Midway Manufacturing has relocated its sub-contract electronics business and created three new jobs after receiving £60,000 from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Grants for Growth, enabling it to move from a base in Sandbach to a much larger factory in Longton.

The money contributed towards the purchase of the property and its refurbishment, while the move increased the company’s floor space from 2,500 to 6,318ft².

Managing director Phil Harper said: “The new premises have allowed Midway to create a segregated workshop for ‘dirty’ work, including drilling and cutting (www.midwaymanufacturing.co.uk).

“This will be deemed a positive move by our customers, who all operate in the clean environment of the scientific-instrumentation sector.

“The number of work-benches has increased from 12 to 20-plus, and we now have a dedicated area for testing and new-product development.”