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Beatson Clark’s Quality Director Eddie Pickering with Lord Newby during the tour of the factory in Rotherham
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Deputy Chief Whip Visits Rotherham Glass Factory

House of Lords Deputy Chief Whip Lord Newby OBE paid a visit to Beatson Clark in Rotherham today (Thursday 12th February) to look at the glass manufacturer’s £12m investment programme.

Beatson Clark successfully bid for £1.7m in round four of the Regional Growth Fund in 2013.

The company has recently built a new amber furnace, installed a six-section bottle forming machine and a new capping machine and upgraded its design software systems.

Lord Newby toured the factory on Greasbrough Road and met staff who work at the company, which has been making glass bottles and jars in Rotherham since 1751.

“The grant we secured through the Regional Growth Fund was a terrific boost for Beatson Clark and the local economy in Rotherham as it enabled us to strengthen the service we provide to the pharmaceutical sector,” said Lynn Sidebottom, Sales and Marketing Director at Beatson Clark.

“It also facilitated an expansion of our activities in the growing brewery sector and helped to secure jobs for the future.”

Two photographs from today’s visit are available:

1          Beatson Clark’s Quality Director Eddie Pickering with Lord Newby during the tour of the factory in Rotherham

2          Eddie Pickering (Quality Director), Lord Newby, Michael Ramagnoli (Regional Manager,  Regional Growth Fund Operations, Yorkshire and Humber ) and Dave Roberts, Financial Director at Beatson Clark) viewing the finished product

Notes to editors:

• Lord Newby was appointed as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Captain of The Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard in May 2012. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords.
• He was raised to the peerage in 1997 and served as Chief of Staff to Charles Kennedy, Leader of the Liberal Democrats between 1999 and 2006. He was also the Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson in the Lords from 1998 until 2010. He was National Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) from 1981 to 1988.
• Beatson Clark specialises in providing glass packaging solutions for niche brands in the food, drink and pharmaceutical markets worldwide. The key to its success has been flexibility, innovation and the high quality of its containers.
• Beatson Clark’s customers are at the core of its business and the company is proud of the long-standing partnerships it has developed thanks to the outstanding level of service it offers.
• Beatson Clark has a turnover of £44 million and a production capacity of approximately 510 million units or 142,000 tonnes.
• It has ISO 9001:2000, BRC/IOP Food Packaging Hygiene Standard and OHSAS 18001:1999 Occupational Health & Safety Standard and its manufacturing capability has an emphasis on flexibility to facilitate short tailored production runs. It has a UK distribution centre located in Rotherham.
• The Government’s Regional Growth Fund has invested nearly £3 billion to help businesses in England to grow; so far generating over 100,000 jobs. 56 new awards in Round 6 and seven through exceptional RGF support – announced on 12 February 2015, gives £297 million to 63 projects and programmes to create and safeguard thousands more jobs and unlock an additional £1.5 billion private sector investment.

For media information contact:
Jez Ashberry
Shooting Star PR
01522 528540
07780 735071
jez@weareshootingstar.co.uk
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