Photography and videography equipment platform MPB is bolstering its presence in Brighton with the creation of 60 jobs. The business has been based in the city for more than ten years and currently has a 120-strong team. The 60 new roles will include 40 software engineers, data scientists and IT specialists. Founder and chief executive […]
Parcel delivery company Hermes Parcelnet has moved into the former Digital Pipeline unit on Priory Park in Aylesford on a five-year lease. The site spans 10,036 sq ft and had been occupied by Digital Pipeline for one year. Lothbury Investment Management, on behalf of Lothbury Property Trust, took a simultaneous surrender of Digital Pipeline’s lease […]
A rejuvenation project to turn the former Northfleet cement works site in Kent into a new 532-home neighbourhood has started. Bellway has begun groundworks at the Harbour Village development on the south bank of the Thames, part of the major Ebbsfleet Garden City regeneration zone. A total of 532 new homes will be brought, including […]
A Faversham-based brewer and pub operator will create more than 300 new jobs as it prepares to reopen its entire estate in line with lockdown restrictions easing, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Shepherd Neame has more than 300 pubs and hotels across Kent, London and the […]
Plans for a new mixed-use scheme near Brighton offering the potential for numerous new jobs to be created is likely to be approved in the near future, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. The project has earmarked land and building on Wellington Road and Camden Street for redevelopment, […]
A biotech company is set to undergo a significant expansion after agreeing on a new lease deal, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Oxford BioDynamics has signed a lease agreement on a new laboratory and office space at Oxford Business Park, which will “significantly expand” its facilities in […]
The Queen’s Hotel, a prominent Brighton seafront hotel, has just had development plans greenlit. The historic building will be extended with eleven extra bedrooms using space from a nearby Pitcher and Piano pub. It currently stretches across four floors in various buildings, some of which are listed. The Pitcher and Piano under development is grade […]
Sclater Estates Ltd has added to its existing dairy operations by investing in a new dairy unit at Double Barns Farm in Newick. The funding for the expansion came from the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, which provided £1.2 million. Sclater already produces four million litres of milk yearly from its existing facilities. The new unit includes […]
A fifteen-storey hotel is proposed for the site of the former East Street Shopping Centre in Southampton. The site has been unoccupied since the previous shopping centre was knocked down to make way for a Morrisons, a deal which fell through in 2015. Originally, the investor, Investin Southampton, submitted plans for an 18-storey hotel, but […]
Kinto UK, a fleet management provider which was acquired by Toyota earlier this year, has taken up residence at the Lakeside North Harbour. Other companies occupying the campus include Checkatrade, Virgin Media, Babcock, Handelsbanken, IBM and AT&T. Chief executive Matthew Rumble said: “We have ambitious growth plans for Kinto and the new space will provide […]