One hundred jobs to be created as Kleeneze sign £1.2m deal to open facility in Heywood

Kleeneze

Heywood will benefit from over 100 new jobs after Kleeneze signed a £1.2m funding agreement with Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to open a new warehouse, fulfilment, distribution and office centre in the town.

Kleeneze, a subsidiary of JRJR Networks, announced the deal with GMCA on Tuesday (17 January) to finance the consolidation of its world-wide product logistics operations into a 100,000-square foot facility in Heywood.

The deal will provide an opportunity for Kleeneze to expand its business and to offer additional employment.

Michael Khatkar, Kleeneze Managing Director said: “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to make this contribution to the local economy and to offer additional employment support to the region. This new facility should enable us to drive our business further in 2017, expanding into new markets and enabling more people to engage in personal economic development. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with the GMCA.”

GMCA Lead member for Investment and Finance, Councillor Kieran Quinn said: “This investment shows that the Combined Authority has become a vital player in the commercial finance market. More and more firms are looking to us to support their growth plans and of course we are only too happy to assist in the creation of more jobs and prosperity in the region.”

John Rochon, Jr., Vice-Chairman and Founder of JRJR Networks, said: “Kleeneze is an important member of the JRJR family of companies. We are very proud of Kleeneze’s many accomplishments and we expect that this initiative will enable Kleeneze to make a meaningful leap in development of its already successful record, expanding profitability and greatly benefitting our customers, our sales associates and our shareholders.”

Councillor Richard Farnell, leader of Rochdale Borough Council, said: “The fact that a global leader like Kleeneze wants to come to our borough and open a huge facility in Heywood Distribution Park, one of the foremost distribution parks in the North West, speaks of our huge ambition and drive to create the right conditions for businesses to move here. The Council and Rochdale Development Agency have worked hard to secure this investment for the borough. We will continue to support Kleeneze, in particular with recruitment, to ensure that local people benefit from the 100 new jobs that the company is creating as, ultimately, we want our residents to benefit from our growing prosperity.”

Kleeneze, a 94-year old direct sales organisation based in Accrington, sells and distributes a wide range of household and beauty products through an extensive network of independent sales distributors throughout Britain and Europe.

JRJR Networks is a market leader in global direct-to-consumer product distribution through its family of 10 businesses which operate in over 60 countries with over 70,000 sales associates around the world.