An 85-home housing development in Ambrosden, near Bicester, is nearing completion. The scheme, known as Blackthorn Meadows, comprises a mix of two, three, four and five-bed homes and one and two-bed apartments. The Northern Home Counties branch of Bellway, a successful 70 year-old house-building firm with 19 regional service providers, is in charge of construction. […]
GAIL’s Bakery, an artisan chain with more than 60 bakeries around London, Oxford, Brighton and beyond, will open a new chain in the Tunsgate Quarter, Guildford. The area is known as a retail, leisure and dining destination. Claire Suggitt, centre manager of the Tunsgate Quarter, said: “The demand for high quality combined with a great […]
Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, has just become one of the largest occupiers at Milton Business Park after its expansion. The company has been based there since 2000, when it merged with Oxford Asymmetry International. Its most recent expansion gave it 16,823 sq ft at 90 Park Drive, taking its total […]
A tender has been secured to build new premises for local SEND school. Orion Academy is one of six Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) schools in Oxfordshire. The first stage of construction has already been started by Morgan Sindall Construction, creating a one-storey building with 14 classrooms. Additional construction will include specialist science, art, […]
A new hotel is planned on the site of a former shopping centre in Southampton city centre. The site is on the corner of Lime Street/Evans Street. The new hotel will be composed of a six-storey townhouse building and an 18-storey tower, providing 283 hotel rooms in total. 165 of these are intended to be […]
Wates, a construction, development and property services company, plans changes to adjust to a post-pandemic life. Part of the changes involve focusing on Wates Residential, their housing arm, alongside supporting its public sector division and focusing on off-site manufacturing. Helen Bunchhas, who previously was the managing director of a different division, has been appointed as […]
Bell & Colvill, a specialist car dealership in Surrey, has acquired a new showroom thanks to a £1.5m package from HSBC UK. A third of this funding package was used to refurbish the showroom, which will open this summer. Brendan McWilliams, financial director at Bell & Colvill, said: “The Bell & Colvill story began 50 […]
Brighton will be getting a new data centre, as plans have been approved for the alteration of a self-storage unit in The Hyde Business Centre. CityFibre, a digital infrastructure company, will install new air-con units and alter the building’s exterior as well. In a statement submitted with the application to Brighton & Hove City Council, […]
This is a short guide on how our Time and Attendance and Fire Roll Call products can help you keep your staff safe and healthy as the UK begins to ease out of the pandemic lockdown. If you are an existing customer who wants to make your site safe, our dedicated Sales Consultants can offer […]
Vistry, a housebuilding company with headquarters in Kent, will restart 90% of its sites from the 27th April. Workers will return to their partnership sites and housing developments, while sales staff will continue to work remotely. Tours of new houses will continue to be offered remotely. Chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said: “I would like […]