December 2020 - Invest Colchester

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Turnstone Given Green Light for £50m Northern Gateway Development

Posted on December 18, 2020 | by web@colchester.gov.uk

One of the country’s most exciting new leisure developments has got the go ahead after Colchester Borough Council granted planning consent for Turnstone Estates’ £50m Northern Gateway scheme in Colchester

Set to open in 2022/3, the 200,000 sq ft project will provide a 12-screen Cineworld cinema (with Superscreen and 4DX), a Hollywood Bowl bowling centre, a Puttstars indoor mini-golf centre, a Jump Street run climbing centre; seven restaurants, two drive thru restaurants and a 90-bed hotel. In addition to parking for 750 cars, the scheme will have several electric car rapid charging points.

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Global Player in the Bakery Ingredients Business Opens £1m New Facility in Colchester

Posted on December 7, 2020 | by web@colchester.gov.uk

Zeelandia UK, part of the global baking ingredients manufacturer Royal Zeelandia Group, has officially launched its £1 million investment in a new, purpose-designed technical centre in Colchester, Essex, by publishing a film to introduce the new centre to customers.

The company, which is renowned for providing the highest quality bakery ingredients to the industrial, craft and in-store bakery sectors, moved from its previous site in Billericay, Essex, as part of their ongoing growth strategy within the UK. It follows the successful acquisition of James Flemings in 2017.

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Colchester’s £25m Town Deal Bid Submitted to Government

Posted on December 4, 2020 | by web@colchester.gov.uk

A multi-million-pound bid by the ‘We Are Colchester’ group has been submitted to the Government to fund several projects around the town .

At the start of 2020, Colchester was chosen as one of 101 towns across the country that could apply for up to £25 million from the Government’s Town Deal Fund.

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