Markham Vale celebrate continued growth of workforce

Derbyshire County Council and Henry Boot Developments Ltd recently announced a significant rise in the number of people working full time at Markham Vale.

The results were announced after data was collected from the annual job survey at the industrial park, which found 1076 people are now employed full time at Markham Vale.

There a number of new businesses that are in the early stages of meeting their staffing needs that will add at least a further 400 jobs to this figure in the coming months alone.

More opportunities will be created when the three developments that are under construction start recruiting their staff. As further announcements are made, more employment opportunities will be created.

One of the three developments under construction is the new Great Bear Distribution building which is on target for completion in October 2017, thereafter it will be handed over to the client in order for them to complete their fit-out works ready for it to become operational.  The progress that is being made by the Derbyshire-based construction company, Bowmer and Kirkland, is being recorded via a live video feed.

Peter Storey, Head of Markham Vale, comments:-

“Markham Vale is going from strength to strength and continues to attract more companies wanting to invest in Derbyshire because of their prime location in the centre of England, excellent transport links, the attractive environment that is being created and the availability of a highly skilled workforce.”

In fact, to attract more employees to the area a number of new – and improvements to – existing footpaths, footways and cycling routes are being implemented across the 800 acre site such that connections between the local communities and villages around Markham Vale, and the new businesses locating to the site, are improved thereby enabling employees to have greater choices of travelling to and from work.