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Ashfield and Mansfield The area for growth in the East Midlands
Ashfield and Mansfield: Well-connected
Nottinghamshire’s manufacturing and logistics core Ashfield and Mansfield’s transport links, available workforce and available land explain why the area continues to grow as a major regional centre for logistics and manufacturing. The area’s proximity to the M1, easy access to East Coast ports and East Midlands Airport, the busiest cargo airport in the UK, put Ashfield and Mansfield at the top of the list for any distribution dependent business with national or international ambitions.
Advanced manufacturing firms are vitally
Ashfield and Mansfield provides an ideal hub for logistics operations. In addition to key locational advantages, the area offers space for business with over 400 acres of development land and a wide range of high-quality commercial property available. All this is enhanced by specialist logistics training offered by Vision West Nottinghamshire College. Such is the importance of logistics that the local Chamber of Commerce holds a regular logistics and transport forum to address specific sectoral issues.
innovation centre to support this sector.
Manufacturers need good transport links too, with premises in the right location and access to the right employees. The wealth of skills locally available is complemented by nearby, commutable cities: Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield.
important well-defined trade routes
important to Ashfield and Mansfield, benefiting from competitive rates of pay, strong work ethic, tailored training and great locational advantages. Vision West Nottinghamshire College has developed a world-class, £5.8m engineering and Building on solid manufacturing traditions, our workforce is not only adaptable, it is also used to shift-working and continuous improvement methods. Ashfield and Mansfield is home to many world-class manufacturers, including Rolls Royce, Bombardier and Toray, supported by an agile and fast-growing network of smaller companies. There are extensive supply chain opportunities through these businesses locally, with regionally and nationally. To underline this sector’s importance, Ashfield and Mansfield is recognised as the eighth highest ranking city in terms of population employed in the engineering industry.
Find out more about Ashfield and Mansfield’s many successful logistics companies here: invest.ashfield-mansfield.com/key-sectors/transport-logisitics
Ashfield and Mansfield is a vibrant place to do business with lots of businesses working together in order to develop and grow. Lindhurst Engineering
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Ashfield and Mansfield boasts a population of 225,000 people, with two million people living within a one hour drive.
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Drive Times Cities Derby 23 miles
35 minutes
Nottingham 15 miles
20 minutes
Sheffield 24 miles
45 minutes
Leeds 60 miles
1 hr 15 minutes
Birmingham 64 miles
1 hr 15 minutes
Coventry 65 miles
1 hr 20 minutes
Manchester 68 miles
1 hr 40 minutes
Liverpool 90 miles
2 hrs 15 minutes
London
2 hrs 40 minutes
140 miles
Airports East Midlands Airport 27 miles
40 minutes
Robin Hood Airport 31 miles
50 minutes
Ports Hull 79 miles
1 hr 30 minutes
Immingham 79 miles
1 hr 30 minutes
Grimsby 81 miles
1 hr 30 minutes
King’s Lynn 84 miles
2 hrs
Felixstowe
168 miles
3 hrs
Harwich
176 miles
3 hrs 15 minutes
Lowestoft
152 miles
3 hrs 30 minutes
Our central location offers easy road access to all our customers nationwide; good train links and nearby airports make exporting even easier. Bombardier
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Ashfield and Mansfield: Key sectors
Ashfield and Mansfield is ideally placed to serve some of the fastest growing sectors in the economy In addition to the many business benefits offered to logistics and advanced manufacturing firms locally, there are three more key sectors where the area offers significant advantages. These sectors have been highlighted for growth and are supported through direct account management, ensuring that we provide a supportive and productive environment to businesses at every stage of their development.
Business services Made up of organisations that support businesses’ operations, this sector is diverse in nature, with companies ranging from professional services such as legal activities/ accountancy and book keeping to recruitment, IT and computer related activities along with industrial cleaning and packaging.
Local important market-leading companies include: The Linney Group • Family business founded in 1851. •T he group has continually reinvented itself throughout its history and represents an important local success story committed to the area and skills development. •C urrently operating as a national marketing services company, working with screens from smart phones to TV, print from single sheets to 3 dimensional objects and spaces from interior design to event management for major bluechip companies: www.linney.com Vision West Nottinghamshire College •O ne of the largest and most successful colleges in the country. • It offers a wide ranging curriculum and tailored training to suit employers’ needs. •V ision West Nottinghamshire College also owns a number of subsidiary companies engaged in the provision of training as well as the development of commercial software products: www.wnc.ac.uk
Construction Ashfield and Mansfield is home to a thriving construction industry incorporating a number of leading blue-chip companies, supported by an extensive range of subcontractors. Businesses range from significant building & civil engineering specialists, such as North Midland Construction PLC, to smaller construction and building firms like Beaufort Construction S-I-A Ltd and A.R.G. (Mansfield) Ltd, serving commercial and domestic markets. These, in turn, draw on an extensive network of specialist firms providing both services and products for example Mansfield Brick Company Ltd/ Mansfield Sand Company Ltd and Synseal Ltd for window fabrication. Specialist construction services are offered through businesses such as Shacklocks, providing heating and plumbing contract services. Ashfield and Mansfield is officially recognised as the city with the highest proportion of its population engaged within construction in the whole of the UK.
