Industrial, Distribution & Office

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2 Industrial, Distribution & Office Workshop Facilitators: Mike Parker Director of Economic Prosperity & Place (Wyre Forest District Council) Phil Merrick Head of Economy & Community Services (Wychavon District Council) Nigel Hudson Head of Strategic Infrastructure & Economy (Worcestershire County Council) Speakers: Gareth Williams Director, St Francis Group Jon Andrews Director, Stoford Developments

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8 Travel to work Typical Journey To Work Area (JTWA) Peak Commuting Periods

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19 % of total employees Industrial structure (1) Sector breakdown by employees (2013) Herefordshire Warwickshire Worcestershire Gloucestershire England Birmingham

20 % of total employees Industrial structure (2) 25.0 Sector breakdown by employees (2013) Worcestershire Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest Birmingham

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23 Gareth Williams Director, St Francis Group Silverwoods, Kidderminster

24 Jon Andrews Director, Stoford Developments Redditch Eastern Gateway

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27 Redditch Eastern Gateway Funding for the initial infrastructure to unlock the site agreed. This is being provided via Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership. The plan opposite identifies the initial indicative access arrangements

28 Redditch Eastern Gateway The Redditch Eastern Gateway site comprises almost 29 ha (71 acres) of land on the north eastern perimeter of Redditch across three sites. The sites, which lie within the adjoining local authority areas of Bromsgrove and Stratford-on-Avon, represent a strategic opportunity to create a high quality new employment location. The site: Has the potential for c.1 million sqft of new B use class employment space and 1,500+ new jobs; Is in a fantastic location, in close proximity to the Motorway Network and located strategically to take advantage of the development proposed at UK-Central in Solihull;

29 Redditch Eastern Gateway Redditch Eastern Gateway Highlights Redditch is a well established and popular employment location benefitting from close proximity to the motorway network; The current employment stock is mainly older estates which are constrained and the REG provides potential to offer a grow on space for existing businesses; Furthermore, improvements in the economic conditions means the opportunities to locate elsewhere in the region are reducing and therefore REG can plug the gap ; There is a lack of new or good quality second hand accommodation within close proximity to the site; Overall it is considered that REG offers an opportunity to provide a new pipeline of sites to cater for the short-medium term.

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32 Evesham Vale Park Food Enterprise Zone

33 Vale Park, Evesham Well established business park adjacent to the A46. Existing major employers already include Karndean, Countrywide, Matcon, Primafruit, Plumbworld, Rotec, Strickland Direct. Mixture of agri-tech, engineering and services 30 acres currently available with a further 20 acres plus for future phases.

34 Food Enterprise Zone Vale Park one of 17 FEZs designated in England this year. Recognises the important value and potential of agri-tech in the Vale of Evesham Simplified planning treatment of agri-tech through the establishment of a Local Development Order. LEP priority sector with further support opportunities.

35 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park

36 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park

37 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park The South Kidderminster Enterprise Park is a collection of sites located to the south of Kidderminster Town Centre. International businesses such as Brintons Carpets, Amada, Victoria Carpets and Beakbane are located here The main development site in this corridor is the Silverwoods site, which is a 27ha site providing mixed use development covering employment, residential and leisure New businesses are also locating to the area. For example, Amtek International Ltd has recently developed a new operation in this corridor at the cost of 23million, creating up to 500 jobs. Development sites still exist within the park area providing further employment opportunities

38 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park Recent manufacturing investment within the corridor is identified in the adjacent table, (c. 40 million) In addition to this a further 25 million is committed from the public sector in terms of a new road link and leisure provision. Project Description Investment (approx) Amtek International, Amtek are a global automotive manufacturer who are currently developing a new manufacturing plant in Kidderminster; 23million Kidderminster The initial investment will see 100 jobs created with the potential for the facility to provide 500 jobs once fully operational. Under Construction Amada, Kidderminster NTM-GB, Kidderminster DMS Chromium, Kidderminster Oakleaf Commercial Services Quantum Mouldings, Kidderminster Investment and expansion of existing manufacturing facility Development via the LDO Complete Have acquired part of the former Sealine site in Kidderminster; Potential for an additional 30 jobs to be created; Complete Extension of premises to provide additional capacity to meet an increase in orders. Proposed additional job creation of approximately 60. Under Construction Development of a new depot facility. Development via the LDO Currently under construction Have acquired part of the former Sealine site in Kidderminster; 10 new staff already recruited with potential to grow to an additional 50 over next 5 years; Complete 5million 2.5 million 2.5million 2 million 1.2million Beakbane, Kidderminster Investment and expansion of existing manufacturing facility Development via the LDO Complete 1.2million

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40 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park - LDO The South Kidderminster Enterprise Park also benefits from an adopted Local Development Order No planning permission required for specific developments; Range of business uses (B1-B8) for identified development sites Existing businesses premises; change of business uses, extensions, car parking, renewable installations, re-cladding, ancillary buildings etc Incentive for businesses to locate, invest and grow Help to reduce costs and provide certainty for business Bring cleared/redundant employment sites back into economic use

41 South Kidderminster Enterprise Park - LDO Businesses that have benefitted from the Local Development Order: Amada refurbishment and development of existing offices Beakbane refurbishment and development of existing offices Oakleaf new development Wemico extension of existing premises The total investment by these businesses is c 8 million.

42 Local Enterprise Partnerships Worcestershire LEP (County wide) Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP (North Worcs)

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44 Assisted Areas Designated European State Aid recognition as less economically advantaged Enables public sector to provide assistance, not a direct source of funding in its own right Examples include Regional Aid (such as Regional Growth Fund) Certain tax allowances also available Examples include Business Premises Renovation Allowance

45 Other Sites (South) Stonebridge Cross 77 acres, Droitwich Spa Berry Hill 30 acres, north of Droitwich Spa Hartlebury Trading Estate 200 acres, south east of Kidderminster Key Tech 20 acres (plus additional 10 in development), Pershore Newland 25 acres, North East Malvern Temple Laughern 12 acres, West of Worcester Blackmore Park 11 acres, Hanley Swan, Malvern Broomhall 50 acres, South Worcester Edith Walk 1.7 acres, Malvern

46 Other Sites (North) Bruntsford 6.5 acres, Bromsgrove Ravensbank 60 acres, Redditch Saxon & Harris Business Parks 40 acres, Bromsgrove Bromsgrove Enterprise Park 17 acres, Bromsgrove Topaz 12 acres, Bromsgrove Brockhill East 20 acres, Redditch R/O Alexandra Hospital 4.5 acres, Redditch Haynes Point (Former Brinton s) 8.6 acres, Kidderminster Finepoint Way 18 acres (2 undeveloped), Kidderminster Former Sealine 2 acres, Kidderminster Stourpoint 5 12 acres, Kidderminster

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