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Wykeland donates tablet devices to help primary pupils with lockdown home learning
Hull-based Wykeland Group has donated 65 tablet devices to four primary schools in the city so children without access to appropriate technology can learn from home during lockdown. The donations have been made to Longhill, Chiltern, Collingwood and Thoresby primaries, all of which needed help to provide the families of some of their pupils with the devices to access online materials for home learning. The schools have distributed the Lenovo tablets to families in need of support, meaning the children are now able to join remote…
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Wykeland appoints local contractor for latest Melton West infrastructure works
An aerial view of the site of the roundabout works and Plot D development at Wykeland Group’s Melton West business park. Wykeland Group has appointed local contractor C R Reynolds Ltd to deliver the latest major infrastructure investment at the developer’s Melton West business park. Hessle-based civil engineering and construction company C R Reynolds…
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Browns Books opens new chapter in growth story with move to Melton West
Educational supplier Browns Books is opening a new chapter in the history of the business by relocating to developer Wykeland Group’s Melton West business park. The business, which supplies libraries, schools, colleges and universities across the UK and abroad, is moving to a new, purpose-built head office and distribution centre at the growing East Yorkshire business location. Browns Books has outgrown its current premises in…
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New Flemingate store will give community the perfect One Stop for household essentials
A new convenience store is opening at Beverley’s Flemingate centre to provide a valuable service to people in the town during lockdown and beyond. The One Stop store, next to the Premier Inn hotel and close to the entrance to Flemingate’s multi-storey car park, will sell groceries, toiletries and other daily essentials, as well as…
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Wykeland gives landmark Whitefriargate buildings a sensitive facelift
Developer Wykeland Group has carried out a programme of sensitive cleaning works to smarten up landmark buildings in Hull city centre. The frontages of the former Marks & Spencer store and the property sub–divided between HMV and the former New Look unit, on Whitefriargate, as well as the old central police station in adjoining Parliament Street, have all received a facelift. The buildings were cleaned using a specialist chemical-free system designed specifically for conservation work that removes grime and dirt without damaging the limestone. The cleaning, including of the pillars…
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Wykeland and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust extend partnership with Melton West ecology agreement
Wykeland Group and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have agreed a formal relationship for the management of an enhanced area of woodland, natural habitat and recreation at Melton West business park. The partners have put in place a Management Agreement for the Trust to manage the existing 35-acre Long Plantation woodland with immediate effect as well as…
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Beal plans showpiece head office to take customer service to next level
Fast-growing Beal Homes has revealed plans for a showpiece new head office at Wykeland Group’s Bridgehead business park featuring industry-leading customer experience facilities. The family-owned housebuilder plans to move just 100 yards across the road from its existing home to a new £4.5m building next to the Porsche Centre at Bridgehead. A planning application has been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the 19,000 sq ft, two-storey building, which will take Beal’s renowned and uniquely-personal customer service to a new…
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Wykeland presents biodiversity measures as part of logistics facility development
Developer Wykeland Group has presented major landscaping, ecological and biodiversity measures as part of plans for a global retail logistics facility to a virtual meeting of local residents. Wykeland set out proposals for the creation of a nine-acre biodiversity and wildlife corridor, which will enhance and extend the existing 35-acre Long Plantation woodland separating the development site at Melton West business park from the village of North Ferriby. …
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Treadmills delivers economic boost as first phase opens to the public
The first phase of the transformational Treadmills regeneration project has opened to the public, providing a timely boost to the local community and economy in Northallerton. Supermarket group Lidl – the retail anchor for the £17m scheme – and frozen food specialist Iceland have both opened, with a third 1,300 sq ft store unit available…
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Local residents invited to join Melton West Plot E Zoom Webinar
Local residents are being invited to join a virtual meeting on plans for a retail logistics facility at Melton West business park. The presentation and Q&A, taking place at 7pm on Wednesday, 2nd December, will enable residents to find out more and ask questions about the proposed development on Plot E at Melton West. Representatives of Wykeland Group, owner and…