Branching out to Birch Coppice

UPS announce Birch Coppice expansion

Global delivery and logistics firm UPS have announced ambitious expansion plans at Birch Coppice, in North Warwickshire, at junction 10 of the M42. The 152,500 sq ft warehouse includes 7,500 sq ft offices and UPS already occupy a significant plot at the site.

The announcement comes just weeks after owner IM Properties broke ground on the site. In 2013 IM were the first developers outside London to announce spec build on units larger than 100,000sqft, and have now let all three of these units.

The expansion is testimony to the ongoing attractiveness of Warwickshire as a location for inward investment and business expansion.

 Bus links provide boost to business at Birch Coppice, Dordon

Bus services from Nuneaton to Tamworth via Atherstone and Birch Coppice Business Park in Dordon are set to receive a major boost.

Stagecoach Midlands has been working closely with businesses in and around Birch Coppice to identify new routes and service times to better match their shift patterns.

A new Service 767 has been introduced since October, operating between Birch Coppice and Red Deeps via Atherstone and Nuneaton providing a very early morning and evening service Mondays to Saturdays. A Sunday service is also introduced in the early morning and evening, again providing links between Tamworth and Nuneaton via Birch Coppice. There are also some amendments in peak hours to the Mondays to Saturdays existing service 766, with journeys being extended to Nuneaton from Atherstone.

 Together these improvements mean that residents of Nuneaton, Mancetter, Atherstone and Grendon without access to a car will be able to seek employment at Birch Coppice and at employers along the route, with the confidence that transport will be available seven days a week. Existing employees at Birch Coppice and local companies in Atherstone and elsewhere along the route will be able to choose to leave the car at home and take the bus.

Birch Coppice is a major employment site, with over 15 medium and large businesses, employing over 4,500 people,  including online food retailer Ocado, the automotive parts company Eurocarparts and package delivery firm UPS. Further expansion is expected over the next few years creating even more job opportunities in an already flourishing North Warwickshire economy.

 North Warwickshire Borough Council and Warwickshire County Council, together with Birch Coppice developers IM Properties, jointly hosted a Business Breakfast in July to discuss recruitment and access to the business park. Stagecoach Midlands were also invited to attend and met with employers to discuss transport solutions to the North Warwickshire site. 

Contact Stagecoach on 01604 676060 or visit www.stagecoachbus.com for further details.