Markham Vale jobs boost for Chesterfield
A Northern Ireland-based company is to move to our flagship employment site bringing the number of new jobs created to 260 in the last eight months.
Ready Egg Products Ltd has selected Markham Vale off M1 junction 29A near Chesterfield to locate its new manufacturing facility which will create 50 new jobs over two years.
Ready Egg is a key player in the egg processing industry and supplies both UK and Irish food manufacturing markets.
The firm sees the European Union as a growing market but transport costs to and from its current location puts it at a commercial disadvantage.
Derbyshire County Council’s Joan Dixon, Cabinet Member for Jobs, Economy and Transport, said:
“More and more companies are making Markham Vale their home because of its location in the centre of England and excellent transport links afforded by its purpose-built junction 29A just off the M1.”
Ready Egg’s vote of confidence in Markham Vale follows last autumn’s decision by car parts distributor Andrew Page to base its new national distribution centre there in a move that is expected to create 120 jobs.
And fast food restaurant McDonald’s created 90 jobs when it opened a drive-through restaurant on the site last September.
There was more good news for Markham Vale last month (April) with the opening of a £905,000 stretch of road linking the A632 at Long Duckmanton with the M1. The link road unlocks a further 40 acres of land for development.
Ready Egg Products plans to build a 34,700 sq. ft. warehouse on nearly three acres of land. A planning application for the development will be made by Henry Boot Developments Ltd which is managing and marketing the site for us.
The application will be determined by Chesterfield Borough Council.
Markham Vale has been granted Enterprise Zone status by the Government, meaning firms moving to some areas of the site can apply for Enhanced Capital Allowances − offering tax relief for major investment in plant and machinery.
Councillor Dixon added:
“This announcement by Ready Egg Products further underlines Markham Vale’s importance to the local economy as a catalyst for inward investment and job creation.”
Source:Derbyshire County Council
