Banks Group
The Banks Group is a family owned coal mining, wind energy and property construction business headquartered in Durham, but working across Scotland and the North of England, established in 1976.Divisions
The Banks Mining division is active in open-cast or surface coal mining. The Banks Group was founded by Graham Banks, Harry Banks, Joe Banks and Bruce Banks.
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. The mine was approved in 2007 despite 2,500 objections and previous refusal by Northumberland County Council.
Banks Group won a Marketplace Innovation Award from Business in the Community for its technologies to reduce noise from mining operations.
Another division, Banks Renewables, installs wind turbines, 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.
