date:Aug 18, 2012
ion companies are understood to be tendering for the contract for the build. A company spokeswoman refused to give any further details of timescales for the project and whether it would be ready on schedule.
Construction companies
Haribo employs about 500 people at its existing site in Pontefract. It is planning to take on nearly 300 extra staff in Leeds.
The company was given a grant from the Regional Development Agency in April 2011 towards funding the new factory.
Haribo, a family-owned G