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Location Build to suit opportunity up to Scheme Advantages The Case for Rail 1million s q f t Demographics At Stobart Park, 3MG, Widnes A rail connected site with fully operational rail freight terminal and easy access to Case Study M56, M6 and M62

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Maps Established, Sustainable, Multimodal Contact - inspirational Part of the Mersey Multimodal It has some unique advantages: Gateway (3MG), Stobart • The best fully operational rail freight • An on-site biomass sustainable power plant Park sits at the heart of a terminal in the UK • Detailed consent for a 1million sq ft building with development of international • A large and growing local labour supply 40M eaves height (and help recruiting them) significance. • Tesco have already taken two buildings with a • A fully supportive local planning process combined floorspace of 528,000 sq ft • The M56, M62 and M6 all within 10 minutes drive

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Overview The best logistics location in the North West

Location National reach

National reach Local links Leeds Scheme HGV Drive Times Manchester Immingham 27 mins Advantages Liverpoole ppoo Manchester 40 mins Holyhead Dublin Leeds 1 hr 15 mins The Case for Rail Birmingham 1 hr 37 mins M4 Corridor 2 hrs 49 mins Demographics Central 3 hrs 38 mins All times are approximate. Source: UKHaulier.co.uk

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Aerial Felixstowe Rail links • Adjacent to Stobart’s Container Port Masterplan • Direct link to West Coast Main Line Road links Maps London • M56 (via A557 Dual Carriageway) KEY • M62 (via A533 Dual Carriageway) Contact West Coast • M6 ( J20 via M56, J21a via M62) Mainline FolkesFolkesttone Deep Sea Port Air links Links Southampttoonn • Liverpool Airport (11 Miles) Rail Network • Manchester International (20 Miles) Channel Tunnel Motorways Ports Key Ports

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Overview The best logistics location in the North West

Location Local links 10 National reach St Helens

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M62 M6 Scheme A49 Advantages M57 1 7 6 M62 The Case for Rail A57

Warrington Demographics A568 A5300 A50

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A49 Maps A561 A533 Manchester Ship Canal A558 Contact KEY Stobart Park Rail Network M56 Motorways A557 A Roads Mersey A533 Gateway Port

Mersey 12 Gateway Bridge M56

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Aerial Mersey Multimodal Gateway Biomass power The new Mersey Eddie Stobart container port at Stobart Park Gateway Bridge Logistics Services

Masterplan • Linked directly to West Coast Biomass plants generate renewable Occupiers at Stobart Park will benefit • Eddie Stobart, The UK’s largest Mainline electricity by burning waste wood and from direct access to the new Mersey chilled, ambient and specialist road • The port can accept up to twelve similar products to provide continuous Gateway Bridge, due to open in 2015. fleet is on tap at Stobart Park Maps trains per day ‘green’ energy. This £431million project will: • The logistics service includes a • Construction of four new rail • Biomass accounts for over 80% of • Cross the river around 1.5 kilometres national network of approximately Contact reception sidings will increase renewable power in the UK to the east of the Silver Jubilee 40 high quality warehousing and capacity to SIXTEEN trains per day • Unlike wind and solar, it is non- Bridge cross-docking sites, strategically • 12 minute vehicle turn around – the intermittent so gives businesses the • Provide three lanes across the Mersey located across the UK, to provide fastest in the UK reliability they demand in each direction overflow capacity if required • 1,100 vehicles handled per day • Its carbon footprint is negligible • Be a tolled crossing • 24 hour operation 5 days per week • The plant at Stobart Park has the • Further enhance supply chain • Secure storage for over 6,000 potential to meet the energy needs resilience for operators based at containers of all occupiers Stobart Park • Four rail-mounted cranes with automated container positional and recovery system and advanced GPS planning and tracking system

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Maps Rail freight: the business case

Contact • Rail uses considerably less fuel per tonne than road haulage • Each freight train removes between 43 and 77 HGVs from the road • It builds resilience into supply chains by increasing delivery options • Rail freight avoids and reduces traffic congestion • It dramatically reduces operators’ carbon footprints

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Overview A growing population to power your business

