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First Choice set to expand

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UK: First Choice Group, the commercial catering spare parts supplier, is to move into a new purpose-built headquarters facility early next year.

The new building on the Kingswood Lakeside Employment Park in Cannock, Staffordshire will provide First Choice with a much needed new HQ facility to to support current and future planned capacity growth in spare parts supply, engineer training and additional customer support.

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The site will provide a building totalling over 9,000m2 with a three storey office and several commercial kitchens for training purposes. The new premises will provide capacity for increased customer support, engineer training and customer services across the company. It is also ideally located next to the M6 and M6 Toll road and will offer ample parking for visitors.

The First Choice Group has been in business for 17 years and now employs 140 people at the Midlands based premises in Cannock, Staffordshire. The company specialises in meeting the needs of the commercial catering market and over the years has expanded the core business of commercial catering spare parts supply and has diversified into the refrigeration, environmental solutions and engineer training sectors, as well as laundry, coffee and bakery spares.

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