Sewell Investments Limited

Sewell invests time, experience and money to unlock opportunities which contribute to the development of the Yorkshire region. It works in partnership, with respect, trust and transparency to identify pioneering solutions, with a strong track record of employing local labour.

Part of the 140-year-old Sewell Group, Sewell Investments works closely with its partners to understand their ambitions before exploring all relevant investment and funding streams to unlock a project’s potential.

The multi award winning Considerate Constructor has delivered several long term development programmes within the region, including Hull’s Building Schools for the Future Programme and the NHS LIFT Programme, which saw the transformation of the city’s health estate over a ten year period.

Its people-focused culture and commitment runs throughout the business, with community engagement and local employment a key part of every project.

MS3 Networks

Eco Parks Developments Ltd is a subsidiary business of Hessle-based MS3 Networks.

MS3 Networks is the communications partner of the Yorkshire Energy Park providing ultrafast fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) connectivity utilising MS3’s existing fibre infrastructure.

To date MS3 has successfully built an independent, next generation fibre network covering large parts of Hull and East Yorkshire which enables them to deliver a multitude of services to businesses across the region. This is powered by equipment from some of the telecommunications industries leading suppliers including IBM, Transmode, Juniper and Calix and is proactively monitored from MS3’s secure Network Operations Centre, Owen House.

Chiltern Group

New Technology Developments Limited (NTD) is Chiltern’s SPV investment vehicle in the Yorkshire Energy Park.

The Chiltern Group which owns the majority interest in NTD, operates along the lines of a mini merchant bank. As such, it provides strategic advice in the energy, educational, technology and regeneration sectors. Existing clients and project partners include E.ON, IBM, Legal & General, SSE, St Modwen and the Cities of Glasgow and Manchester.

Chiltern also invests in cross sector projects through SPVs such as NTD. Current investments include the £500 million Collegelands regeneration project in central Glasgow; a £100+ million renewable energy project portfolio with SSE; and an educational technology and data centre project portfolio with IBM.

As well as investing in the Yorkshire Energy Park through NTD, Chiltern’s role on this project is to work with the partners and the professional team to ensure that the project is structured, promoted and funded with the appropriate brand name partners to maximise the socio-economic benefits of the Yorkshire Energy Park for the local and regional economy.