Summary
THE story of the Adderstone Group and Brims Construction"s regeneration of a Sunderland shipyard to form the Quay West Business Park on the banks of the Wear is one which has followed the turbulent flow of the region"s economy.
Adderstone managing director Ian Baggett said: "When the Southwick site was acquired by Austin Pickersgill in 1845 Sunderland built ships. Dubbed "the largest shipbuilding town in the world" Sunderland employed over 4,337 people in the industry as recently as 1984.See the full content of this document
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Shipyard Provides Prime Location for a Business Park
"For the Austin Pickersgill Site the glory years after the war saw 14,000-tonne freighters being launched - m...
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