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Cable giants to build new warehouse
Sixfields - the site of Cleveland Cable Company ’ s new warehouse facility .
Cleveland Cable Company has continued its expansion with the purchase of a 4.1-acre former brownfield site near Northampton on which the Middlesbroughheadquartered firm plans to build a new warehousing and sales facility .
The cabling giant currently employs 46 staff at its nearby Milton Keynes base , servicing the South-East coast including Lincolnshire , Peterborough and Cambridge .
Cleveland Cable ’ s global business manager Michael Powell said : “ At a time of looming recession and mass redundancy in the UK , this new build represents an £ 8m investment for Cleveland Cable . Architectural plans for the 44,000-sq ft depot with secure storage yard in the Sixfields area of Northampton have been drafted and submitted to the local council for planning approval .
“ It will provide new jobs in both the design and build of the premises and in the additional employees that will be needed to service such a large warehousing complex .
“ The custom-built facility will be the new base of operations for our current Milton Keynes branch , which will be relocating there .
“ This provides a muchneeded , larger footprint for storage facilities and the transport requirements of this highly successful depot , as well bringing us closer to the Midlands , from where we can service our renewables , road and rail contracts more effectively .
“ The existing Milton Keynes property will be transferred to Cable Properties and Investments to be retained in the company ’ s property portfolio . The property will then be let off and subsequently managed by the properties team , based in our Middlesbrough headquarters .”
The plot is within a prime industrial , retail and leisure park to the west of Milton Keynes town centre and close to the M1 . The site was first developed in 1994 and also hosts the 7,800-seat PTS
Academy Stadium , home of Northampton Town Football Club . Sixfields also hosts out-of-town shopping , restaurants and entertainment facilities .
Founded in 1978 , Cleveland Cable Company exports cables and cable accessories throughout the world and is a key supplier to healthcare , road , rail , utilities and construction sectors .
The firm is incredibly proud of its Teesside roots and retains its head office on Middlesbrough ’ s Riverside Park industrial estate alongside eight locations across the UK and Ireland , including branches in Aberdeen , Glasgow , Newcastle , Warrington , London , Bristol and Dublin , while a branch in Dubai serves the market in the United Arab Emirates .
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