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Swains Park is a development site owned by Manston Investments just off the A444 south of Swadlincote, Derbyshire. With easy access to the M42, other close neighbouring areas include Burton-upon-Trent and Ashby-De-La-Zouch. Having been acquired by a Manston company in the late 1960s, two principal international companies, Pozament Ltd and Naturex Ltd, have since found their home on Swains Park, as well as a solar power facility which is providing a substantial amount of electricity for site operations. The Park has the potential to provide a range of commercial floor space across the industrial and warehousing sectors on the northern part of the site, and many leisure uses to the southern area. View our recently commissioned drone flight over the Park:

Manston Investments are delighted to announce that we have been accredited as an Investors in People organisation at the Standard award level, having met the appropriate requirements of the framework. The Standard has been developed to describe the capabilities and excellence of organisations in terms of people management. The framework focusses on three key areas: leadership, support and continual improvement. Investors in People make a pathway for future progress. Steps to accreditation include: discovery – meeting with an expert to discuss business’ ambition; an online assessment which tests alignment with the Standard; interviews and observations to identify our business themes and to gather evidence for future improvement; and finally, accreditation and feedback, which consists of a report, verbal feedback and being awarded the accreditation. We are extremely proud of our achievement after such rigorous assessment and are committed to looking for opportunities to improve,...

Naturex UK Ltd – the French based global leader in speciality plant-based natural ingredients for the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries - has expanded operations at its UK base at Overseal, between Burton upon Trent and Ashby de la Zouch. Whilst the company runs production sites in 15 centres around the world, the Swains Park site – the only one in the UK – concentrates on natural colours manufacture used throughout the food sectorSwains Park is a mixed use commercial development site owned by Ashby based Manston Investments Ltd.  A new facility providing purpose built warehousing, office and despatch area totalling 12,700 sq ft  was constructed for Naturex by Manston in 2014 and now Manston has built a further 4,500 sq ft warehouse extension, which Naturex has now fitted out with specialist chiller equipment. Naturex is the global leader in plant based ingredients used throughout food, personal care and nutraceutical sectors. The Overseal site started manufacturing around 1970...

Manston Investments are pleased to announce that we are working towards our Investors in People Accreditation. Since 1991 Investors in People has set the benchmark for better people management. The Standard defines what it takes to lead, support and manage people for a sustainable future. Based on 25 years of leading practice, the Investors in People Standard is underpinned by a rigorous assessment methodology and a framework which reflects the very latest workplace trends, essential skills and effective structures required to outperform in any industry. Focusing on 9 key areas within leading, supporting, and improving, organisations strive to be the best to be awarded such a prestigious accreditation. We will keep you informed of our progress. Click here to view our company values.

Manston Investments Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Boardman-Weston onto the Board as Non-Executive Director.

Manston is moving on the 28th June 2016 from it's Headquarters at St Helen's House to new offices in St Helen's Court. As from that date our correspondence address will be: 3 St Helen's Court North Street Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire LE65 1HS All other details remain the same.    

Our brand new and modern website has been designed to look stylish with fast and easy navigation whether you are browsing on desktop, tablet or smartphone device. Should you look around the site and have a question for the team, please navigate to the contact tab at the top of the site. Here you can fill out our contact form and a member of the team will get back to you as quickly as possible. Take a look around the site, you will find plenty of information about who we are, the services we offer and how Manston Investments can help you.

After 32 years of loyal service Barry Littlewood retired from Manston Investments Ltd on 31st December 2015. Barry started work as “Property Negotiator” in July 1983 with our Founder and Chairman, Mr. Ken Boardman-Weston and progressed to Managing Director during that time. Barry remains with the company as Consultant Advisor and continues to provide input and assistance on major projects and strategic company matters and policy, as and when necessary. To thank Barry for all his hard work on behalf of the company and family interests Manston hosted a Retirement Party for Barry at St. Helen’s House, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and he was joined by many long-standing staff, colleagues and friends.