Healthcare Locally Ashfield and Mansfield provides excellent opportunities for companies growing out of Bio City in Nottingham, and other incubation facilities at nearby universities, to join an existing stock of local awardwinning, innovative healthcare companies such as Fresenius Medical Care, Brightwake and BPR Medical. • Nottingham is officially recognised as one of the UK’s six Science Cities • Healthcare is the region’s 4th largest sector • £1bn PFI investment in King’s Mill Hospital • E xcellent supply chain and R&D opportunities
Vision West Nottinghamshire’s construction skills academy, Station Park, provides some of the best training facilities in the sector
Ashfield and Mansfield: Development opportunities
Ashfield and Mansfield has over 400 acres of land earmarked for development Ashfield and Mansfield offers a wide range of development plots over a range of timescales to suit every development need, with many being immediately available. Development sites are categorised into the following three types:
Currently Available Sites with planning permission and available now Beecroft Park J28
A prestigious new 5.8 acre development in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Blenheim Lane Industrial Estate
19 acres of development land in Hucknall
Butler’s Hill 7 acres of serviced employment land in Hucknall with plots suitable for units between 5,000 sq ft and 250,000 sq ft. Castlewood A 112 acre scheme in Sutton-in-Ashfield suitable for occupiers of all sizes www.clowescastlewood.com Sherwood Oaks
43 acre premier mixed use development in Mansfield A www.sherwoodoaks.co.uk
Summit Colliery
10 acres of industrial and development land in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
Summit Park An ideal business location in Sutton-in-Ashfield at the heart of the country www.summitpark.co.uk
With Planning Sites with planning permission but require servicing Berry Hill A major urban extension for Mansfield, incorporating jobs and homes www.berry-hill.co.uk Oddicroft Lane
13 acres of industrial and development land in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Penniment Farm A mixed use development in Mansfield incorporating jobs and homes www.pennimentfarm.co.uk Rolls Royce/Muse
mixed use development in Hucknall, including a 69 acre business park, A housing, a local centre and a primary school www.musedevelopments.com
Stockwell Gate South
1 acre of prime development land in Mansfield town centre
West of Fulwood
12 acres of industrial and distribution development land in Huthwaite
Future Opportunities Longer term options, sites primed for redevelopment Former Brewery A 6 acre redevelopment opportunity of the former brewery site just outside of Mansfield town centre Stockwell Gate North
A major new development opportunity at the heart of Mansfield
Watnall Road
7 acres of industrial development land in Hucknall
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Ashfield and Mansfield is one of the most cost-effective places to do business in the UK Ashfield and Mansfield’s combination A610 of abundant land and competitive rents and wages, along with the benefits that come with Assisted Area status, make it a business-friendly location.
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Ashfield and Mansfield: Labour – offering value
Wages are amongst the most competitive in the country, especially in the logistics sector Our workforce offers the full range of skills required by logistics, manufacturing and other businesses, including an adaptable workforce used to shift work. Warehouse operative wages: schemes along M1/A1 corridor £7.20
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Ashfield and Mansfield provides a wealth of individuals with increasing and adaptable skills levels appropriate for a range of sectors, particularly logistics and manufacturing. On a wide range of comparable statistics, running such a business in Ashfield and Mansfield is more cost-effective than other locations and the full range of necessary skills is available locally. Sources: Hatmill supply chain and logistics advisors and ONS
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Ashfield and Mansfield: Education – adding value
Vision Studio School £40m redevelopment of Vision West Nottinghamshire College
Vision West Nottinghamshire College is investing £40 million in facilities and the area is within easy reach of four top universities Vision West Nottinghamshire College is one of the largest and most successful colleges in the country. It is in the top 10% of colleges nationally for its overall success rates and has a national reputation for its innovative and proactive work with employers. It has campuses across Ashfield and Mansfield, with a new Vision Studio School offering high quality vocational training to 14-19 year-olds in engineering and health & social care. Through its subsidiary, Vision Apprentices, the college provides a full recruitment and training service to companies wishing to hire an apprentice.
