NFU to expand headquarters with new conference suite

The NFU is to expand its headquarters with the creation of a new conference suite after completing the purchase of additional land at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

Contractors are due to start work in July and it should be completed around the end of the year. The new building is expected to cost around £1.8 million which the NFU believes will be recouped within 5 years from the savings made on restructuring in 2010.

Director of finance Ken Sutherland said: "Following the decision to move the operation of our call centre – NFU CallFirst – and publications department to Stoneleigh in 2010, our main building was redesigned, which meant the existing meeting rooms and restaurant needed to be relocated.

"This new building, situated just a stone’s throw from our existing HQ, will give us the flexibility to host membership meetings of all sizes as well as providing expanded catering facilities."