Brit European Transport opens sustainable Vita Nova Centre HQ

Brit European Transport, a specialist logistics provider founded in 1924, is now operating from the Vita Nova Centre.

The business, which operates a fleet of more than 100 vehicles and has 50 office-based staff, developed its new sustainable headquaters on a five-acre brownfield site off Sanderson Way.

Graham Lackey, CEO at Brit European, was grateful to everyone involved in the development of the Vita Nova Centre, which was officially opened by Congleton MP Fiona Bruce.

He said: "We are incredibly proud of the pioneering development of the Vita Nova Centre and thank all supporting parties for their efforts to make this ambitious project a reality.

"From innovative construction techniques to ground-breaking charging technology, we hope the centre will act as a prime example to other business of how new premises can be developed.

"We look forward to operating from the site and achieving carbon neutrality within the next few years."

It is hoped the Vita Nova Centre will enable Brit European to operate completely off-grid and achieve carbon neutrality within five to seven years.

Fiona Bruce officially opening the Vita Nova Centre (Image: Brit European)

The new premises consists of several eco-modular buildings which utilise repurposed steel frames and feature enough solar panel technology and 3D-printed wind towers to produce 60kW of renewable energy on site.

And in a UK first, the new Vita Nova Centre features several electrical vehicle charging points powered by compressed fugitive methane recovered from slurry pits, producing an additional 40kW.

Brit European will also be implementing a replanting scheme to support biodiversity in the surrounding area.

More than 100 trees and 200 natitive plants will be planted, with bat and bird boxes installed, to help return the local ecosystem to its pre-industralisation state.

Rainwater harvesting is also in place across the site to reduce water usage by up to 85 per cent.