A leading training provider, whose roots in the Northwest go back to 1908, is set to create up to 6 new jobs in Warrington thanks to the opening of a new £800,000 training facility.
MRS Training & Rescue is a longstanding health and safety training organisation with more than 120 years of experience. This six-figure investment sees the company expand its presence in the UK by opening its ninth centre and its first in the region.
The new state-of-the-art facility at 5 Cinnamon Park, Crab Lane, Fearnhead has been specifically designed to support the safety and welfare of businesses in the Northwest, offering bespoke training for Working at Height and Confined Spaces – as well as a range of other health and safety training including First Aid and IOSH courses. The principal contractor for the refurbishment of the centre was locally based Freemont Building Ltd and they also fitted out the confined space training galleries. They were further supported by supported by local business KW Scaffolding who built the work at height training facilities, and Warrington based Signs Unlimited provided all the new signage for both in and outside the building.
This investment follows a record year for the business, which recorded an average 10% growth over the last 7 years and a 22% increase in staff numbers since 2021.
John Mowbray, Operations Manager, MRS Training & Rescue in Warrington said: “We have been at the forefront of innovation since our inception over 120 years ago. From our beginnings as a Mines Rescue Station in Howe Bridge, we have developed and diversified to meet the operational needs of industry to become the nation’s premier provider of specialist Working at Height and Confined Spaces training. This new facility will provide a much-needed presence in the Northwest to help deliver the very best training solutions for a number of mission critical sectors.”
“What’s more, as a business we have allowed ourselves a budget of £1 million of investment over the next 5 years to explore new technologies and opportunities to further develop our training services.”
About the New Facility
- Purpose-built indoor training delivering an ultra-realistic practical training environment
- 5,000 sq ft² / 464 m² footprint (complete with five fully equipped training rooms to accommodate both large and small groups for training)
- Confined space chamber equipped with crawl spaces, multiple entry points, and the option to fill with artificial smoke to recreate poor visibility conditions – simulating a variety of real-life confined space scenarios
- Expansive 7m tall indoor scaffold access system (supported by local business KW Scaffolding) designed to simulate variety of industry scenarios for Working at Height rescue and training drills with key features including ladders, trap doors, gates and hatches. This enables the simulation of most working at height scenarios and allows us to deliver hands-on training in a safe and controlled environment.
MRS Training & Rescue can trace its roots back in the Northwest to 1908, when the Mines Rescue Station in Howe Bridge opened. With a gradual decline of the coal mines over many years, culminating in the closure of the last deep coal mine in the UK in December 2015, the company has expanded and diversified to meet the needs of today’s health and safety market. Using their many years of expertise in underground mining they now provide unique rescue services, specialist equipment, consultancy and a comprehensive range of accredited health and safety related products, training and services to a wide range of industries, including utilities, civil engineering, construction and manufacturing throughout the UK.
For more information about MRS Training & Rescue please visit: https://www.mrsl.co.uk/training-centre/warrington
