Liverpool regeneration will open up jobs

18/11/2008

Up to 10,000 jobs are expected to be created following plans to go ahead with a massive regeneration project in Liverpool.

The Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) has pledged £4.3 million towards the reclamation of industrial land in Halton.

When competed, the new development will be used use as a freight distribution site for the Stobart Group, in partnership with Halton council.

Halton council's executive board member for regeneration, Cllr Rob Polhill, said: "This is a tremendous opportunity for us to buck the national trend."

Andrew Tinkler, Stobart Group chief executive, added: "We are delighted with the support we have received from the NWDA and Halton Borough Council, without which this development would not have gone ahead."

Stobart Group employs over 5,300 people and provides road, rail, sea and inland waterway transport and logistics solutions.

As well as operating more than 1,850 tractor units and drawbars the company also owns around 3,000 trailers and has around six million square feet of high specification warehousing across the UK.

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