date:Jan 08, 2013
Samworth Brothers is building a new food manufacturing facility that will create up to 700 jobs in Leicestershire.
The food manufacturing giant has made a deal with Leicester City Council to buy 50,000m2 of greenfield land at Ashton Green, North Leicester.
A spokesman for Leicester City Council said : The deal has been struck on the condition that planning permission will be granted for a production facility.
Samworth Brothers new chief executive Lindsey Pownall said the factory would not be