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23/11/2010

Corby Enterprise Centre Completed

Kier Marriott has completed work on the £8.3 million Corby Enterprise Centre, which aims to boost business in the town, and has handed it over to Corby Borough Council.

The centre has been built next to the £30 million Corby Business Academy and includes office, workshop and studio space for let.

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It is part of the town's regeneration plan and is being billed as a "major boost to new enterprise".

The council's lead member for regeneration, Jimmy Noble, said: "We are very pleased to be able to get in to the enterprise centre and start making it a place where businesses can get the support and facilities that they need to develop and thrive."

(CD)

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