Higgins takes the biscuit with £44m Shredded Wheat deal

By Alice Lorenzato-Lloyd2020-02-18T13:46:00

Work is part of wider mixed-use scheme at Hertfordshire site

Higgins has won a £44m deal to build more than 200 homes at a former Shredded Wheat factory in Hertfordshire.

Production of Shredded Wheat at the grade II-listed site in Welwyn Garden City started in 1926 before closing in 2008 after manufacturer Cereal Partners shifted UK production to Somerset.

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