The Developer behind the five star Flaxby Country Resort in North Yorkshire has announced Wates Construction as the main contractor for the £40 million build programme.

The Skelwith Group is developing the 300 room leisure development, situated between York and Harrogate. It will open in 2011, with work expected to start late this year. Up to 400 workers will be needed on site and local tradesmen and women will be used wherever possible.

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Featuring a luxury spa, bars, restaurants and boutiques the 240,000 ft development will be set around the existing 27-hole golf course, nestling in nearly 300 acres of Yorkshire Countryside.

Wates Director, Phil Harrison, said: "The Flaxby Country Resort is good news for the people of North Yorkshire, who will no doubt benefit from the new jobs that this project will create – both before and after completion. I am delighted that the Skelwith Group has appointed us as its main contractor for the project and am confident that our team will work hard to deliver on its promise."

The Flaxby Country Resort will total over 240,000 sq ft and the build programme is estimated to be around 80 weeks.

(CD/JM)