Images revealed of £150m logistics facility that will deliver 1,300-1,500 permanent jobs

As part of further information submitted to East Riding Council, computer-generated images have been published of a state-of-the-art retail logistics facility that will bring more than a thousand permanent jobs to the Hull and East Yorkshire region. The images are part of a comprehensive package of updated and additional information provided to the council and made available to the public as...

Work set to start on next phase of Beverley housing masterplan

Work is expected to start within weeks on the next phase of a project to build around 1,800 homes to the south of Beverley after council officers cleared the way by approving details of the scheme. Lovel Developments, which is based in Beverley, is close to agreeing a date for Barratt Homes to begin construction of more than 400 houses on about 35 acres of land next to Long Lane. Both...

Local contractor appointed for latest Melton West infrastructure works

Wykeland Group has appointed local contractor C R Reynolds to deliver the latest major infrastructure investment at the developer’s Melton West business park. Hessle-based civil engineering and construction company C R Reynolds has begun work on a new roundabout on Brickyard Lane in a £1.1 million project that will support continuing investment and job creation at the growing East Yorkshire...

Northern engineering firms team up for Tyne & Wear Metro bid

Two northern engineering powerhouses have formed a partnership to bid for a £500 million contract to build new trains and a depot for the Tyne and Wear Metro. From 2022, the existing metro fleet will be replaced with brand new high technology trains and maintained at a newly-constructed site at Gosforth, Newcastle. Hitachi and Spencer Group will harness their footprint in the North for the bid....

Planned logistics facility to include ‘major biodiversity and wildlife corridor’

Wykeland Group set out proposals for the creation of a nine-acre biodiversity and wildlife corridor, which will enhance and extend the existing 35-acre Long Plantation woodland separating the development site at Melton West business park from the village of North Ferriby. The event was joined by 200 residents, including some who took part by phone, and ran for nearly four and a half hours....