D2N2 LEP awards £6.5 million to seven low carbon projects

SmartParc SEGRO is a high-tech food manufacturing and distribution campus on 155-acre site in Spondon Derby. SmartParc SEGRO Spondon offers a new way for the food industry to collaborate to meet the challenges of sustainable production whilst addressing the need for efficient, direct routes to consumers. The 2.4m sqft campus style hub offers felxible “state of the art” spaces ranging from starter units at 3,500sqft to manufacturing units up to 400,000sqft. The site will also be home to a “Food Manufacturing Technology Centre of Excellence” to future-proof the food industry, offering education and career opportunities to secure both the local and global food supply chains. The flagship site will be home to the first low-carbon food manufacturing community offering a shared distribution hub and services whilst working together to improve sustainability and reduce costs. From design and material selection to support for eventual occupiers. SmartParc and SEGRO will help to ensure excellent environmental performance and bold efficiency gains at the ground-breaking site.