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BRIDGENewsletter for Burnley’s Premier Business Park

Spring 2013

As part of phase 1 of Burnley Bridge,Eshton are building 100,000 sq ft of industrial space.This will consist of Magnesium Court, 30,000 sq ft of spec built units ranging from3,000 sq ft to 19,000 sq ft and the refurbishment of the over 60,000 sq ft Cobalt Building.

PHASE 1 BEGINS: 100,000 SQ FTTO BE BUILT. SEE BACK PAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Work has now started on site at Burnley BridgeBusiness Park, the 70-acre employment site atJunction 9 of the M65 in East Lancashire.

BURNLEY BRIDGEBUSINESS PARK NOW OPEN FORBUSINESS

Preston-based Eric Wright Civil Engineering Ltd,part of the Eric Wright Group, has been appointedas the main contractor for Phase One of BurnleyBridge Business Park. Established in 1991, Eric Wright Civil Engineeringhas an operational base in the North West workingwith local authorities and private clients alike oncontracts valued up to £6M covering all aspects ofcivil engineering disciplines.

Craig Kippax, Director of Eric Wright said “Thesuccess of our projects is due largely to our flexi-bility and response to customer requirementsthrough efficient value added contract manage-ment and safe working practices”.David Singleton, Director of Eshton, commented:“This is a very important appointment and crucialto the success of Burnley Bridge. Eric Wright CivilEngineering has an excellent reputation in the

North West and beyond, for being reliable, efficientand professional and for completing projects ontime and within budget”.David added: “We are especially delighted to haveappointed a North West company to help us devel-op Burnley Bridge. Our business park is set to cre-ate up to 1,400 jobs in the region and it is appro-priate that a local civil engineering companyshould help us to turn this dream into reality.”

CONTRACTOR APPROVEDFOR BURNLEY BRIDGE.

Burnley Bridge Business Park, the 70-acreemployment site immediately adjacent to Junction9 of the M65, has been launched. The businesspark, one of the most exciting developments in theNorth West, was officially opened by Burnley’sMP Gordon Birtwistle.It is estimated that 1,400 new and sustainable jobs will becreated for the region once the park is full.The bridge and access road across the Leeds-Liverpool canal,which links the £50 million business park to the motorway,are now under construction and will be completed this year.This will give direct motorway access to the site, which is onthe outskirts of Burnley, East Lancashire.As well as the infrastructure going in, Phase 1 will alsoconsist of a 61,500 sq ft warehouse building that is beingcomprehensively refurbished, providing a superb base for alogistics or an industrial occupier, and 29,000 sq ft ofspeculative new units are being built.The warehouse is being stripped back to its steel frame andthen reclad to satisfy the requirements of the 21st century.The speculative industrial units are being built in two blocks,with sizes ranging from 3,000 sq ft to 19,000 sq ft. The project has been kick-started by an ERDF grant of £3.85million to Eshton, the developers of the site.Mr Birtwistle said: This is the culmination of some excellentprivate/public partnership work. I have supported Eshton,Lancashire County Council, Burnley Borough Council and theLEP to deliver this development in what we all know aredifficult times. Councillor Charlie Briggs pushed the projectalong when he was leader of Burnley Council and the currentleadership have followed through to ensure the schemeprogressed. “This comes at a time when further investment inBurnley will see improved links to Manchester in the form ofthe Todmorden Curve and a new aerospace hub at the BAEsite in Samlesbury. I hope that the businesses which move tothe business park are able to benefit from, and link into, theother new projects in the area.

This is an exciting time for Burnleyand 1,400 new jobs will be a greatboost for the town.”

