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All Systems Go As Works Starts On The New Flemingate Development
Work has started on the long-awaited £70m commercial element of the Flemingate regeneration scheme in the heart of Beverley. And to coincide with the main contractor’s arrival on site, the developer, Hull-based Wykeland Group, has announced that Arcadia, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest names in retail, is the latest to sign up to the…
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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…
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Laser Manufacturer Announces Move To North’s Greenest Business Park
AWARD winning laser company Rofin Sinar UK has become the latest big name company to announce a move to Bridgehead – the north’s ‘most sustainable’ business park. The company is to move from its current base on York Way, Willerby, to an 80,000sqft office, research, development and high quality clean manufacturing facility on the park,…
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Beal Homes move in to new HQ
Beal Homes is the first company to move onto Bridgehead Business Park. The award-winning house builder relocated its headquarters from its former base on Hedon Road in East Hull at the end of December last year. The new purpose-built 11,000 sq ft office was built by Beal Homes’ own construction team and provides space for…
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Works Starts On New Police Facility At Melton West
Construction work has started on the new £8m-plus Humberside Police facility at the Melton West Business Park in East Yorkshire. The centre, being developed by Wykeland Group, will house specialist police teams and support staff as well as a joint Humberside Police and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service workshop. Construction is expected to take around…
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Worldwide fashion brand H&M on its way to Beverley
Global fashion retailer, H&M, is the latest high profile brand to sign up to the Flemingate development in Beverley. The company, which has 3,000 stores in 53 countries and employs 104,000 people, is one of the best known names on the UK High Street and its commitment to the Beverley site is a major coup…
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New Surveyor At The Wykeland Group
Hull-based property development and investment specialist, the Wykeland Group, has appointed surveyor Tom Watson to its headquarters team. Tom, 31, is one of several new arrivals to the group this year and will be working with Guy Evans, Wykeland’s head of development, on a number of forthcoming projects as well as assisting the in-house asset…