Engineering consultancy set to switch headquarters

Leicestershire engineering consultancy M-EC is set to leave its Ibstock headquarters after gaining planning permission to redevelop a former chapel into its new home.

M-EC will move into chapel in Hugglescote, Leicestershire, and spend £750,000 on its new HQ.

“We’ve always had expansion and a new HQ on our agenda and realised earlier this year this would be required sooner rather than later,” said M-EC managing director, Eddie Mewies. “We’re happy to bring this project forward, as the current expansion of the business coinciding with the opportunity to secure this unusual property seemed too good to miss.”

The former Wesleyan chapel, originally built in 1851, is on Station Road in the North West Leicestershire village and provides around 3,900 sq ft of office space.

M-EC recently opened a Nottingham office and also has bases in Birmingham and Milton Keynes – as well as its headquarters in Ibstock.

“This time last year, we took the decision to open Birmingham and Milton Keynes and both offices have since been thriving,” said director, Alex Bennett. “Encouraged by this we’ve now added Nottingham to better serve our North Midlands clients and with construction work now underway at our new HQ, we are hoping to be ready into move in in March 2017, providing us with a solid basis for the business going forward.”