Location Detailed Logistics Activities A570 70% M57 A580 M602 will St Helens 60% M62 3MG JTWA M6 Scheme find and train your workforce 50% Liverpool 40% Advantages A49 In 2010 Halton Employment Partnership 30% A561 Widnes undertook the recruitment of new staff for Tesco M53 20% The Case for Rail A41 at Stobart Park. The project involved a dedicated 10% M56 enquiry line and a dedicated team that: Ellesmere 0% Port Road Freight Other Freight Warehousing Warehouse & Post & Courier Demographics A550 • Processed 7,000 expressions of interest (Water/Air/Rail) & Storage Transport Support (not Royal Mail) M6 A54 • Organised 1,250 interviews Admin/Clerical Positions (Manufacturing)Labour Market Costs Tesco Case Study A51 • Helped Tesco appoint 422 new staff

This outstanding service will be available to all Plant/Machinery DriversAdmin/Clerical Positions (Manufacturing) 3MG JTWA North West A working age population of 373,470 lives within a Plant/Machinery Drivers 3MG JTWA Aerial new occupiers at Stobart Park. North West 40 minute commute of Stobart park. This population Assembley Line/Warehouse Pickers Assembley Line/Warehouse Pickers has grown by 5.2% since 2001 and is forecast to grow Masterplan further over the next 10 years, bucking both regional and “Through this partnership IT Services OccupationsIT Services Occupations national trends. Skilled Manufacturing Trades arrangement, we have been Skilled Manufacturing Trades Maps • Labour costs are competitive against both regional able to recruit 75% of the Professionals (Manufacturing) Professionals (Manufacturing)Production Managers levels and other UK locations specialising in distribution workforce from the local area.” 75 80 85 90 95 100 • Logistics sector employment in this catchment area is Production Managers Contact Niki Wyeth, Tesco HR Project Manager relatively high 75 80 Distribution85 90 Sector95 Salaries100 £40,000

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Overview World class location

Location meets world class retailer

Scheme Advantages Stobart delivered for

The Case for Rail Eddie Stobart built strong relationships with world-class partners to deliver the high quality, Demographics tailored scheme Tesco needed at Stobart Park. The constructive relationship with Halton Borough Tesco Case Study Council was also central to this success. Now a proven, sustainable supply chain is in Aerial place, ready to deliver superior buildings to demanding schedules in this unrivalled location. Masterplan

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Contact In 9 months the derelict brownfield site ...into one of Tesco’s premier distribution was transformed... sites in the North West

Stobart Park offered Tesco a “This new modern facility will clean slate for a tailored building allow us to greatly enhance and unrivalled transport links the service to our stores and to maximise the efficiency of its transport network. The customers across the North chilled distribution facility was West of England.” delivered in just 9 months. Juliette Bishop, Corporate Affairs Manager, Tesco

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Scheme PLANNING CONSENT FOR Advantages

The Case for Rail of industrial And logistics buildings with up to 40m EAVES height Demographics

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Aerial Phase 2 Phase 2 UNIT 2 UNIT 1 230,220 s q f t 848,935 s q f t Masterplan Phase 2 Phase 3 UNIT 3 Biomass RUNCORN 353,963 s q f t Plant BRIDGE Maps Phase 1 Competed Phase 1

128,000 s q f t Phase 1

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STOBART CONTAINER PORT

Expansion Land 150,000 s q f t

to runcorn & M56 (j12, 5.7miles) THE WEST COAST MAINLINE A533

to LIVERPOOL & M62 (j6, 5.6miles)

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• Available on a build to suit basis Overview • Detailed consent given for single building of 1million sq ft with 40m eaves height • Scheme can accommodate 650,000 sq ft cross docking distribution centre Location Visit www.stobartpark.co.uk for alternative scheme layouts Scheme Advantages

to LIVERPOOL The Case for Rail & M62

Phase 2 THE WEST COAST Demographics MAINLINE

Phase 2 Phase 3 A533 UNIT 1 14MW STOBART Biomass CONTAINER PORT Tesco Case Study 848,935 s q f t Plant 78,868 s q m Aerial

