Boots has launched a review over the future of a historic factory building amid warnings that Nottinghamshire jobs are being moved elsewhere at an "alarming rate". The ground floor of the D10 building at its Thane Road headquarters in Beeston , which had made the health and beauty giant's products for more than 90 years, is now lying dormant after BCM Fareva completed its exit from the site. French firm Fareva, which had acquired what had been Boots Contract Manufacturing (BCM) from Boot's US-based owner Walgreens Boots Alliance in 2017, announced it was going to wind down its operations in July 2023 and move them to Wales.
The closure of its large plant inside the building not only made hundreds of workers redundant, but also meant the end of all Boots manufacturing in Nottinghamshire for the first time since John Boot founded the company in 1849 . Nottinghamshire's largest company has now set in motion new plans for its D10 building, which was built in 1932 under instructions from Jesse Boot to build a model factory fit for the modern age. A spokesperson said it was in the "early stages" of a review that would plot how to use the space left empty by BCM Fareva's decision to leave.
Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp “We are currently reviewing how we can make the best use of the space at our historic D10 building to attract new occupiers in the future," the representative added. By the time of its exit BCM Fareva had only occupied the lowe.