The Facts
Browse the many things there are to be POSH about under each of the different categories.
NGF EUROPE
The NGF EUROPE Factory in St.Helens manufactures more fibreglass cord than any other facility in the world. Each year NGF EUROPE produces enough cord to stretch to the moon and back twice, or around the Earth forty times.
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St.Helens Chamber
St.Helens Chamber is the best in Britain (Source: British Chambers of Commerce, 2007)....
Big League Business Start Up Growth
Barclays Bank (2007) has named St.Helens as one of the top 11 centres in the UK in terms of business start-up growth rates....
Couristan Carpets
St.Helens based Couristan Carpets is one of the world’s foremost luxury carpet manufacturers, whose clients number the Royal Family, Gordon Ramsay, and a number of prestige Las Vegas Hotels, including the Bellagio, Caesars Palace, the Fla...read more...
500 New Businesses Started
After only 18 months, the St.Helens Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) programme has already led to the creation of more than 500 new businesses and 1,150 new jobs....
Knauf Insulation
Knauf Insulation, based in St.Helens, is the UK's leading insulation company. ...
Local Enterprise Growth
St.Helens was the only Northwest Borough to successfully secure round one Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) funding. This totals £13.4 million funding for the first three years of what is intended as a 10-year programme, being man...read more...
Pioneering City Growth Strategy
St.Helens was one of only 4 areas in the UK chosen in 2003 by the then Chancellor Gordon Brown to pilot the cutting edge “City Growth Strategy” initiative, a new private sector driven approach to economic development developed by one of...read more...
The Best in the Northwest for Cars
According to a Virgin Money report based on a variety of criteria ranging from cost and availability of parking to car crime, St.Helens is the most car-friendly town/city in the Northwest....
Feeding the North West
Supermarkets Somerfield and Sainsbury’s both selected St.Helens as the location for their regional distribution bases thanks to the Borough’s connectivity at the heart of the North West’s motorway network....
