Laurence and Adam discuss a successful year for a prominent trailer maker, investment in a new golf facility and a double management buyout of workwear firms.
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00:00Growth of a prominent trailer maker, investment in a new golf facility and a
00:05double MBO of workwear firms. That's all coming up in today's business briefing.
00:15My name is Lawrence Kilgannon. And I'm Adam Beach. Well, morning Adam. One that caught my eye
00:20this morning was the investment in a new golf facility. As you know, golf
00:25stories tend to be popular with our readers. So perhaps you can tell us a bit more.
00:29Of course, it's regarding Ramseide Hall Hotel in County Durham, who are
00:34investing more than six million pounds, excuse me, into what it
00:38hopes will be a top UK golf facility. The site is looking to add a
00:44multi-million pound golf academy, as well as a leisure entertainment hub. The
00:49development will include a 43 bay driving range, a six lane indoor bowling
00:54alley, as well as a sports bar with interactive games and pool tables and
00:59screens to show live sports. Tell me this, are you a golfer? No, I can't say
01:03I've ever played proper, I've played mini golf and that's about my level, I think.
01:06Fine, well that would be the same as me. I have tried to play golf and do enjoy
01:11the idea of it. So these sort of stories do appeal because these are the sort of places
01:15where you can go for like a weekend with friends. Yeah, it's quite an
01:19attractive offering. Yeah, of course. Sadly, I then disgraced myself on the course by
01:24hacking it around. I imagine I would be the same. But maybe I could use the
01:27training facilities at Ramside to improve my game. It's good to see. And there's a phased opening of the
01:34development taking place between March and August. Right, okay, great stuff. Well
01:40away from that, as many people on the roads will see a trailer, it will
01:45quite often be Ivor Williams trailers. They are a North Wales business and
01:50they've posted some results with their turnover has gone up close to the
01:54£100 million mark. So a great result for them. As well as trailers, they're also
01:58behind horse boxes, car transporters and products like that. And they've also
02:06had a great sort of profit return as well. The pre-tax profits almost reached £13
02:11million for them in their latest financial results. They did caution about
02:15the sort of rocky economic climate in the country at the moment, but
02:21things are going good at the moment. Now you've also got news of some
02:26hospitality news from the East Midlands. That's right, in Leicester. It's regarding a
02:30former Wetherspoons pub and plans to convert the site into a new hotel. The
02:36plans are due to be reviewed by Leicester City Council's planning
02:40committee next week. And they propose the conversion of the former Las Plantagenet
02:46pub into 56 self-catering hotel rooms, along with a multifunctional space which
02:53will operate for conferences and small events and the like. Interesting, because
02:57Wetherspoons, they often are in grand buildings. Yeah, they're usually quite
03:01appealing. So it's no longer Wetherspoons, and this is a development that's looking to bring it forward.
03:05The Wetherspoons closed in 2019 and the site's got a little bit of history. It was
03:10built in the 1950s and was originally a furniture store, quite prominently. And
03:15the plans for the scheme will be reviewed on the 12th of February. Okay,
03:19and relatively unusually to conclude, we've got news of a double MBO. We cover MBOs
03:25all the time. This was two sort of standalone firms, operating as sister
03:29businesses, which have both been acquired by management. They're both in the
03:33northwest of England and they are Warrington-based J&K Ross and Nelson in
03:38Lancashire-based Dale Techniche. Together the businesses have about 50
03:44employees and a combined turnover of 10 million pounds. So, you know, a decent
03:48sized operation. And they've been acquired from the Ross family by a
03:52management team, which is led by Neil Willock. Now, as ever with these
03:58situations, we like to point out the advisors who worked on the deals and
04:01that includes law firm Bermans. They advised the management team. Close
04:07Brothers provided finance for the deal. And then they were also supported by
04:11Coits, DJH Corporate Finance and Coal Associates. So, we wish them the best of
04:17luck under the new management. I'm sure that will be a popular story this
04:20morning. Absolutely. Well, to find out more about the stories we've discussed, go to
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04:32from us. See you next time. Thank you.