Work starts on food halls at Cheshire college

The refurbishment work on the licensed food and drink processing halls is underway at Reaseheath College in Nantwich, Cheshire.

A £4.7m grant was secured by the college from North West Development Agency last month, with a further £2.9m provided by the Learning and Skills Council towards the new build of the food halls.

The refurbishment of the food halls is part of a wider plan to set up an Enterprise Delivery Hub offering resources to regional businesses, particularly those within the agricultural and food production and processing industries.

The Hub project is seeking to add value to the £51m investment which the Learning and Skills Council set aside for Reaseheath to invest in its facilities and buildings as part of its mission to become a major player in the up-skilling of the North West workforce especially in rural and land base.