Battery business charged up for growth with new premises

A growing battery business has found a new home in Redditch on the site of the former Royal Enfield motorcycle factory.

Fogstar, which specialises in lithium-ion batteries, had outgrown its previous premises at a business centre in the town.

The company has taken 1,506 sq ft at Unit 11 at the park, renting at £12,800 a year on a five year lease.

The onetime site of the Royal Enfield motorcycle factory was redeveloped two years ago into 11 factory and warehousing units by EDR Developments, with John Truslove handling the marketing of the site.

Lyndsey Hodgetts, retail manager at Fogstar, said: “The unit is equipped with large loading bay doors as well as plenty of office space, which is ideal for our business distributing our batteries across the UK and into parts of Europe.

“Fogstar was founded in 2015 to fill a gap in the market for smaller lithium-ion batteries used in torches, vape pens and even video door bells. As well as selling direct to the public we supply many independent retailers, particularly vape shops.

“There are five of us working here at present but we expect that to increase in the future as demand continues to grow.”

Ian Parker, a director of John Truslove, said: “We are delighted to have helped find the right premises for this growing company and it underlines the need for business space that Royal Enfield is helping to fill. This is exactly the kind of young business that new units at this famous former factory site were built to cater for.”

The speculative development totals 24,310 sq ft and is part of the wider Enfield Industrial Estate.

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