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Green light for £22m Fruit Market investment, including new Arco offices
Planning permission has been granted for the next major phase of development in Hull’s rejuvenated Fruit Market, including a new head office for Arco, one of the city’s leading companies. Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has given the green light to a £22m scheme by Wykeland Beal, which also includes a 350 space multi-storey car…
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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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ICELAND SIGNS UP AS LATEST TREADMILLS INMATE
Grocery store operator Iceland has become the latest big name to sign up for the Treadmills regeneration scheme in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. The UK’s leading specialist frozen food retailer has selected the former Northallerton Prison site for a new opening to join its network of more than 900 stores across the country, together employing more…
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CHILDRENS’ IMAGINATIONS FLY FREE IN SCHOOL ARTS PROJECT
Pupils from a Northallerton primary school have been inspired to release their imagination and let their ideas fly in a creative project celebrating freedom and fearlessness. The project – called Imaginosity – saw children from Mill Hill Community Primary School unleash their imagination to create a flock of beautiful birds out of humble milk cartons.…
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New Fruit Market community opens door to first residents
The first residents have moved in at Hull’s landmark Fruit Market development. Husband and wife Steve Copeman and Claire Bell have become the first buyers to take the keys in a development hailed as the most exciting in Hull for decades. The couple have bought a stylish, two bedroom apartment overlooking Humber Street in the…
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Plans approved for @TheDock expansion to boost Hull’s digital community
Planning permission has been granted for two new buildings to complete Wykeland Group’s successful @TheDock tech campus in Hull’s Fruit Market creative quarter. Hull City council’s Planning Committee has given the green light to the three-storey buildings, which will provide 31,000 sq ft of offices, co-working and meeting space to enable tech companies to continue…
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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…
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Planning application for next phase of Fruit Market regeneration
Wykeland Beal, the joint venture company working with Hull City Council to rejuvenate the Fruit Market, has submitted a planning application for the next phase of the regeneration. The centrepiece of this £22m phase will be a 55,000 sq ft new headquarters office for one of Hull’s largest private companies, Arco, the UK’s leading safety…
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PRESTIGE CINEMA OPERATOR EVERYMAN TO JOIN TREADMILLS
One of the UK’s most prestigious cinema groups has been announced as the operator of a four-screen venue within the new Treadmills scheme in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Everyman has chosen the £17m Treadmills development as its latest location in a continuing story of innovation, investment and growth. The new cinema will be a prime draw…
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Wykeland seals major deal to expand flagship business park
Leading Yorkshire commercial property developer Wykeland Group has sealed its largest ever land purchase to enable the expansion of one of its flagship developments. A total of 230 acres has been acquired at the Melton Park site in East Yorkshire. The multi-million pounds deal includes 100 acres of development land, 95 acres of farmland and…