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Construction completed on Aura Innovation Centre at Bridgehead
Construction work has been completed on the Aura Innovation Centre at Bridgehead business park. The £12m Aura Innovation Centre is the University of Hull’s biggest commitment yet to tackling climate change and is due to launch officially in early 2020. It will deliver ground-breaking low-carbon projects and kick-start new ideas by bringing together experts at…
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Start of construction heralds beginning of Treadmills transformation
Construction work has begun to herald the rebirth of the former Northallerton Prison in the North Yorkshire town’s most significant regeneration scheme in decades. The Central Northallerton Development Company Ltd (CNDCL), a joint venture between Hull-based property developer Wykeland Group and Hambleton District Council, is driving forward the £17m Treadmills development. Now work has begun…
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Wykeland recognised for Outstanding Contribution at Hull and Humber Tech Awards
Wykeland Group has been recognised for its critical role in the development of the digital economy in Hull and the Humber. Wykeland received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Hull and Humber Tech Awards 2019, organised by news publisher Hull Live and local communications provider KCOM. The award recognised the leading role played by Hull-based…
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New businesses, jobs and homes as Fruit Market delivers regeneration vision
Hull’s flourishing Fruit Market is generating a host of new businesses, hundreds of jobs and a unique, rapidly-growing residential community. Little more than three years since the launch of Hull’s most exciting urban regeneration project, the stunning transformation of the waterfront area is delivering on the vision for the Fruit Market as a vibrant area…
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Children Celebrate School Arts Project Success
A primary school has celebrated the success of an arts project inspired by the exciting transformation of the former Northallerton Prison site with a special assembly and parade. Pupils from Mill Hill Community Primary School in Northallerton created a giant bird sculpture – with each child making a special feather – which was unveiled at…
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Kingston International Business Park changes hands
Hull’s largest multi-let industrial park has changed hands in a multi-million pound deal between two of the city’s leading companies. Kingston International Business Park on Hedon Road has been purchased by J.R. Rix & Sons from Wykeland Group, ending almost three decades of ownership and investment by the commercial developer. Wykeland purchased the site in…
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New gym brings fitness boost to Fruit Market community
An exciting new urban gym and fitness space is introducing its unique approach to health and wellbeing to Hull’s growing Fruit Market community. The Temple @ Humber Street is the latest venture to join the resurgent waterfront quarter, bringing state-of-the-art equipment, innovative health and wellbeing treatments, and high intensity workouts to the area’s fitness fans.…
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Plans put forward for new hotel with sky bar and restoration of historic pub
Plans have been revealed for a nine-storey hotel with rooftop sky bar offering spectacular views of Hull’s waterfront, as part of a scheme that would also secure the future of the historic Earl De Grey pub. A planning application has been submitted to Hull City Council by Castle Buildings LLP, a joint venture of leading…
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Charity urges businesses to give more youngsters a sporting chance to succeed
A Hull charity has celebrated helping thousands of children learn vital skills through practical application of literacy and numeracy in a sporting environment and urged businesses to help it to grow. Run With It, a charity that helps raise levels of literacy and numeracy using the KCOM stadium as the classroom, has been hailed as…
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Taphouse Brewpub brings beer lovers’ paradise to the Fruit Market
A bar and brewery offering craft beers brewed on site and from around the world has opened in Hull’s resurgent Fruit Market quarter. Taphouse Brewpub combines a working brewery with a high-quality bar offering almost 40 draught craft beers, lagers and ciders, as well as an extensive range of bottled and canned beers, quality wines…