Contractor appointed to deliver £4m mushroom growing factory in East Yorkshire

Harris CM, the Wakefield-based construction firm, has won a contract to design and build a new £4m growing facility by Hughes, a mushroom processing business from Northern Ireland.

The new facility will be located on an 11-acre site at Garrick Farm near Howden in East Yorkshire.

Work on the project will also include new offices and a board room, and the first facility on the site is set to be operational by next month. 70 new jobs are being created initially and a further 30 employed by the end of the year.

Founded in 1964, Hughes is is based in Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

Danny Mulqueen, Harris CM’s managing director, said: “Our business has always been recognised for its ability to satisfy the requirements of a diverse range of clients throughout the UK.

“This contract award adds to our wide-ranging portfolio of projects for clients in the food and beverage processing market.”

Emmet Hughes, Hughes’ business development director, commented: “We believe the scale and ambition of our investment is unprecedented in the UK mushroom industry, and this world class facility will be unrivalled in Europe.

“The state-of-the-art, efficient and environmentally friendly mushroom production operation has been designed to meet the demands and challenges of the modern industry, and we are confident in Harris CM’s ability to deliver the project on time and within budget.”

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