Macildowie have been ‘Building Great Futures’ in Newark since 1993. Newark-on-Trent or Newark is a market town with a population of 27,700 in 2011. British Sugar PLC runs a mill on the outskirts of Newark that opened in 1921. It has over 130 permanent employees and processes and 1.6 million tonnes of sugar beet produced, with around 250,000 tonnes being processed and supplied to food and drink manufacturers in the UK and across Europe.