On January 22, 2026 Harworth Group plc published a FY2025 trading update reporting headline sales of £110.2 million. The company said the result supports its strategic shift into direct development of Grade A industrial and logistics assets and signals the financial capacity to progress planned schemes in the Woodville–Swadlincote area.
Harworth is continuing brownfield regeneration work at Cadley Park (the former Cadley Hill Colliery) and the Woodville Regeneration Area. The trading update was presented as strengthening the group’s ability to progress the planned 150,000 sq ft of employment space at Woodville; planning documents and developer statements have previously linked the scheme to the potential creation of up to 600 jobs in the Woodville–Swadlincote corridor.
Business Live reported in July 2020 on the planning green light for the Woodville mixed-use scheme (300 homes plus 150,000 sq ft employment space) and noted that the proposals respond to strong demand for modern warehouse and industrial space. The Woodville–Swadlincote Regeneration Route (commonly referred to as the bypass), completed in December 2021, has been cited as the infrastructure that unlocks about 53 acres of former colliery and clay-working land for development.
Harworth has signalled a move toward building and retaining high-specification industrial units (leasing rather than simply selling serviced plots), a strategy that local commercial agents will be monitoring as new Grade A space comes to market. While the new workspace offers expansion opportunities for local firms, planning advisers and the group’s own briefing note also warn this could tighten availability and increase competition for high-quality industrial sites in the town.
