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New Head Office Address for Henry Bath & Son Ltd

Dec 22, 2003 - Henry Bath & Son Ltd today moved into its new head office premises at Princes Parade, Liverpool. The company's new contact details are:

Henry Bath & Son Ltd
No 8 Princes Dock
Princes Parade
St Nicholas Place
Liverpool
L3 1DL
United Kingdom

Tel Switchboard +44 (0)151 224 1800
Main Fax Number +44 (0)151 224 1818

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Another major international company is moving into Liverpool's Princes Dock, in the first of what is expected to be a flurry of lettings at the city's new river front commercial district.

Henry Bath & Son Ltd, which is part of the Fortune 500 company Sempra Energy based in San Diego, California, is to transfer its Head Office to No 8 Princes Dock from Knowsley Industrial Park.

The Princes Dock Development Company, a subsidiary of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, anticipates further announcements in the coming weeks on office, retail and residential developments at the waterfront location.

Said Princes Chief Executive Ian Pollitt: "We are in serious discussion on all fronts. All sectors of the scheme are stimulating strong interest and we are looking forward to making further announcements shortly."

Henry Bath joins other globally recognised names such as KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Queen's bankers Coutts and Co., Atlantic Container Line, HBOS and major outsource company Capita with Princes Dock as its prestige address.

A founding member of the London Metal Exchange in 1877, Henry Bath established it's first LME warehouse in a British port when it began operating from Liverpool in 1875. Since then, the Henry Bath Group has continued to open other LME and commodity warehouses in Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Dubai and the United States. The Port of Liverpool is home to its biggest UK operation.

Henry Bath is also a member of Britain's LIFFE commodities exchange and is part of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 company providing value-added electric, natural gas, broadband and related products in North America, South America and Europe.

Said Anthony Key, General Manager of Henry Bath: "We are delighted to be moving our Head Office to Princes Dock. Henry Bath has long been associated with the Liverpool Docks, so the waterfront location, set within a vibrant, growing and prestigious modern development, not only provides a high quality working environment for our employees but says everything about what Henry Bath stands for today."

Princes Dock's Ian Pollitt said more similar announcements were pending. "We are confident that there will be three further lettings at the Twelve Princes Dock building before the year end. We also anticipate an announcement of the developer of the first residential building before the end of 2003 and we are currently in serious discussion with three potential developers of hotels for Princes."

Mr Pollitt said the modern office accommodation at Princes Dock was achieving increasing recognition as the economic, flexible option for companies seeking to maximise their use of space in a contemporary environment free from the threat of escalating service costs.

"Prominent names in the retail and leisure industry are also talking to us about being part of this exciting 24 hour environment in the very near future," he added.

No 8 Princes Dock was the first of three office buildings developed by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company subsidiary at the waterfront location adjacent to Liverpool's famous Pier Head. A four star Crowne Plaza Hotel was also successfully launched with another two quality hotels planned.

Twelve Princes Dock, the latest project, is the largest office development in a city where more and more older office buildings are being converted to residential apartments as new build commercial accommodation proves more cost efficient.

The masterplan for the 29 acre (11.7 hectare) Princes Dock site includes a million sq ft of offices, of which 223,000 sq ft have already been completed, three hotels, 350 residential units and multi-storey car park with 1,160 spaces.

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