The Peel Group have launched a new business concept which they propose to create in the Northwest called the “Peel International Trade Centre” (Peel ITC). The website which is now live is www.peelitc.co.uk

Peel ITC is a concept that derives from the excellent business links and progress that the Peel Group made through the Liverpool Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.

This facility would be the first of its kind in the United Kingdom and the largest and most sustainable wholesale Trade Centre in Europe. The building would be a two level facility with a ground floor building footprint of approximately 1 million square feet (100,000 square metres) giving a total floor space of approximately 2 million square feet ( 200,000 square metres). This would enable over 1,000 companies from countries such as China, India, Korea and other emerging economies, to exhibit, sell, assemble and distribute their goods into the UK, Irish and European markets.

Peel ITC would showcase an unlimited variety of high quality goods to the wholesale market that have been manufactured overseas. This would serve not just as a trading ‘Gateway’ into the domestic market but to the whole of Europe. Goods would include but not be restricted to: electrical items, textiles and clothing, kitchenware, furniture, fixtures, fittings, building materials and more.

Peel ITC would include showroom and promotion spaces, warehousing/storage and assembly facilities, and would benefit from excellent transport connectivity via road, rail, water and air.

For this purpose Peel has selected two prime sites amongst their extensive land ownership portfolio which meet all necessary requirements for a successful facility. One or both of these locations may be developed dependent upon demand, type of goods to be sold and how they could be grouped together.

The sites currently identified are on West Float in Birkenhead and near Ellesmere Port on the site of the former Bridgewater Paper Mill, now disused.

The decision on which location to progress is clearly for a later date but Peel is presently pursuing both sites by seeking the necessary consents from the separate Local Authorities who are generally supportive in principle. It is hoped these will be in place by Autumn 2011.

The Northwest is emerging as a “Super Region” and Peel is firmly behind this concept. The Northwest is also accepted as a preferred alternative location to London, both for investment and as a location for new businesses and existing business expansion. Peel intends to make full use of these advantages in securing investors and occupiers.

Occupiers of Peel ITC would also benefit from Peel’s massive development programme in the Northwest, notably from adjacent pioneering projects Wirral Waters and Liverpool Waters. Further benefits will also come from the Group’s exposure and relationship with thousands of retailers as coowners of some of the largest and most prestigious shopping centres in the UK.

On the 22nd and 23rd February the Peel ITC was presented to potential partners and occupiers at Government premises in Beijing and subsequently in Shanghai. With the help of local development agencies in the Northwest and UKTI, the intention is to present Peel ITC to further emerging economies in the near future and create an international platform of partners of the highest quality.

For any further information on Liverpool Waters you may contact Naomi Peck on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit www.peelitc.co.uk

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