Oldham contractor Medlock to deliver £11m projects for hospitality giant Whitbread

Leisure contractor Medlock FRB has secured a raft of projects worth over £11m to build and fit-out Premier Inn hotels and adjoining restaurants in the North.

The firm is now working on developments in Ulverston in the Lake District, Rhyl in North Wales and Bridlington in East Yorkshire for hospitality giant Whitbread.

Oldham-based Medlock has previously completed Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre projects for Whitbread across Cockermouth, Penrith, Wirral, Intu Trafford Centre, Leeds-Bradford Airport and Stafford.

The company is due to complete a 79-bedroom Premier Inn and an adjoining Thyme Restaurant next to the Ulverston Canal in December.

Medlock is also scheduled to deliver a 70-bedroom hotel and Brewers Fayre restaurant at the Rhyl waterfront development scheme in January.

In Bridlington, the firm is creating an 82-bedroom Premier Inn and Brewers Fayre next to a new seafront leisure centre. The hotel, also due for completion in January, is the first to be built in the resort in 80 years.

Combined, the three projects are worth £11.2m.

Dan Lewis, project director at Medlock, said: “We are delighted to further cement our relationship with Whitbread with the award of these contracts.

“The target for further hotels in the UK is well-documented and presents a tremendous opportunity for Medlock to be part of this expansion.”

He continued: “We have a strong track record in the successful delivery of previous projects and look forward to achieving outstanding standards of work again to help the Premier

“Inn brand maintain its position as the country’s most popular hotel brand.”