This
Month's
Business
Round-Up
Maiden's of Telford is to relocate its haulage business to a new £2m headquarters at Donnington Wood in April 2010.
Maidens of Telford, Cross Green, Allscott, Telford, TF6 5EG
http://www.maidenstelford.co.uk
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Nisa-Today's has awarded a £500m contract to DHL for the distribution of ambient products from April 2011.
Nisa-Today, Waldo Way, Normanby Enterprise Pk, Scunthorpe, DN15 9GE
Tel: 01724 282028
http://www.nisa-todays.com
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Boi Trading, the clothing wholesaler, has acquired a 120,000 sq ft distribution centre at Ordsall Riverside in Salford.
Boi Trading, 116-118 Bury New Road, Manchester, M8 8EB
Tel: 0161 8396024
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Acumen Logistics Group has acquired Auto UK logistics, the Coventry-based car transporter, creating a new group called Acumen Auto Logistics.
Acumen Logistics, 4 Redbourn Park, Lilliput Rd, Northampton, NN4 7DT
Tel: 01604 748888
http://www.acumen-dist.com
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ProLogis and PRUPIM have won government consent to build a 1.36m sq ft logistics park on a 120-acre site at Pyestock in Hampshire.
ProLogis, 1 Monkspath Hall Rd, Solihull, West Midlands, BG0 4FY
Tel: 0121 2248700
http://www.prologis.com
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Aquascutum, the fashion supplier with 120 staff in Corby, has been acquired by the owner of Jaeger for undisclosed terms.
Aquascutum, 100 Regent St, London, W1B 5SR
Tel: 020 76758200
http://www.aquascutum.com
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Joseph Cheaney, the Kettering-based shoe manufacturer with more than 100 staff, has been sold by Prada back to the founding family of Church & Co.
Joseph Cheaney, Rushton Road, Desborough, Kettering, NN14 2RZ
Tel: 01536 760383
http://www.cheaney.co.uk
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Nottingham Forest has unveiled proposals to build a new 45,000-capacity football stadium at Gamston, which could support a 2018 World Cup bid.
Nottingham Forest, The City Ground, Nottingham, NG2 5FJ
Tel: 0115 9824444
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk
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East Midlands Development Agency has announced that Sichuan Sweetrip Food of China is to open a confectionery distribution office in Leicester, and EMDA is also in talks with other Chinese companies.
East Midlands Development Agency, Apex, CityLnk, Nottingham, NG2 4LA
Tel: 0115 9888300
http://www.emda.org.uk
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Thales has confirmed plans to close its Raynes Park defence support systems office, in order to transfer up to 200 jobs to sites in Crawley and Leicester.
Thales, 2 Dashwood Lang Rd, Bourne Pk, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2NX
Tel: 01932 824800
http://www.thalesgroup.co.uk
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The Energy Technologies Institute is to develop a £11m network of plug-in points for electric vehicles in Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, London, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle, Oxford and Sunderland.
Energy Technologies Institute, Holywell Way, Loughborough, LE11 3UZ
Tel: 01509 202020
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Abbotts Creative Print of Lutterworth is expected to go into liquidation through Tenon, with the loss of 30 jobs.
Abbotts Creative Print, Turnpike Close, Lutterworth, LE17 4YB
Tel: 01455 552636
http://www.abbotts.uk.net
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