submerged, a director says. Dunham Bridge[1], which connects Lincolnshire and sister county Nottinghamshire, was closed to motorists after it was flooded during Storm Henk[…