Modular housebuilder opens first UK manufacturing site at Durham business park

A modular housebuilder has announced that it is opening its first UK manufacturing site in County Durham.

CoreHaus is opening the new site at Jade Business park near Seaham, across a 20,000 sq ft unit, as part of its scale up plan.

The company said that the plan will see more than 100 people working across the business to create 1,000 modular homes a year.

The park is owned by Durham County Council and managed by Business Durham.

Scott Bibby, managing director of CoreHaus, commented: “With such a great facility situated in the heart of the North East and at such a competitive rate, it made perfect sense to set up our manufacturing site at Jade Business Park.

“County Durham has a highly skilled and rich labour market which we have already begun to take advantage of, this has allowed us to employ a diverse, highly competent and experienced team from the surrounding area which will allow best practice from multiple industries to be deployed into our products.

“As a social enterprise the generation of social value is highly important to us.

“To support this and key to our success will be establishing a robust, local supply chain and the further creation of training and employment opportunities which will include technical highly skilled jobs and apprenticeships for our innovative product in a growing market.

“The support from Business Durham and the council has been fantastic so far, we look forward to strengthening this relationship and building upon it further in the future.”