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New Nature Trail Boards Installed
As part of Wykeland and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s partnership to improve the biodiversity and ecological value of Bridgehead Business Park, new interpretation boards have been installed along the 1km woodland nature trail. The boards have been designed by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to provide not only information on the woodland habitat and the wide variety of…
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“Now Let” Sign Goes Up On Jack Brignall House
Victoria Plumb has leased the whole of Jack Brignall House and, following a high quality fit-out undertaken by Hull-based Red Frog Design, recently moved over 60 staff into its new headquarters office. The 17,545 sq.ft. office was built speculatively by Wykeland last year with the expectation that occupier interest would be strong in an energy-efficient…
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Rofin Sinar’s New Facility Gets Underway
The latest building to break ground at Bridgehead Business Park is Rofin Sinar UK’s new office, research and development and hi-tech manufacturing facility. The 80,000 sq.ft. two storeybuilding is the largest building so far to be developed by Wykeland on the Bridgehead site and the impressive structure is really taking shape now the steelwork has…
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Tiptoes Day Nursery Opens Its Doors
Following completion of the construction and fit-out works, Tiptoes Day Nursery opened its third nursery at Bridgehead Business Park in August. After three months, Tiptoes already has 40 children on the register who are looked after by 7 members of staff including a manager and cook. At full capacity the Bridgehead nursery will be able…
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A Home For Nature – Bridgehead’s Arts, Wildlife And Schools Project Takes Flight
Alongside new buildings growing out of the ground and new occupiers moving in – something else is happening at Bridgehead. Hull and East Yorkshire artist Liz Dorton has been appointed by Wykeland to work with local school children from nearby All Saints Primary School and Hessle High School, making extraordinary creations for the innovative Homes…
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Old Meets New At North’s Most Sustainable Business Park
One of Hull’s best known family companies is the latest in a string of big name businesses to announce a move to Bridgehead – the north’s ‘most sustainable’ business park. The John Good Group, which can trace its history back over 180 years, is to relocate from Maritime House, Kingston Street, Hull, to a bespoke…
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Partnership with YWT extended
Wykeland and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have extended their working partnership to improve the biodiversity and ecological value of Bridgehead Business Park. An Agreement was entered into in 2012 to develop Bridgehead Business Park for the benefit of both the local economy and environment. Utilising Sheffield-based ECUS Consultants’ Ecological Strategy, some 230 new trees, 4,200…
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Quality of Design Praised
Jack Brignall House is the first speculative office building in the heart of the Bridgehead development and is already attracting considerable interest, not only from proposed occupiers but also the wider business community. The building is a very innovative design with clean open office space, low running costs and a raft of “green” initiatives ensuring…
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A Home for Nature – arts, wildlife and community
Wykeland has engaged Elaine Burke, Arts Consultant, to develop and lead ‘A Home for Nature’- an exciting environmental arts project at the Bridgehead Business Park. Wykeland has a strong track-record as a supporter of arts and culture in Hull and East Riding, and values the arts as a powerful catalyst for local transformation and regeneration.…
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‘Green’ nursery for sustainable business park
Work has started on a nursery at the Bridgehead Business Park on the northern approach to the Humber Bridge at Hessle. Tiptoes, which is run by Paul and Helen Gilson, is due to open its third nursery in August, with the creation of 20 new jobs. The 50-acre business park is being developed by Hull-based…