Saracen Interiors has rounded off a successful year, which has included a significant rise in the number of London contracts, with the completion of a £120k fit out and move management project for a Shariah trading investment bank on Old Broad Street.

The fit out is the latest in a long line of contract wins for the workplace consultants, including a complete office refurbishment projects for investment management company, Ferox Capital LLP, a conversion project for one of the new tenants at Royalty House, Watford, and a major fast-track refurb for Creature of London.

The project covered alterations to a meeting room space, to create two further meeting rooms, a prayer room and additional managers’ offices plus the reconfiguration of open-plan office space to accommodate an additional 20 members of staff.

Joint managing director of Saracen Interiors, Michael Page believes that the key to the company’s success in the City lies with its sensitivity to the needs of its clients and its ability to carry out fast-track projects while maintaining a live working environment, he said: “Every effort is made to understand and protect the client’s business which means that, as well as providing working environments that meet the client’s requirements, we ensure that it’s business as usual where possible.

"In this instance, that has meant completing all work during the night and at the weekend in order not to interrupt the working day.

“The site itself was challenging as there was only one point of access for all vans and materials but we’re used to working in central London and the issues that go hand-in-hand with this location and we are adept at finding the right solution to enable us to work quickly and effectively to get the job done.“

Recent clients include Yum Restaurants International, Paragon Community Housing Group, TE Connectivity, Aspect Property Group, Flight Safety, CH2M Hill, Countrywide PLC, Knight Frank, Mitie Engineering, Pizza Hut, Redrow, Soccer World and Thames Water.

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£450k of funding has been secured to improve transport in rural areas in Cheshire East.

It was the fourth largest allocation from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) £7.6m Total Transport Pilot Fund.  

About half of Cheshire East’s 372,700 residents live in rural villages and towns.

Executive director of economic growth and prosperity at Cheshire East Council, Caroline Simpson, said: “Our bid, Transport & Rural Integration in Cheshire East (TRICE), demonstrates the importance of developing a viable rural transport network for the 50 per cent of our residents who live in rural areas.

“Many of these residents rely on passenger transport services.

“The money will help to identify what scope there is for integration across road passenger transport services commissioned by the public sector, including home-to-school transport, local bus support and non-emergency patient transport.

“It provides a great opportunity to work with partner organisations, particularly clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), to explore how to co-ordinate and integrate transport resources.

“This will ensure our transport is more efficient, of better quality and is more effective at meeting the needs of residents.“

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Market Tech Holdings, the holding company that owns and manages the main Camden Markets in Central London, has exchanged contracts to acquire a 0.84 acre property, hosting small businesses, for a total consideration of £44m.

The property, known as Utopia Village in Chalcot Road, London, NW1, is located close to the Group’s principal Camden Markets site and currently comprises 29 individual units totalling a net internal area of approximately 44,500 square feet  

The group, which is owned by Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi, plans to operate the complex primarily as a fully serviced co-working office environment where businesses can rent ‘flexible accommodation.’

The Group is currently developing similar facilities at its main Camden Markets site and Utopia Village is intended to add further capacity.

Charles Butler, Market Tech chief executive officer, said: "As with our recent transactions, we are establishing the foundations to support our strategy to reinvigorate Camden Market and its surrounding area - bringing the Markets to a wider global audience and creating an environment where bright new entrepreneurs can grow innovative businesses.

“The acquired site extends the Group’s estate and will be complementary to our offering as a full service solution provider for businesses, which when combined with similar facilities in Camden will in total create co-working space for in excess of 1,500 people.

“This is a key element of our strategy to create a world class living, working, retail and leisure destination"

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Calling all North East businesses! With Election 2015 fast approaching we want to know your thoughts.

Whether you’re a small business owner, recognised entrepreneur or you simply work in the SME marketplace and have something to say - we want to hear from you.

Will your business benefit from a Tory government? Do you think Labour would make life better for North East employers and employees? Is there anything you’d love to see? Or even tell us how high or low your expectations are.

For the next three mondays we’ll bring you a roundup of what people in the North East are saying and want to see.

Follow what businesses across the North East are saying on Twitter @Bdaily and look out for the hashtag #BdailyElection2015.

To get in touch contact Jamie at jamie.hardesty@bdaily.co.uk. 

CBRE’s Liverpool team has leased the penultimate suite within Building 2000 at Vortex Court in Liverpool to Hudson Clark on a 5 year term.

Hudson Clark have taken 3,520 sq ft on the first floor within the building, leaving just one suite remaining on the ground floor of the property.

Vortex Court comprises three contemporary office buildings on Enterprise Way within Wavertree Technology Park.

Senior Surveyor at CBRE in Liverpool,  Andrew Byrne, said: “We are delighted to secure the letting for Hudson Clark at Vortex Court in Liverpool.

“Building 2000 is situated in an excellent location close to the centre of Liverpool.

“We anticipate high interest in the remaining suite from businesses looking for high quality open plan office accommodation with good transport links and amenities within a popular business park in Liverpool."

A new serviced office centre has launched in the business district of Manchester

Bartle House is the first serviced office centre outside Leeds, for developer Stonebridge Offices.

The company opened its first development two years ago and has expanded rapidly after it saw a gap in the market for a completely flexible service and terms, that also offered a high quality working environment.

Business development manager for Stonebridge Offices, Dave Sunter, said: “Located in the heart of the business district, close to the prestigious St Peters Square, I think Bartle House raises the bar on what people expect from a serviced office in Manchester.

“We started with our own experiences of working in a serviced office and set out to provide an unrivalled environment with the flexibility that businesses are looking for in today’s economy.“

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British Land has completed the acquisition of One Sheldon Square, Paddington Central, for £210m from the Employees Provident Fund, Malaysia.

