Decision details

This is an inward investment enquiry from a UK e-commerce consumer market company that has worked with small to large multinational corporations and has developed strong customer relationships and a reputation for delivering excellence. MH Star Ltd has been trading for the last 7 years and also leases a 100,000 sq ft unit in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.
Their initial plans are to create 20 new jobs including 3 Management posts but they envisage that this site will be a mirror image of their site in Cambridgeshire that employs 34 staff. They
consider themselves to be an ethical supplier, good employer and an environmentally friendly company.
The Company is growing and is looking to lease a 123,811 sqft vacant unit at Armthorpe as their main distribution centre in the North which will store products and dispatch orders all over the UK

To award the following grants to MH Star Ltd in relation to the Inward Investment Business Incentive Scheme:-
Job Creation Grant of £8,300
Project set up costs of up to £5,000 for CCTV, Internet/Wi-Fi devices and fire/intruder alarms.
Renovation Costs up to £10,000 for racking, signage and access systems.

A number of options were considered including not offering the company any incentives. However Steering Group members felt that the nature of the investment would be good for Doncaster in terms of the new investment.