Business Park’s aim for 2,500 job boost

Glentrool Estates Group Ltd has secured deals for acres of industrial land at the Sherburn2 business park at Sherburn-in-Elmet, with Portakabin and Ford taking up residence.

Portakabin, the York-based modular building manufacturer, is using four acres at the new business park to base its site accommodation business, and the motor manufacturer Ford has taken 16 acres of land for a new pre-delivery and inspection facility for new vehicle distribution operation in the north of England.

Glentrool is transforming the 90-acre Sherburn2 at Junction 42 of the A1(M) into a business and employment park. The £105 million development has the capacity to create 2,500 sustainable jobs when it is full.

Jeremy Nolan, a director of Glentrool, commented: “We are very proud of having concluded these three deals at Sherburn2 during the last 12 months. They are a resounding endorsement of both the quality and the location of our development.

“Work has progressed tremendously well at Sherburn2. The high-quality Cromwell building is occupied, and two major companies, Ford and Portakabin, are now on site too.

“The whole infrastructure of the site is complete, meaning Sherburn2 is oven ready for development and potential occupiers.

“We have also completed work on footpaths and cycle ways connecting Sherburn2 to the adjacent Sherburn Enterprise Park, Sherburn and railway station. This is a very significant time for us after years of hard work and preparation”.