Vision West Nottinghamshire College is the best college in the UK for working with employers and providing tailored training
• Vision West Nottinghamshire College is within the UK top five of all providers for apprenticeships. • More than 90% of apprenticeship vacancies are successfully filled, making Vision Apprentices one of the most successful organisations of its type in the country. Vision West Nottinghamshire College attracts nearly 30,000 students every year and offers: • Apprenticeships • Part-time courses • University level education • Vision Studio School Ashfield and Mansfield also offers easy access to a number of top universities, iincluding access to a wealth of research facilities and more than 40,000 highly-skilled, business-ready graduates every year. All of the following universities are located within an easily commutable distance: • The University of Nottingham • Nottingham Trent University • The University of Sheffield • Sheffield Hallam University
Ashfield and Mansfield is within the top 10 cities for workers who have accessed training in the last 13 weeks
Ashfield and Mansfield: Lifestyle – getting the balance right
The beauty of Ashfield and Mansfield is its rich diversity. Bustling market towns and villages lie within easily accessible countryside. The attractions of the Peak District, Sherwood Forest and the cities of Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield are all a short distance away. The Ashfield and Mansfield area is recognised as a small city in its own right – and the 5th largest urban area in the East Midlands. With a population of 225,000 and 6 million within a two-hour drive, it represents an important conurbation and excellent business base. But what’s on offer is more than just a business-friendly, cost-effective location, the area also benefits from a range of leisure activities and wide portfolio of available and affordable housing options. Photograph courtesy of Nottinghamshire County Council
A place to enjoy Ashfield and Mansfield offers a wealth of leisure pursuits to complement its competitive commercial offering. In addition to the usual type of attractions offered by a conurbation of its size, the area also prides itself on significant cultural and leisure opportunities: •M ansfield Museum was recently declared the most family-friendly in the UK, scooping the 2011 Guardian family-friendly museum. And the Palace Theatre is an important regional touring venue enjoying an impressive list of shows and casts. •T he Water Meadows leisure complex is one of the premier indoor, water-based attractions in the East Midlands. •H ucknall is the official resting place of Lord Byron and his daughter Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. Robin Hood and Major Oak photographs courtesy of Nottinghamshire County Council
•T he Lammas Leisure Centre is home to Nottinghamshire’s only ice skating rink outside of the city, which is used at junior club level for ice hockey games.
A place to live Ashfield and Mansfield offers an affordable range of housing in a range of styles and designs from idyllic rural locations to bustling town centre living. The average East Midlands house price of £127,344 compares very favourably to the England & Wales average of £168,356. Further housing developments are underway as significant urban extensions, including: • Berry Hill – A new urban extension for Mansfield offering 1,700 high quality, family homes in a vibrant and desirable community. The houses will be designed and built for people looking for homes for long-term moves, whether starting out, building a family or approaching retirement. The development will also include business premises, green spaces and routes, a local centre and school. www.berry-hill.co.uk
•M use – A new development in Hucknall of 900 homes on 77 acres (31.2 hectares) for residential development with a further 143 acres (58 hectares) of greenbelt land improved for conservation. Plans also include a business park and a new access road to the Hucknall bypass. www.musedevelopments.com
Ashfield and Mansfield: Case studies
Bombardier makes tracks for Castlewood The electronics division of Derbybased train maker Bombardier has successfully relocated to premises on Castlewood Business Park thanks to Invest Ashfield & Mansfield’s free and totally confidential commercial property search service. BTROS Electronics, part of the Bombardier Transportation Group, is a market leader in the design, manufacture and supply of specialist passenger information systems for the rail industry. They contacted Invest Ashfield & Mansfield to help find more suitable premises that better reflected the company’s high-tech image. They wanted to stay within the immediate locality in order to retain the valuable skills of their local workforce. The best option was a purpose-built industrial unit on Castlewood, not only due to the high quality of the building but also as it offered immediate access to J28 of the M1.
These excellent road links are vital to access customers ranging from the north of Scotland to the south-east of England and the site also benefits from good mainline rail links and access to airports, supporting the company’s export trade. General Manager, Stewart Kidston, commented: “The move has really worked well for the company, resulting in improvements to efficiency and customer service. We now have premises which reflect the company ethos well, not only safeguarding these jobs but also providing a solid base for growth for the foreseeable future.”
The Linney Group: Investing in Ashfield and Mansfield since 1851 Linney is a highly successful marketing services supply chain management company, employing 750 people. Predominantly engaged in creating and producing marketing collateral, the company is firmly committed to the local community and invests heavily in this through its work with local people.
Nick Linney, the Group’s Non-executive Chairman, explains the business like this: “We do beautiful things with words, spaces, pictures and numbers – it’s in our DNA. The best way to understand our business is to think about McDonalds, Boots, Argos and The Post Office. Linney is actively engaged in producing all their external and internal communications. Linney create, manufacture and distribute marketing messages for these and other major businesses.” Firmly rooted in Ashfield and Mansfield, Linney benefits from the flexibility of the local workforce, plentiful in supply and regarded by the company as not only great, but as the best – offering a real competitive advantage over areas as close even as 25 miles away. They see the area as fast-developing, with businesses successfully working with the local authorities, providing not only a great place to do business but also a beautiful environment, offering a fantastic quality of life. The company works heavily with local communities, including young people in schools, offering these youngsters a clear understanding of how thrilling and fulfilling a life in business can be.
