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Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company, has just become one of the largest occupiers at Milton Business Park after its expansion. The company has been based there since 2000, when it merged with Oxford Asymmetry International. Its most recent expansion gave it 16,823 sq ft at 90 Park Drive, taking its total […]

A tender has been secured to build new premises for local SEND school. Orion Academy is one of six Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) schools in Oxfordshire. The first stage of construction has already been started by Morgan Sindall Construction, creating a one-storey building with 14 classrooms. Additional construction will include specialist science, art, […]

A new hotel is planned on the site of a former shopping centre in Southampton city centre. The site is on the corner of Lime Street/Evans Street. The new hotel will be composed of a six-storey townhouse building and an 18-storey tower, providing 283 hotel rooms in total. 165 of these are intended to be […]

Wates, a construction, development and property services company, plans changes to adjust to a post-pandemic life. Part of the changes involve focusing on Wates Residential, their housing arm, alongside supporting its public sector division and focusing on off-site manufacturing. Helen Bunchhas, who previously was the managing director of a different division, has been appointed as […]

Bell & Colvill, a specialist car dealership in Surrey, has acquired a new showroom thanks to a £1.5m package from HSBC UK. A third of this funding package was used to refurbish the showroom, which will open this summer. Brendan McWilliams, financial director at Bell & Colvill, said: “The Bell & Colvill story began 50 […]

Brighton will be getting a new data centre, as plans have been approved for the alteration of a self-storage unit in The Hyde Business Centre. CityFibre, a digital infrastructure company, will install new air-con units and alter the building’s exterior as well. In a statement submitted with the application to Brighton & Hove City Council, […]

This is a short guide on how our Time and Attendance and Fire Roll Call products can help you keep your staff safe and healthy as the UK begins to ease out of the pandemic lockdown. If you are an existing customer who wants to make your site safe, our dedicated Sales Consultants can offer […]

Vistry, a housebuilding company with headquarters in Kent, will restart 90% of its sites from the 27th April. Workers will return to their partnership sites and housing developments, while sales staff will continue to work remotely. Tours of new houses will continue to be offered remotely. Chief executive Greg Fitzgerald said: “I would like […]

Hand-washing has been encouraged by the government before any other precaution against coronavirus was brought in, and is still recommended as best practise even amongst the recent more extreme measures. It is particularly vital for the many industries and workers who cannot work from home, such as NHS frontline workers, supermarkets, petrol stations and warehouses. […]

Any top-notch visitor management system needs a way to let you know who is standing outside. This is even more important in the current difficult times, when restricting entrance to a selected few is common, and minimising physical contact is a necessity. (See the UK government’s COVID-19 ‘social distancing’ guidelines here.) The Helios IP Force […]

The recent government advice is for everyone to work from home if possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many employers will be struggling to figure out how to make this happen for their workforce. Some jobs and industries are unable to work away from their premises, and different precautions and decisions will need to be made there. […]

NASH Maritime, a maritime consultancy in the offshore renewables sector, has expanded into a traditional brick and mortar office after a remote start. The Ocean Village Innovation Centre in Southampton first provided NASH Maritime with a “virtual address”, and now is home to their physical premises too. NASH Maritime has been involved in more than […]