Banks Group

Industry| Mining, energy, property development
Founded| 1976
Headquarters|

Durham, England

Website| www.banksgroup.co.uk

The Banks Group is a family owned energy and property development business headquartered in Durham, but working across Scotland and the North of England, established in 1976.[1]

## Divisions

The Banks Mining division is active in open-cast or surface coal mining. In 2012, Banks completed construction of Northumberlandia, a huge, award-winning, land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure near Cramlington, Northumberland. Banks Group and the Blagdon Estate jointly financed the £2.5m cost of the work, as planning gain for Banks' adjacent open-cast Shotton Surface Mine, which was approved in 2007.[2] The mine was approved in 2007 despite 2,500 objections and previous refusal by Northumberland County Council.[3]

Banks Group won a Marketplace Innovation Award from Business in the Community for its technologies to reduce noise from mining operations.[4]

Another division, Banks Renewables, instals wind turbines,[5] such as those at West Durham Wind Farm which was planned as the largest wind farm in North East England.

The other division is Banks Property.

## References

1. ↑ Companies House
2. ↑ "Northumberlandia: The naked lady of Cramlington". BBC News. 1 September 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-19396755. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
3. ↑ John Hill (12 August 2010). "Banks Group pushes to expand extraction contract". The Journal. http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/08/12/banks-group-pushes-to-expand-extraction-contract-51140-27045323/. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
4. ↑ "Bosses learn about life at coalface". Morpeth Herald. 25 October 2007. http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/local-news/bosses-learn-about-life-at-coalface-1-1521679. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
5. ↑ "New wind turbine plans speeding up". South Yorkshire Times. 24 September 2011. http://www.southyorkshiretimes.co.uk/news/local/new-wind-turbine-plans-speeding-up-1-3800571. Retrieved 2 September 2012.

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