The scheme has also been given a further boost through a£2.4m loan to Eshton from Lancashire's Growing PlacesFund. The fund is used to unlock investment by triggeringthe delivery of projects that benefit the county's economy.In this case, the money will be used to fund the cost of thebridge and access road.Edwin Booth, chairman of the Lancashire EnterprisePartnership (LEP), said: "We use the Growing Places Fund tomake sure that high-quality development schemes with clearbenefits can actually happen. Being able to combine thefund's money with other sources of funding such as theERDF makes it even more powerful."In each case we're looking to provide the final piece of thejigsaw that ensures the project gets off the ground. Here theinvestment will help overcome infrastructure issues.We expect the Burnley Bridge scheme to go from strengthto strength with a very positive impact on the Lancashireeconomy over the next few years."

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From left to right David Singleton – Eshton, Julie Cooper – Leader Burnley Council, Edwin Booth – Chairman Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, Jonathan Chapman – Eshton,Albert Atkinson – Deputy Leader Lancashire County Council, Gordon Birtwistle MP, Andy Tatchell – Deputy Leader Burnley Council, James Chapman – Eshton

From left to right): Craig Kippax – Eric Wright, Gavin Hulme – Eric Wright, James Chapman – Eshton, David Singleton – Eshton, Jonathan Chapman – Eshton, Matthew O’Sullivan – Eric Wright, Shaun Murphy – Eric Wright

Work has now started on site at Burnley BridgeBusiness Park, the 70-acre employment site atJunction 9 of the M65 in East Lancashire.

Project Manager Andrew Cooper

Rex Procter & Partners is providing ProjectManagement, Quantity Surveying and Employer’sAgent services on the Burnley Bridge BusinessPark scheme. Established in 1937, the team hasvast experience in large scale developments. Andrew Cooper, Managing Director, commented,“Burnley Bridge Business Park is an incrediblyimportant regeneration project and will bringemployment to the area. We have seen similarprojects really improve the local community andare pleased to be working with Eshton at Burnley”

Architect Tony Plowman

KPP Architectural Practice was established in1969 and is principally engaged in providingthe full Architectural service in connection withcommercial projects throughout the U.K. In theArchitects Journal’s survey of ArchitecturalPractice, KPP were listed in the top 10 industrial/commercial Practices in the U.K.

Burnley: A townon the rise.BURNLEY, one of the power-houses of the industrialrevolution in Lancashire,is once again at the forefrontof economic expansion inthe region. According to new research commissioned bythe BBC, the historic town is demonstratingthe potential for high growth.A report, produced for the corporation bydata analysts Experian, has identified 542 ofBurnley’s 4,000 companies as business"champions" – ie firms with the potential forhigh growth. These are defined as young andsmall-but-rapidly-growing firms withdirectors that show an international outlook,entrepreneurial skill, and an appetite forbusiness risk.The BBC data comes on the back of researchby Government think tank Centre for Citiesthat listed Burnley as the town with thehighest proportion of manufacturing firms- twice the national average. It is also in thetop 10 per cent for growth in the number ofpatent applications.The research places Burnley top in Lancashireand second place in the northwest overall forthe proportion of businesses with good eco-nomic prospects for the future.

The research for the BBC looked at evidencefor growth from 2010 to 2012 in everylocal authority area in England. As well asbusiness-led growth the research also lookedat export-led growth and sector-led growth tomap the potential for significant economicrecovery.Steve Rumbelow, Chief Executive of BurnleyCouncil, said: “As a council we aim to be themost business-friendly in the north-west,investing in huge strategic economicinvestments and working side-by-side withthe private sector through innovative net-works like the Burnley Bondholder Scheme. “As a town we aim to be the best in the north-west for economic growth: to promote ourworld-class engineering and manufacturing,expand our operating markets andcompetitiveness: it is the private sector whochampions this message more than anyoneelse,” he added.To find out more about Burnley visitwww.burnley.co.uk

