Progress has been slow but the £20m building coming out of the ground in Samlesbury is a very visible sign the development of Lancashire’s Aerospace Enterprise Zone is gathering pace.
The impressive University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC North West) is on target to be completed in the autumn.
Not only will it play a key role in the county’s economic future and its post-pandemic recovery, those behind the development of the zone believe it will act as a major catalyst for further inward investment on the site.
Samlesbury is one of four enterprise zone (EZ) sites that make up the wider Lancashire Advanced Manufacturing and Energy Cluster.
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