ࡱ> /1. Hbjbj .jjH ldddddddxhhhh|x\:> $ 2 dWddWWW ddWWWdd [oxh ,0\ #4 WxxddddSHROPSHIRE ABATTOIR CLOSER TO RE-OPENING FOLLOWING ACQUISITION Re-opening of a south Shropshire abattoir has moved a significant step closer following the acquisition of Bishops Castle Meat by local investor group Daysdrove Holdings Limited. The aim of the new Daysdrove business is to have management and staff in place in order to be operational during the autumn of this year, thereby ending a two year closure of the facility. A process is now underway to appoint a general manager to oversee the establishment and development of what will be a very different business to the previous wholesale operation. Daysdrove will initially provide a service for farmers and butchers in the area requiring contract slaughtering of locally sourced cattle, sheep and pigs, explains Daysdrove director Malcolm Corfield. In time, the business will work with its customers to develop retail meat brands with local provenance, full traceability and highest quality as their defining characteristics. This is an opportunity to re-establish a much needed facility in the area. It will create a dozen or more new jobs, provide an alternative marketing outlet for local farmers and allow the regions butchers, restaurants, farm shops and caterers to meet the demand from their customers for locally-sourced high quality meat products. We are so far grateful to over sixty private individuals or businesses who have taken the opportunity to invest in this project and are now shareholders in the new limited company. There is still an opportunity for new investors to come on board, and we are now actively seeking further support from anyone who would like to be involved in the project. The Daysdrove abattoir is located at Love Lane, Bishops Castle and is a three-species facility with the capacity to slaughter up to 300 livestock units per week. Close proximity to the Welsh border will allow the business to operate a local sourcing policy with relevance to stock of both Shropshire and Welsh provenance. Further details and contact points in relation to the project can be found at  HYPERLINK "http://www.daysdrove.co.uk" www.daysdrove.co.uk or email  HYPERLINK "mailto:localmeat@abccomms.co.uk" localmeat@abccomms.co.uk to register your interest in a job, supplying the abattoir or using its services. - Ends - Picture caption: Some of the 63 shareholders of Daysdrove Holdings Limited gather outside the abattoir in Bishops Castle, which the new company aims to re-open in the autumn. July 14, 2009 Further information from: Malcolm Corfield 01588 650205 or 07721 346991 Issued by Matt Mellor, ABC Ltd Tel: 01694 731777 Email:  HYPERLINK "mailto:matt@agricomm.co.uk" matt@abccomms.co.uk The text from this news release can be downloaded directly from the Agriculture/Livestock and Food Chain/News sections of the ABC press centre at www.abccomms.co.uk ?* + S T U h i s t  * _`ͦͦwl]lK]>0JCJOJQJ^JaJ#jCJOJQJU^JaJjCJOJQJU^JaJCJOJQJ^JaJB*CJ^JaJph5B*CJ\^JaJph+jCJOJQJU^JaJmH sH  0JCJOJQJ^JaJmH sH +jCJOJQJU^JaJmH sH %jCJOJQJU^JaJmH sH CJOJQJ^JaJmH sH 5CJOJQJ^JaJmH sH ?@fg3 4     $a$$ ha$ $ hT`Ta$$ ha$ hH &'FFGH h 3EFHCJOJQJ^JaJmH sH  >*B*CJOJQJ^JaJphCJOJQJ^JaJjCJOJQJU^JaJ,1h/ =!"#$% DyK www.daysdrove.co.ukyK Phttp://www.daysdrove.co.uk/yX;H,]ą'cDyK localmeat@abccomms.co.ukyK Xmailto:localmeat@abccomms.co.ukyX;H,]ą'cDyK matt@agricomm.co.ukyK 6mailto:matt@agricomm.co.uk i8@8 NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH <A@< Default Paragraph Font.U@.  Hyperlink >*B*phJP@J Body Text 2$a$B* CJOJQJaJph>V@> FollowedHyperlink >*B* phH ?@fg34     & ' F F G J 0000000000000000000000000000000000H  H H *Ths_ H XXX8@0(  B S  ? _Hlt143594867 _Hlt143594868 J @@ J J J   [ \ x G J  Helen Smith2T:\Daysdrove\Releases\Acquisition announcement.doc@T:H p@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial"h:FrFrFM  !r0dl H 2qKXRe-opening of a south Shropshire abattoir has moved a significant step closer following the acquisition of Bishops Castle Meat by local investor group Daysdrove Holdings Limitedmmellor Helen SmithOh+'00\hx      (Re-opening of a south Shropshire abattoir has moved a significant step closer following the acquisition of Bishops Castle Meat by local investor group Daysdrove Holdings Limitedce-ommellormelmel Normal.doto Helen Smith4leMicrosoft Word 9.0t@ԭ@z6Lo@.'@z6LoM ՜.+,D՜.+, hp   Agribusinessdl  Re-opening of a south Shropshire abattoir has moved a significant step closer following the acquisition of Bishops Castle Meat by local investor group Daysdrove Holdings Limited Title 8@ _PID_HLINKSAPvmailto:matt@agricomm.co.ukZ$ mailto:localmeat@abccomms.co.ukr~http://www.daysdrove.co.uk/  !"#$%'()*+,-0Root Entry F9\o2Data 1TableWordDocument.SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8&CompObjjObjectPool9\o9\o  FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q