Derbyshire Times news bulletin 26th March

Derbyshire Times news bulletin with editor Phil Bramley

Transcript

00:00 Here's today's Derbyshire Times video bulletin.

00:03 Work on the new town square which forms part of the multi-million plans for the redevelopment of Claycross

00:08 is expected to get underway this summer.

00:11 The £24 million government-funded Claycross Town Deal, which was given planning approval back in November,

00:17 features four main parts including a new town square,

00:21 food, beverage and leisure units along the route from Broadleys to the town square,

00:25 a Derbyshire Adult Education Centre called the Clock Tower,

00:28 and plans to repurpose an historic building with food, drink and leisure opportunities.

00:33 Now, North East Derbyshire District Council has announced the appointment of Inside Limited

00:38 as their preferred contractor for the Town Centre Regeneration Project,

00:41 which means that work on the town square scheme will get underway in the summer.

00:46 The new town square will feature an open space which can be put to a number of different uses,

00:50 greenery, a refurbished heritage building and flexible business units for independent businesses and street food outlets,

00:57 links to an improved Market Street, Bridge Street and Smithy Street.

01:03 A packaging company with a site near Chesterfield has confirmed that a number of employees will face redundancy

01:08 but says the vast majority of staff will not be impacted by the changes.

01:12 DS Smith has announced that a small number of staff will be made redundant at their Pillsbury Road site in Dainsmore Claycross.

01:19 A DS Smith spokesman said,

01:22 "A period of consultation has been undertaken at our Claycross site in relation to halting our pre-print manufacturing.

01:28 Unfortunately, no viable alternative business proposals were presented during this process,

01:33 and we have therefore taken the difficult decision to halt manufacturing, which affects a small number of roles.

01:39 We will now focus our efforts on supporting employees impacted by this decision.

01:44 All our other manufacturing continues to operate as normal,

01:47 and the vast majority of roles at this site are unaffected by the decision.