#AmazingAccrington - Autumn 2019

A Celebration of Hyndburn’s

TOP BUSINESS

The history of Accrington certainly has a lot to be proud of, as the former centre of the textile industry, home to Accrington Stanley Football Club and a modern manufacturing hub, it’s no surprise to discover that the spirit of business is still alive and thriving in the area

Success Stories *

STUDIO RETAIL LIMITED: • Annual revenue of £506 million • Currently employs up to 2,400 people • Founded in 1962 # AmazingAccrington Host

THE SENATOR GROUP: • Annual revenue of £165 million • Currently employs 5,000 people • Founded in 1976

WHAT MORE UK: • Annual revenue of £50 million • Currently employs 245 people • Site size - 500,000 square feet • Founded in 1999 by Andy Holt

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FRONTIER PARK: • New Commercial Development • Predicted to create over 2,000 jobs • Site size - 90 acres # AmazingAccrington Host

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ACCRINGTON STANLEY FOOTBALL CLUB: • Founded in 1968, Accrington Stanley remains the heart of the community # AmazingAccrington Host

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Hyndburn has a proven track record of business success, as well as excellent transport infrastructure, with nearby access to the M65. The borough’s proximity to the north’s 29 universities is also advantageous, providing a fresh stream of graduates and acting as central hubs for collaboration between research and industry. New commercial property developments, such as Frontier Park and the established Globe Centre are also providing exciting opportunities, giving both new and old enterprise in the region room to expand and grow. One #AmazingAccrington meeting was hosted at Frontier Park, where Alex Kenwright, the site’s development manager was presenting and predicted the new site would create thousands of new jobs in the area and called for similar ambitious projects to be encouraged.

Business leaders frommany of the flourishing local enterprises gathered at themost recent #AmazingAccrington initiative, where they discovered Hyndburn is outperformingmany other big names in the county. Accrington #2 in ‘Hot-Spot’ List At the meeting the area’s success was celebrated by Professor Simon Bolton of Edge Hill University, who demonstrated that local businesses are achieving annual growth rates of 20%, putting Accrington second place in the county, coming just below Chorley and above Preston, Burnley, Lancaster and Lytham in the top 6 ‘hot-spot’ list. This is fantastic news for Hyndburn - based businesses, revealing they are making headway in a county that has some very significant players. Looking into some of the top business success stories in the area it’s easy to see why the borough ranked so high on the list. Hyndburn is Home to Some Big Players #AmazingAccrington is always striving to put Hyndburn on the map for business, as you can see opposite, the map is already host to brilliant businesses that need to be celebrated. Accrington is Proving to be Good for Business… Success stories like these provide clear evidence as to why not just the NorthWest, but Hyndburn specifically is an attractive place for business. This includes both newentrepreneurs layingdown roots for thefirst time and as a relocation opportunity forwell establishedenterprises toprosper.

THE GLOBE CENTRE: • Currently home to around 400 people including CMAC, Steinhoff Retail, The National Care Group and Growth Lancashire • Founded in 2006 # AmazingAccrington Host

TECC: • Currently employs 30 people • Headquartered at the Old Fire Station • Founded in 2008 # AmazingAccrington Host

Left: Hyndburn based business on the map. Above: The recent #AmazingAccrington meeting at Frontier Park. Above (inset): The scale of the unit at Frontier Park. Overleaf: #AmazingAccrington business leaders meeting at Accrington Town Hall, council chamber. #AmazingAccrington business leaders meeting together.

CMAC GROUP: • Annual revenue of £70 million • Founded in 2007

ACCRINGTON TOWN HALL: • Built in memory of Sir Robert Peel, he was the first Prime Minister from an industrial background # AmazingAccrington Host

* Turnover figures published by Haworths Chartered Accountants. May 2019.

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