Handelsbanken chooses I2 Mansfield for customer base Handelsbanken has over 770 branches in 24 countries worldwide. The bank commenced operations in the U.K. in 1982 and the Mansfield branch, which is located within the I2 Mansfield centre, is one of 165 branches in the country. Darryn Evans Branch Manager Handelsbanken
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Lindhurst Engineering: an innovative success
Handelsbanken specialises in providing highly personalised and competitive banking services to both businesses and individuals. So when Handelsbanken were looking for a new base to service their customers across north Nottinghamshire, Mansfield was a natural choice. Not only was I2 Mansfield competitive on cost, the accommodation was very high quality.
He added: “We would heartily recommend a location in Ashfield and Mansfield to any business looking for a cost-effective location with opportunities for future business growth and excellent transport links.”
Lindhurst Engineering has over 25 years’ experience in the engineering industry with a mission to be regarded as the most professional, dependable and innovative engineering company in their field. They are also industry champions, leaders in innovation and passionate about skills development. Lindhurst Engineering has made the most of Ashfield and Mansfield’s proximity to Nottingham. By working closely with the University of Nottingham they have developed an innovative way to convert farm waste into energy and have developed a new microbial fuel cell (MFC), which could convert farm effluent and dairy byproducts into electricity and bio-gas.
Martin Rigley Managing Director Lindhurst Engineering
Darryn Evans, Branch Manager at Mansfield, commented: “When we were looking for premises for our new north Nottinghamshire branch, I2 Mansfield presented the ideal solution.”
Managing Director Martin Rigley commented: “The University’s support was invaluable. They came up with the design for the commercial plant and are now developing a working industrial scale prototype. The results are very
promising and we anticipate that within 18 months we will have a product that we can offer to the market. We would heartily recommend working with a university through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) or other means to all companies looking to investigate complex projects in Ashfield and Mansfield”.
Ashfield and Mansfield: In summary
Ashfield and Mansfield is a move in the right direction for relocating businesses Ashfield and Mansfield is a great place to do business and, as much of our area has Assisted Area status, companies can enjoy a higher level of financial assistance. Here’s a reminder of why Ashfield and Mansfield offers a great deal for business: • One of the most cost-effective places to do business in the UK – save around 48% in accommodation costs. • 6 million people within a two-hour drive – an extensive, accessible market. • Recent enterprise and infrastructure investment of over £100m – including education and transport links. • Over 400 acres of development land with high-quality commercial property available. • Vision West Nottinghamshire College – within the UK top five of all providers for apprenticeships.
•W orld-renowned Sherwood Forest and Peak District on the doorstep. •B usiness-friendly and home to award-winning business networking & hub organisation: Mansfield 2020 •W orld-class businesses include Rolls Royce and Bombardier. • Top 20 city for low carbon emissions: improved environment, quality of life and tangible business benefits. Find out more about opportunities for businesses at: invest.ashfield-mansfield.com/major-developments
How we can help your business Invest Ashfield and Mansfield is all about promoting the area as a place to do business, both helping existing businesses grow and attracting new ones. We offer the following useful business services: • Commercial property searches – A free and confidential service to help easily identify suitable business premises or development sites.
•P rocurement and supply chain – Accessing not only public sector contracts but also important private sector opportunities.
• Account management – One-to-one support to ensure that your business is supported every step of the way, whatever your requirements.
•A Mbassadors – A series of events to celebrate success and showcase the area as a place to do business championed by local businesses.
• Business events – A regular events programme on relevant business topics to help improve productivity.
•B usiness surveys – Providing businesses with a way to contribute and help identify areas of work.
• Local inter-trading – Opportunities to trade more locally.
Find out more about how we can help your business at: invest.ashfield-mansfield.com/about
6m people
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on UK average (Nomis 2013)
The East Midlands is one of the most cost-effective places to invest in the UK; rent and land prices are typically 15% lower than the national average (Experian)
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Average house prices:
North East 2,154 North West 6,682 Yorkshire & Humber 4,724 East Midlands 3,570 West Midlands 4,898 East 5,535 London 16,271 South West 4,697 South East 8,538
North East £98,292 South East £223,128 London £409,881 England and Wales £168,356 East £182,263 East Midlands £127,344 West Midlands £132,068 South West £176,308 North West £108,845 Yorkshire & Humber £114,910
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Price of average commercial office floorspace per m2 (ONS, 2007)
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