Rising to the challenge

From large corporations to family-run concerns, Lancashire’s manufacturers have answered the call and turned their efforts to the national fight against coronavirus.

Factories have swiftly switched production to help deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NHS. Others have been making parts for vital ventilators or supporting the creation of the new critical care Nightingale Hospitals.

The Altham-based Senator Group delivered around 7,000 items of furniture to the new hospitals in Birmingham, Manchester and existing NHS facilities. Further orders have also been completed for the Nightingale Hospital in Glasgow.

Robert Mustoe, managing director of the furniture firm, said workers and suppliers were “doing their bit” to keep its factories moving and products flowing.