Masterplan Phase 2 Phase 2 UNIT 4 Phase 2 UNIT 2 17,100 s q f t UNIT 3 Unit 1 CGI 230,220s q f t 1,589 s q m 353,963 s q f t 21,388 s q m Unit 2 CGI 32,884 s q m Phase 1 Unit 3 CGI 570,000 s q f t to runcorn 52,955 s q m & M56 Maps

Contact UNIT 1 UNIT 2 UNIT 4 UNIT 3 Warehouse 822,261 sq ft 76,390 sq m Warehouse 215,043 sq ft 19,978 sq m Warehouse 15,198 sq ft 1,412 sq m Warehouse 338,789 sq ft 31,474 sq m Phase 1 Office 26,673 sq ft 2,478 sq m Office 15,177 sq ft 1,410 sq m Office 1,808 sq ft 168 sq m Office 15,177 sq ft 1,410 sq m 200,000 s q f t 18,580 s q m TOTAL 848,935 sq ft 78,868 sq m TOTAL 230,220 sq ft 21,833 sq m TOTAL 17,100 sq ft 1,589 sq m TOTAL 353,963 sq ft 32,884 sq m Phase 1 Gross site area 35 acres Gross site area 11.10 acres Gross site area 1.06 acres Gross site area 13.39 acres Dock levellers 83 Dock levellers 20 Dock Levellers 3 Dock Levellers 36 Lorry parking spaces 163 Lorry parking spaces 48 Lorry parking spaces N n/A Lorry parking spaces 24 Car parking spaces 460 Car parking spaces 250 Car parking spaces 17 Car parking spaces 260 Haunch height 14.5 m Haunch height 14.5m Haunch height 10m Haunch height 14.5m Approx. max pallet capacity 175,000 positions Approx. max pallet capacity 28,000 positions Approx. max pallet capacity N n/A Approx. max pallet capacity 42,000 position

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Overview Unit 1 848,935 s q f t

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Unit 1 CGI Unit 2 CGI Unit 3 CGI UNIT 1 Maps Warehouse 822,261 sq ft 76,390 sq m Office 26,673 sq ft 2,478 sq m TOTAL 848,935 sq ft 78,868 sq m Contact Gross site area 35 acres Dock levellers 83 Lorry parking spaces 163 Computer generated image Car parking spaces 460 Haunch height 14.5 m Approx. max pallet capacity 175,000 positions

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Overview Unit 2 230,220 s q f t

Location UNIT 2 Scheme Warehouse 215,043 sq ft 19,978 sq m Office 15,177 sq ft 1,410 sq m Advantages TOTAL 230,220 sq ft 21,833 sq m Gross site area 11.10 acres The Case for Rail Dock levellers 20 Lorry parking spaces 48 Car parking spaces 250 Demographics Haunch height 14.5m Approx. max pallet capacity 28,000 positions Tesco Case Study

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Overview Unit 3 353,963 s q f t

Location UNIT 3 Scheme Warehouse 338,789 sq ft 31,474 sq m Office 15,177 sq ft 1,410 sq m Advantages TOTAL 353,963 sq ft 32,884 sq m Gross site area 13.39 acres The Case for Rail Dock Levellers 36 Lorry parking spaces 24 Car parking spaces 260 Demographics Haunch height 14.5m Approx. max pallet capacity 42,000 position Tesco Case Study

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Advantages M57 M62 M A562 I C R LN H OO A 1 QUEEN M E D A562 SW 7 L E R A The Case for Rail S EK Y 6 M62 SP R ASHLEY A57 D To A562 WAY W M62 J6 Demographics A5080 A562 DITTON RD To A5080 A533 M62 J7 ES A5300 D OTO RD E Tesco Case Study

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Masterplan David Brooks Jason Print Maps [email protected] [email protected] Tim Johnson Mark Webster [email protected] [email protected] Contact

Terms Misrepresentation Act: Particulars contained in this brochure have been produced • Freehold or leasehold in good faith, are set out as a general guide and do not constitute the whole or part of any contract. All liability in negligence or otherwise, arising from use of these • Build to suit packages available particulars are hereby excluded. October 2011

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