Michael Jonas and Gavin Cordwell-Smith A GROUP that has businesses in the construction, manufacturing, property and social housing sectors across the North-East and North Yorkshire has invested in excess of £1m in its Catterick manufacturing plant, Oakdale. Within the past 18 months the facility, which produces sustainably sourced building products and paving, has benefitted from the seven-figure investment from Hellens Group to create a new manufacturing line which has more than doubled its capacity. Oakdale employs 30 people directly and in the 25 years since it was established, it has recruited a number of ex-MOD employees who previously worked at Catterick Garrison. The firm utilises low carbon production processes together with innovative batch designs and conceived the concept of Greenscaping, or hard landscaping, which is kinder to the environment.
RICHMOND MP Rishi Sunak visited a Catterick-based manufacturing plant, which specialises in sustainable paving, to learn more about how the facility is expanding following the Covid-19 pandemic. Hellens Group, which has businesses in the construction, manufacturing, property and social housing sectors across the North East, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire welcomed Mr Sunak to the environmentally-friendly Oakdale plant. The visit took place before the current pandemic restrictions on travel were introduced. Hellens Group has been able to accelerate expansion plans, thanks in part to a strong property market. The facility has seen an increase in demand for building materials due to the March lockdown inspiring people to improve their homes and also due to the stamp duty holiday introduced by the government in the summer.
Michael Jonas and Gavin Cordwell-Smith A GROUP which has businesses in the construction, manufacturing, property and social housing sectors across the North East and North Yorkshire, has invested in excess of £1m in its Catterick manufacturing plant, Oakdale. Within the past 18 months the facility, which produces sustainably sourced building products and paving, has benefitted from the seven-figure investment from Hellens Group to create a new manufacturing line which has more than doubled its capacity. Oakdale employs 30 people directly and in the 25 years since it was established, it has recruited a number of ex-MOD employees who previously worked at Catterick Garrison.