Proposed new Sugar Beet factory in North Yorkshire

[Bumble Bee]

There is proposal for a new sugar beet factory in North Yorkshire between Harrogate and York.
The proposal has not been put forward by British Sugar but by a company called Al Khaleej from Dubai.

A bit of competition for British Sugar at last!

 

[ARW]

I think this would be good to get sugar beet growing round here again

 

[Bumble Bee]

Here is a link to the news article.
https://www.insidermedia.com/insider/yorkshire/massive-sugar-processing-plant-plans-emerge

 

[tomg]

Guessing it must be on Flaxby golf course?

 

[Bumble Bee]

Not far away. It's right next to the incinerator. I'm guessing that they are going to use the waste heat.

 

[mo!]

Interesting, good location transport wise I suppose, I'd be surprised if they can build as tall given its proximity to RAF Linton.

 

[beefandsleep]

That would be fantastic if it happened. Sugar beet feed might be cheaper too[emoji106]

 

[Bumble Bee]

Interesting, good location transport wise I suppose, I'd be surprised if they can build as tall given its proximity to RAF Linton.

I'm fairly sure that all the flight training is moving to Wales sometime soon and Linton will close.

 

[tomg]

How tall is in the incinerator? You can see that from miles around!

 

[ARW]

300 jobs created, can't really see why not!
Why o why did father scrap our standen mk1!

 

[Nearly]

@Spud still grows a bit.

 

[Bumble Bee]

How tall is in the incinerator? You can see that from miles around!

I think the chimney is about 70 meters tall.

 

[mo!]

I'm fairly sure that all the flight training is moving to Wales sometime soon and Linton will close.

Despite the rumours there has been no final decision made yet. There will be something at Linton for a while yet. There is talk of the Memorial Flight and possibly the Reds. Unless Aldwark Bridge is strengthened we won't be carting beet in there.

 

[Bumble Bee]

I hope they don't close Linton. The forces bring a lot into the local economy (plus I like watching the planes). It would be great if the BBMF ard Red Arrows did move over here!

 

[yellowbelly]

It would be great if the BBMF ard Red Arrows did move over here!

Ay up, we're quite happy to keep 'em here in Lincolnshire, thank you very much

 

[simmy_bull]

There is proposal for a new sugar beet factory in North Yorkshire between Harrogate and York.
The proposal has not been put forward by British Sugar but by a company called Al Khaleej from Dubai.

A bit of competition for British Sugar at last!

I thought there was a law that only British sugar could produce sugar in this country or something? Vaguely remember them saying something about it when I was at college at York. When the sugar beet factory was still open!!

 

[Beef farmer]

Is that normal capacity for peak season? 36k tons seems like a lot of product to shift.

 

[Breckland Boy]

The bury factory in Suffolk processes about 11000 tonnes per day.Wissington ( British Sugars biggest factory is I think about 18000 tonnes. So 24-36 thousand per day would mean a huge factory.
Would it mean an existing factory could close?

 

[Beef farmer]

It's also 1250 arctics turning up on peak demand day.

 

[Breckland Boy]

Indeed. Road infrastructure would probably need upgrading.
Anyway, I'm sure we keep getting told to eat less sugar. This factory would mean a 50% increase in sugar production capacity in England