AQW 8633/16-21

Mrs Jo-Anne Dobson
Ulster Unionist Party
Upper Bann

Tabled Date: 06/12/2016
Answered On Date: 13/01/2017
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy pursuant to AQW 5264/16-21, to detail the meetings undertaken between InvestNI and Lakeland Dairies relating to the Banbridge site, including (i) dates; (ii) location; and (iii) attendees.

Answer:

Invest NI met with Kieran Lonergan, Foodservice Director, Lakeland Dairies on 23 August 2016 at the Armagh City Hotel in relation to the Banbridge site. The meeting was attended by Andrew Horne, Client Manager for the Dairy sector.

In addition to this meeting, Invest NI had a number of telephone calls with Mr Lonergan to discuss the plans for the Banbridge site. Andrew Horne also met with Tim Acheson, General Manager of L.E. Pritchitt Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lakeland Dairies) on 19 October 2016 at the company’s premises in Newtownards. The main purpose of this meeting was to discuss an ongoing investment project at Pritchitt’s, however the Banbridge plant was also discussed.