Council to Create Hundreds of New Jobs

Portsmouth City Council has started on new construction work which will create hundreds of new local engineering and manufacturing jobs.

The new 120,000 sq ft specialist facility, which the council is building at its award-winning business park, Dunsbury Park, will generate millions of pounds in rental income for vital council services and will be a massive part of the area’s post-COVID-19 recovery.

Work on the project started in late November, at the engineering and manufacturing unit which Portsmouth City Council is building at its 45-acre site next to Junction 3 of the A3(M).

The building is for BioPure Technologies Ltd – a fluid-path component manufacturer for the biotechnology industry. BioPure is part of the global engineering company, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, a niche pump company and associated fluid-path manufacturer.

Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, said: “We’re not waiting around to start the local recovery from the pandemic.

“This building will be ready for production in 2022, when it will create around 120 new manufacturing and engineering jobs. Even more jobs will be created during later phases of this project.”

The council’s Head of Development, Kevin Hudson, said: “This is the largest development of a dedicated manufacturing facility on the South Coast this year.

“It’s also the biggest new warehouse facility to be built on the South Coast since we built a global headquarters for international clothing brand, FatFace, in 2017 – also at Dunsbury Park.”

Andrew Mines, Managing Director of Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group, commented: “We’re immensely proud to be able to reinforce BioPure’s position as a major employer in the Portsmouth area and are delighted to be working with Portsmouth City Council on this expansion project.

“BioPure is an important member of the Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group family and their products are highly valued by customers in the biopharmaceutical sector, a sector which has been at the forefront of news during the global pandemic.

“We are excited to be able to expand to this larger facility to support our growing business.”

The new facility is to be built by BAM Construction.

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