Pendle Court
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Prime Minister of Malta to open Fraser Eagle’s £1.8million Pendle Court development

The Prime Minister of Malta, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, is to officially open the new head offices of UK passenger transport group Fraser Eagle next week.

Dr Gonzi will perform the ceremony at 3pm on Friday 12 January 2007, at Fraser Eagle’s £1.8million Pendle Court, Shuttleworth Mead Business Park, Padiham, Lancashire.

The event is part of a three-day visit to Lancashire by the Prime Minister, who will also attend an assembly at Hapton Primary School and Blackburn Rovers’ fixture with Arsenal on January 13.

“We are delighted to be welcoming Dr Lawrence Gonzi to perform the official opening of our new Padiham home,” says Kevin Dean, Fraser Eagle’s group managing director.

“This visit will further improve the relationship we have established with Malta over the last 12-months and bolster the international profile enjoyed by our business community here in East Lancashire.

“We hope the Prime Minister will enjoy his stay in the county and we will certainly be showing him the best of what Lancashire has to offer.”

Fraser Eagle Group moved into the state-of-the-art building during December from property it had been renting elsewhere on the business park following its relocation from Accrington in 2005.

It is the final part of a total investment of over £4million by Fraser Eagle in property at Shuttleworth Mead and puts all of the company’s 180 head-office staff on one site for the first time.

Dr Gonzi was invited to the UK by Fraser Eagle Group after also performing the official opening of the company’s Malta-based control centre last July.

Fraser Eagle Group opened a second control centre in the Maltese city of Mosta to give it dual control of its UK transport operations.

Having control centres in both Malta and Padiham means Fraser Eagle can continue operating in the event of a system failure at either site.

Notes to Editors

1) Fraser Eagle Group is a multi-million pound group of companies with operations in the coach, bus and rail sectors. It also specialises in taxi services, corporate travel, incident management, event transport, interior design and hotel refurbishment.

2) Fraser Eagle employs around 350 people nationwide and is the largest supplier of managed transport services to the UK rail industry.

3) Using two 24-hour control centres and a nationwide database of approximately 5,000 coach and taxi operators, Fraser Eagle transports thousands of people on a daily basis. 

4) In 2006/07 Fraser Eagle will operate approximately 270,000 taxis and 60,000 coaches on behalf of its clients.