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[15 MAY 00] MARCONI NEWS
Marconi Move Will Attract Top Staff
BY ANTONY HOPKER

Marconi’s new development in Ansty will be a state-of-the-art building to attract the best graduates in the country to the firm, according to its chief executive officer.

Recruitment and retention of the best minds in computing and engineering is the biggest challenge facing the firm, said Mike Parton.

He said plans for the worldwide growth of Marconi were well underway and it was decided that the company had to move from its home in New Century Park.

He said:

“We’ve been here for over 100 years and although we’ve added bits and refurbished, it’s not the image of a new internet company that we want to portray.”

Building work will start in the autumn and will be finished in 2003.

The project, one of the largest in the UK, will eventually accommodate 4,950 staff, and will take 1.1 million square feet.

Staff from the existing building will be moved over in phases and the land will then be used for development.

It is hoped that another 2,000 jobs can be created on the current site.

Cllr Eddie Smith, cabinet member for the Environment at Warwickshire County Council, said the strategic work to keep the Ansty site together had been crucial.

He said many developers and companies had called for the 100 acre site to be split up and parcelled into smaller units.

Cllr Smith said:

“It’s absolutely brilliant for the county and the region as a whole, especially when you look at what’s happened to Rover in the last couple of weeks.

“Hopefully Gaydon will keep its best staff and together with Marconi will attract more companies here.”

Carl Pearson of Coventry Centre For Investment said the experience of other cities with high-tech industry was that it attracted similar companies and led to a boom.

He said:

“You don’t get the supply chain building up as you would in something like the automotive industry, but other firms come to the area to try and pick up top-quality staff.”
  

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