James Chapman, the managing director of Eshton,commented: “It is tremendous that work has now started onsite. The access road goes right into the heart of the parkand its construction means that Burnley Bridge BusinessPark can now start to welcomeoccupiers to this fantastic site.”Mr Chapman said that there hadalready been a good deal ofinterest in Burnley Bridge frompotential occupiers, thanks to itssuperb location by the M65 andits ability to provide bespokedeals for occupiers.“Significantly, some larger occupiers have been looking atthe site and some have been enquiring about a unit inexcess of 500,000 sq ft. There aren’t any other sites in theEast Lancashire region where you could build somethinglike that, especially with access straight onto the motorwaynetwork” he commented.Dennis Mendoros, Member of the LEP Board and NorthWest European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) LocalManagement Committee said: “It is great news that theBurnley Bridge Business Park is opening for business. Ourpriority with ERDF money coming to Lancashire and withinthe Local Enterprise Partnership is supporting localbusinesses and creating local jobs. Burnley Bridge, with its

state of the art facilities and excellent location, will do bothof these things, providing a significant boost to the localeconomy.”Burnley Council Leader, Julie Cooper said: “The council is

working hard to promote theborough to attract newinvestment and jobs. Hugeinvestments are underway innew infrastructure, leisure andeducation.“Burnley Bridge is the largest ofseveral state-of-the artcommercial developments

underway in Burnley, which between them offer over100 acres of prime business development land. Burnley isinvestment ready and open for business, and we lookforward to working closely with Eshton to attract newbusinesses to their site and new jobs for Burnley andPennine Lancashire.”Burnley Council’s Chief Executive, Steve Rumbelow said:“The council has worked closely in partnership with Eshtonto help secure the ERDF funding to kick start work on site,and I’m delighted work is now underway.“The site is a prime Grade ‘A’ development, which will putBurnley firmly on the ‘key regional development sites’ listused by top commercial property agents. Offering the

largest commercial development opportunity along the M65corridor, with superb motorway connections, the site isattracting a great deal of interest. “Burnley has recently beenidentified as one of the best towns in the northwest forbusiness growth with over a quarter of companies inthe town being identified as ‘high growth champions’.So companies seeking a prime site for expansion orrelocation can be assured they will be locating to an areawith an excellent business support infrastructure, and anentrepreneurial and international outlook.”Geoff Driver, leader of Lancashire County Council, said:"Creating jobs and boosting our local economy are key prioritiesfor Lancashire County Council which is why we have workedso hard with our partners to get to this position. Seeing workstart here really brings it home that schemes like this aren't justabstract concepts, they bring real jobs for local people and putreal money into the local economy for years to come."James Chapman explained: “We are looking forward verymuch indeed to welcoming new occupiers to our site andworking together with them during the coming years. This isa long-term commitment by us to the region, providingsustainable employment in an excellent strategic location.”

The agents for Burnley Bridge are Dove Haigh Phillips ofLeeds and Trevor Dawson of Blackburn and Burnley and thecontractors are Eric Wright Civil Engineering Ltd of Preston.

MEET THE TEAM:

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“The council has worked closelyin partnership with Eshton to helpsecure the ERDF funding to kickstart work on site, and I’mdelighted work is now underway.”

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CONCRETE YARD / ADDITIONAL PARKING

The Cobalt Building – Manufacturing / Warehouse Unit

� 61,500 SQ.FT.

� Within a Total Site of 3.2 Acres

� 1st Phase of impressive 70 Acre Site

� Extensive Loading Areas

� Offices With Capability of Expansion

Magnesium Court – Excellent Warehouse & Distribution, Manufacturing or Office Potential

burnleybridge.co.ukMisrepresentation Act: Dove Haigh Phillips and Trevor Dawson for themselves and for the Vendors and Lessors of this property whose agents they are give notice; i) The particulars are set as a general outline only for the guidance of intended purchasers orlessees and do not constitute nor constitute any part of, an offer of contract. ii) All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation, and other details are given without responsibility and any intending purchasersor tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. iii) No person in the employment of Dove Haigh Phillips or Trevor Dawson has any authority tomake or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to the property.

� 3,000 sq ft to 19,000 sq ft

� Excellent Warehouse & Distribution,

� Manufacturing or Office Potential

� Breeam Very Good Rating

� Eaves Height 7M

� Excellent Loading with Large Yard Areas

Gordon Birtwistle MP