We help expanding  businesses, of all sizes to deliver their new investment projects by helping evaluate site growth options, homing in on a preferred solution then making it easier for them to access the support they need.

Our competitive advantage comes from being the only permanently, locally based economic development organisation in the Furness peninsula,from having a detailed knowledge of all the main locations suitable for growing businesses, and what new major developments and associated supply chain potential may bring. Add an ability to tap into a wide network of senior level contacts in businesses, and our knowledge of  LEPs, local authorities and trade and government organisations makes us a compelling partner to help realise new business.

                                                                                                                                              PPS  is a successful Ulverston based company

Companies may wish to secure our assistance in the form of:

• Direct support to company project teams to facilitate projects from concept through to commissioning;
• joint preparation of business cases to board managements for establishing facilities in an area;
• Researching site options for suppliers, shortlisting preferred sites and premises then helping you to implement site investment;
• Appraisal of potential local suppliers for construction or operational phases of development;
• Finding you the required skills, key personnel and training providers including the Furness College;
• Identification of discretionary financial and innovation support, business case preparation;
• Bespoke research into regional, national, sector and local market opportunities for your products and services.

We can assist you to identify suppliers operating in each sector locally or regionally and provide overviews of manufacturing, defence, electronics, energy and other capabilities so that you can refine your supply chain.

We also have excellent links into further education provision through Furness College’s management team to help you optimise ways to develop the skills base of your workforce.

                                 Furness College is introducing T Level courses in 2021

                                     We worked alongside Holiday Inn Express and Ashall Projects Ltd to deliver Barrow’s first Internationally branded hotel

Examples of work when contracted to deliver for FEDF included marketing,supply chain development, master-planning for site re-purposing, including:

• sustained assistance to management of the local port authority to market capacity and capability for servicing energy sector projects
• inputting to an initial impact study for a proposed internationally branded hotel;
• Working with Australian state authorities to engage with their smes keen to develop joint ventures and a presence in UK

Company Case Studies

We have been involved over many years in helping facilitate inward investment into south west Cumbria and the formation of new ventures which have gone on to become significant scale businesses. Recent examples include:

• Ashall Projects Ltd’s 127 bed, £11m, Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Barrow by assisting its management team to identify a site from a series of options, and acquire it, secure planning consent, source funding and injections of  private investors capital. During build we assisted  main contractors to source from local supplier. currently we are provide ongoing support to the developer and operator;
• Astec Precision Ltd engineering company we helped it review relocation options across Furness before homing in on a preferred solution to treble its size, relocating from multiple small units into a large 26,000ft2 factory at Ulverston. We then worked with management to help it in sourcing local suppliers to undertake conversion work within the new facility – Ocean Construction Ltd was one of those delivering the conversion;
• Kingfisher Seafoods: diversification from fisheries to offshore wind crew change vessel operation and engagement with industry and government to seek post Brexit shellfish export arrangements that safeguard ability to continue to access European markets without detriment;
• Gilmour Fabrications, we helped facilitate its relocation to a larger 15,000ft2 facility by enabling it to apply for and obtain a discretionary GSK Enterprise Fund grant in a way which allowed a quick transition before an existing lease expired.

                                                             Gilmour Fabrications new facility Park Road, Barrow

• Ametek  SCP : We assisted this American company to meet the needs of its client.The focus was on facilitating a team up with 2 local companies to enable delivery of key components and power and data grisd systems deliverable under a performance partnering arrangement to a customer for the UK submarine programme. More recently we have helped to evaluatefuture defence market opportunities and premises options for expansion to service future growth;
• Pipework manufacturer: we helped it review expansion options and a search for new premises;
• Specialist coating company: development of expansion programme, involving lobbying for land to be zoned industrial, assisting land purchase, development strategy implementation to boost manufacturing capacity and identify new markets;
• Tritech International Ltd – providing help to relocate to a new factory and research site at Ulverston;
• Dalton Community Action Group enabling it to engage with companies and local authorities.

                                                               Duddon Hire are one of the smes that have benefited from Stuart’s assistance in the past

GET IN TOUCH,CALL: 07836254721 or email stuart@klosinski.co.uk  to discuss how we can help you grow your business, develop its supply chain presence, access skills, new markets or innovation support.Our fees are very cost effective.They can be negotiated on a per day, individual project, or a retained fee basis over an agreed period.