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Construction starts on Ideal Heating's £16m expansion - pictures from groundbreaking ceremony

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David LaisterBusiness Editor (Humber)

09:53, 22 SEP 2021
Updated09:55, 22 SEP 2021

The £16m expansion of the huge Ideal Heating site in National Avenue, Hull. New build additions, include a further 3,000 sq m of manufacturing and a 10,000 sq m warehouse and distribution facility, in the light grey, with additional offices too, and access road along the bottom of the image.1 of 16
Ideal Heating's chief operations officer, Jason Speedy, left, and Britcon managing director Nick Shepherd break ground at the National Avenue site in Hull. (Image: Katie Pugh/Reach Plc)2 of 16
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James Beal, right, low carbon specialist with the Department for International Trade, at the groundbreaking for Ideal Heating's £16 million expansion as it creates space for heat pump, district heating infrastructure and hydrogen boiler manufacturing and distribution at the Hull site on National Avenue. From left, Ciaran McAteer, director of GGP Consult; Jason Speedy, chief operations officer for Ideal Heating; Steve Hairsine, chief financial officer for parent company Groupe Atlantic's ��Ƶ division; Nick Shepherd, managing director of Britcon and Adam Foy, managing director for sales, marketing and research and development at Ideal Heating. (Image: Katie Pugh/Reach Plc)4 of 16
Pile signing by CiaranMcAteer, Nick Shepherd and Jason Speedy.5 of 16
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Ideal Heating's main entrance on National Avenue, Hull. (Image: Katie Pugh)15 of 16
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