What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I thought that this would be an appropriate follow on article to my September Mann’s article because both companies made similar products and started around the same time as James Hutchinson Mann and George Hutchinson Mann, James’s brother, was in partnership with Joseph Clayton of Clayton & Son Limited. George
Leading British spring and comfort technology manufacturer, Spinks, has announced the expansion of its portfolio of innovative spring solutions across North America through HS2 – its long-standing joint venture with U.S.-based Hickory Springs Manufacturing (HSM). Building on more than 13 years of successful collaboration, Beeston-based Spinks and HSM will introduce
Thirteen Yorkshire and Humber manufacturing leaders have been recognised in Make UK’s new 130 Honours, celebrating people shaping the future of UK manufacturing. The Yorkshire and Humber honourees showcase the region’s manufacturing strength, spanning global engineering, advanced materials, research and specialist production. Among those recognised is Louise O’Brien, Managing Director
Fifth-generation luxury Beeston-based bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, will expand into China through one of the country’s leading manufacturers and retailers, Sleep Comfortably (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd – bringing over 185 years of British bedmaking expertise and innovation to the market. The award-winning bedmaker will make its debut in China through a
Leeds City Council has agreed to give Schneider Electric, a strategically important business in Hunslet, a rebate on their business rates of £315,000 to help them expand their premises and workforce. Schneider Electric operates from premises on Jack Lane in Hunslet where it crrently employs 555 people. The firm, a
Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested £600,000 in a Kiefel KMD 78 Speedformer – a move that will lead to the creation of three new jobs, increase manufacturing capacity by 25 per cent, and open up opportunities in new markets for the Hunslet-based thermoformed packaging company. The new markets, which
The troubled OneSubsea engineering and manufacturing plant in Stourton, which employed 900 staff as recently as April of this year, looks set for full closure and demolition in the coming months. As previously reported, 620 staff were laid off earlier this year, out of a total of 900 – due
Local engineering giants OneSubsea – based in Stourton – have confirmed the loss of 620 jobs, from a workforce of 900. Following several months of consultation, and negotiations with unions (the job losses were first mooted in October), the redundant staff have finally left their posts in the past ten