A Lincoln business park will expand to make more room for business growth.
North Kesteven District Council gave planning permission for Lincoln Enterprise Park, off the A46, to add four additional office units and three industrial units.
Phase Four work will begin on the five-acre development in January 2011, and provide an extra 4,388 square feet of industrial space.
Director of Lincoln Enterprise Park Nick Falkinder said: “The business park is in a perfect location for new and established businesses and we’ve been tremendously encouraged by its success so far.
“All of the units in phases one, two and thee have been sold or occupied and we’re sure that the demand is there for phase four.
“By investing in the city in this way we’re making a clear statement of confidence in Lincoln’s economy and we’re sure that there’ll be plenty of interest in the new units.”
The business park began life three years ago, and since work first started, it has become Lincoln’s leading industrial park.
Office spaces are available to buy freehold for entire units or floor by floor.
Steel-framed industrial units have brick elevations, a single loading door and office accommodation. Spaces currently cost between £152,500 and £197,000 to buy, with some spaces under offer.
Also in Lincoln is Teal Park, which is currently undergoing regeneration. The site will house various offices, shops and a hotel, as well as Siemens’ turbine department.
The entire park is set to be finished by summer 2012, with Siemens’ area being the final stage.
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A section of the A16 has been closed after a crash between a lorry and a motorcyclist left the latter requiring hospital treatment.
The crash happened on the A16 at Grainsby near Holton Le Clay and was reported to police at around 12.15pm on Friday.
It involved a lorry and a female riding a motorbike, she has been taken to hospital for treatment following the collision.
North Thoresby to Waithe area on the A16 has been closed to allow for emergency services to deal with the incident, and is likely to remain shut for some time.
Lincolnshire Police are asking drivers to use alternative routes and avoid the area if they can.
A pumpkin weighing a whopping 286kg was named as Lincolnshire’s biggest pumpkin in a competition run by a business in Boston.
Bell’s Horticultural has gone through five generations of the family and is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
For the past six years the family firm has held ‘Lincolnshire’s Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off’ on the opening day of Bell’s Pumpkin Patch. The previous record stood at 262kg, but this was beaten by Boston man Len Saint, whose pumpkin weighted an impressed 286kg.
There is a ‘Selfie Station’ at Bell’s Pumpkin Patch. | Photo: Bell’s Horticultural
Retail director Holly Bell told The Lincolnite: “We’ve had lots of entrants, but you could see this was the biggest, it was a huge pumpkin. My first thought was ‘How will we move it?’ and it took eight big guys to lift it. We will need a forklift on hand next year.
“This year we have gone all out on our displays and doubled the size of the maze, event field and patches. With pumpkins we go large as a great way to celebrate the autumn and we are one of the biggest pumpkin growers in the UK.
“I’m really pleased with how we have done this year and that we continue to light Instagram up. We doubled the size of the event this year and nearly sold out for the weekend.”
Babies enjoy posing for photos with the pumpkins. | Photo: Bell’s Horticultural
All of the pumpkins entered into the competition, including Len’s whopper, will remain on display until the end of the month and people can pose for photos with them during their visit. Visitors can also enjoy Bounce & Climb, Potato Catapults, Maize Maze, pumpkin picking and more – tickets can be purchased here priced at £6.
The Lincolnshire firm grows over a million pumpkins every year for the country’s supermarkets. | Photo: Bell’s Horticultural
Bell’s Horticultural is primarily a wholesale nursery and also a family farm, growing over a million pumpkins every year for the country’s supermarkets.
The firm was recently voted as having the most Instagramable pumpkin patch by Zoella, and also featured in top 10 lists in the Daily Mail, Country Living Magazine and Wanderlust.
A man has been caught using the Royal Mail to distribute thousands of pounds worth of cannabis to addresses across the country, Lincoln Crown Court was told.
Julius Serva attempted to post 13 packages at the Bailgate Post Office in uphill Lincoln but staff alerted police after becoming concerned due to the smell from the items.
Philip Plant, prosecuting, said Serva was arrested and the subsequent investigation revealed he posted 43 packages at the Eastwood Road Post Office in Boston earlier the same day before travelling to Lincoln.
The Boston packages contained a combined total of 1.2kgs of cannabis with a street sale value of up to £12,000. The Lincoln packages contained 182gs of the drug which was potentially worth up to £1,500.
When Serva was interviewed he said he had been asked to post the packages by a friend of a friend and initially believed they contained computer parts but subsequently realised it was cannabis and continued with the task.
Mr Plant said: “He said he was requested to do this for £30. That is nonsense. The postage would have cost him £100.”
Serva, 34, of Walden Gardens, Boston, admitted two charges of possession of drugs with intent to supply as a result of the incidents in July 2020.
He was given a 12-month jail sentence suspended for two years with up to 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
Judge Simon Hirst told him: “This was effectively supplying direct to users. You plainly had an awareness of the size of the operation.”
Neil Sands, in mitigation, said that Serva, who was born in Lithuania, came to the UK in 2006 and had no convictions in the past decade.
Mr Sands said: “He had been employed as a farm worker but injured his elbow and was unable to work. He found himself completely without income and he fell behind with his rent. He was offered this opportunity and took it.”
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