Northumberland ‘gigafactory’ will be “transformational”, chairman says
Northumberland ‘gigafactory’ will be “transformational”, chairman says
When Peter Rolton became chairman of Britishvolt – the company hoping to set up a 3,000-job ‘gigafactory’ making batteries for electric vehicles in Blyth – it was a homecoming of sorts.
Mr Rolton had grown up at East Boldon, South Tyneside, but when his parents moved to take over the Post Office in Longframington, Northumberland, he finished his education at Morpeth’s King Edward VI School,…