Visit from HS2 Minister, Andrew Stephenson

We are delighted to have received a visit from the HS2 Minister, Andrew Stephenson, at out Booth Industries site in Bolton.

The Minister was shown around our recently completed green manufacturing facility and met with operatives and apprentices to learn about how HS2’s investment was benefitting the business, the community, and providing training and skills for the next generation of engineers and fabricators.

During his visit, the impact on Booth Industries and the wider supply chain was explained in greater detail.  As a great promoter of the Northern powerhouse, the Minister was extremely heartened to hear the story of Booth’s journey, and of how the HS2 award has helped to restore this great Bolton company back to the forefront of the engineered doors’ market.

The Minister added ‘Booth Industries’ manufacture of high-pressure safety doors is vital to HS2’s progress, and a great example of the jobs that HS2 is creating across the country’