Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Visits Accu's New Global Headquarters in Huddersfield
At Accu, we were proud to welcome Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to our new global headquarters and warehousing facility in Brockholes, Huddersfield, on 7 March 2024. The visit marked a milestone in our expansion and our growing contribution to the local economy, and gave us an opportunity to show one of the country's most senior figures what modern precision engineering looks like when it is built around speed, technology and local talent.
The Prime Minister was joined by local MP Jason McCartney to tour our new 45,000-square-foot facility, which represents a £1 million investment in our UK warehousing capability. The expanded site gives us the capacity to stock, pick and dispatch more of our range on the same day, shortening lead times for the designers and manufacturers who depend on precise, on-time parts. From that Huddersfield base, Accu ships more than 750,000 precision-engineered components worldwide to engineers and innovators across sectors from aerospace and robotics to medical devices and research and development.
Mr Sunak spent time with our team, hearing about the people who have helped build Accu into the company it is today. He toured the facility from end to end, taking in both the office and the warehouse, from logistics through to fulfilment, seeing first-hand how we operate in the e-commerce space.
Backing Local Talent
Developing local talent was central to the visit. Mr Sunak spent time with our award-winning apprentices, seeing all facets of the operation, from the dispatch process through to applying specialist AccuLock thread-locking patches.
Recruiting and training people from the area is a deliberate part of how we grow. Accu run a structured apprenticeship programme and invests substantially in early engineering careers through the Accu Scholarship for undergraduate engineers and sponsorship of student-led projects. Building that pipeline of skills locally means we can sustain our growth without losing the expertise and culture that have made Accu what it is.
The Prime Minister was also treated to a hands-on demonstration of the day-to-day operation.
"Mr Sunak spent time speaking to our teams and listening to our award-winning apprentices, and learning how our range of more than 500,000 precision components are delivered at speed from Huddersfield to engineers and innovators across the globe.
"We had some fun too, showing the Prime Minister how to pick and pack an order, and he was fascinated by our Micro Screws, getting to grips with them first-hand by picking some of our very smallest components."
Alastair Morris
UK Managing Director
A Global Business Built on Precision
Coming the day after the 2024 Spring Budget, the Prime Minister's visit was a timely moment to reflect on our impact at home and abroad. CEO Martin Ackroyd pointed to the role of full expensing, the 100% tax deduction on qualifying capital expenditure, in making the investment in the new headquarters possible and supporting our wider growth plans.
"We were delighted to welcome the Prime Minister to Accu and spend time showing him how we are building tomorrow.
"He was impressed with our commitment to Huddersfield as the place from where we will deliver our next phase of growth, and was pleased to hear about our dedication to recruiting and developing a local workforce at our new global headquarters in Brockholes."
Martin Ackroyd
CEO
Innovation Rooted in Huddersfield
Investing locally while serving a global market is central to how Accu operates. The move to Brockholes was deliberate: less than a mile from our previous head office, keeping us firmly in the town and close to the workforce and community that have supported us as we scale. It also signals something about our ambitions. This is not a business that has outgrown Huddersfield, it's a business that intends to grow with it.
"Accu is a truly global business but employing and nurturing a local workforce and, in turn, supporting our local economy, is hugely important to how we operate.
"That's partly why we chose to move less than a mile from our current head office, because we want to continue that commitment and put our business innovation and growth at the heart of Huddersfield."
Martin Ackroyd
CEO
In the time since the visit, that commitment has only deepened. In 2024 we became Huddersfield Town's first Official Engineering Partner, and in 2025 we secured the naming rights to the club's home ground, now proudly known as the Accu Stadium. It is a partnership rooted in the same local pride, with the two organisations working together on STEM outreach and community engagement across the town.
Building Tomorrow, one component at a time.