This brings the property investment firm’s total investment at Paddington Central to 800,000 sq ft with a further 146,000 sq ft currently under construction at 4 Kingdom Street and 210,000 sq ft of consented future development at 5 Kingdom Street.

In a statement, the company said acquiring One Sheldon Square, which is prominently located at the entrance to Paddington Central, ‘allows us to develop a wider vision for the campus as an attractive mixed use destination’.

One Sheldon Square comprises nearly 200,000 sq ft of freehold office space, arranged over nine floors.

The property is fully let to Visa Europe Services until December 2022 with a rent review in December 2017. Total annual contracted rent is £9.5m reflecting an average rent of £48.70 per sq ft which is reversionary.

British Land is currently working alongside Hopkins Architects on a new Masterplan for Paddington Central.

Phase 1 of a programme of public works improvements is already underway and the firm are also on site at 4 Kingdom Street which will complete in 2017, ahead of the opening of the Crossrail station at Paddington in 2018.

We are also progressing the concept design at 5 Kingdom Street in order to improve the existing consented scheme.

Tim Roberts, head of Offices, British Land, said: "Paddington Central is full and we are progressing our vision to create a more attractive and engaging environment which better meets the changing needs of our customers.

“We have started on extensive improvement works to the public realm and are also now on site at 4 Kingdom Street. One Sheldon Square is a strategic piece of the campus which helps us to achieve our vision."

Work has just started on-site to construct the first new building on Manchester Science Partnership’s central corridor campus since the completion of its new master plan by the BDP Manchester Studio last year.

Designed by BDP, the 70,000 sq ft centre for science and technology businesses is set within the centre of the site at the heart of Manchester’s knowledge quarter and is the first phase of a strategy to triple the current provision of 350,000 sq ft over the next decade.

Inspired by the DNA sequence, BDP Architect Director Gary Wilde has created a varied ‘bandwidth’ appearance to the north and south elevations, created by horizontal linear windows which punctuate the elevations’ brick-clad ‘blocks’.

The proposed building provides workspace accommodation over four floors of 16,146 sq ft, each of which are accessed from the central atrium space.

BDP workplace team leader in Manchester,  Mr Wilde, said: “The Heart of the Park will see an intensification of the existing assets at MSP within the science and technology sectors.

“The building is conceived as a solid ‘brick clad’ block sitting atop a lightweight transparent plinth.

“The upper block of accommodation is then split into two halves – like the two halves of a shell which are pulled apart to reveal the gateway entrances into the building and providing views into the spaces beyond.“

Associate commercial director at Manchester Science Partnerships Thomas Renn, said: “With works now commencing on-site, it is an incredibly exciting time for the team and customers at MSP.

“Our aim for the ‘Heart of the Park’ is to maximise opportunities to connect the MSP community, supporting engagement and collaboration.

“We see the design of the building, complemented with the right amenities, embedded technology and our programme of business support and social events as key to achieving this."

Bounded by existing Williams House and Kilburn House, the building will act as a strong gateway to the site from the University campus and Oxford Road.

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House prices in London have increased 9.4% in the year ending February 2015 as the competition for housing in the city heats up.

According to the latest House Price Index report from ONS, the growth in London was the second highest following the East (10.7%) and followed by the South East (7.8%).

The lowest growth in February 2015 was in the North West, where prices increased by just 3.7% over the year.

In February 2015, London continued to be the English region with the highest average house price at £490k and the North East had the lowest average house price at £153k.

London, the South East and the East all had prices higher than the UK average price of £268k.

Last month, a report by House Building Federation and planning consultancy, Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners, stated only 18,050 new homes were built in London last year, compared to a need for 62,000.

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Bus fares in Cumbria are set to rise by an average of 2.5% from Monday.

Stagecoach has invested nearly £300m in new vehicles over the past four years with the aim of making all buses accessible and meeting emissions standards.

In a statement in the North West Evening Mail the company said: “We appreciate that fare changes will not be popular at this time.

“We need to make changes to reflect rising staff costs as the economy grows and because of government cuts to public sector investment in buses.”

The co-founder of a North East green energy firm is taking his expertise stateside next week to address hundreds of delegates at the International Biomass Conference and Expo.

Neil Harrison, who established Alnwick-based re:heat with Ben Tansey in 2011, will be on the panel for two sessions at the event which will be held in Minneapolis in the state of Minnesota from 20-22 April.

The 1,400 delegates at the event, who will be representing 41 countries and 48 states of the USA,  will have the opportunity to hear Neil speak at sessions on‘Reviewing the Continued Momentum in the Growth of the Global Pellet Market’ and ‘How Policy is Deployed Locally, Nationally and Internationally to Create and Grow Biomass Markets’.

The International Biomass Conference and Expo, the largest event of its kind in North America, is organised by Biomass Magazine and its parent company, BBI International.  

Anna Simet, managing editor of Biomass Magazine said:  “I am very excited to have Neil join our list of distinguished expert panellists.  

Neil is one of the most widely respected figures in the UK’s biomass industry so he speaks with great authority on topics that will be of real interest to our international delegates.“

Neil said: “It’s a great opportunity to discuss the worldwide growth of the biomass industry and of course to further establish re:heat on the sector’s global map.  

“I will be discussing the opportunities that exist for biomass to play an even bigger role in the UK’s energy mix and I will share my thoughts on how well-developed policy and market-mechanisms can support this sustainable growth.“

In addition to his role with re:heat, Neil chairs the UK’s Wood Head Association and is heading up a government-backed Apprenticeship Trailblazers programme which aims to create up to 750 new biomass installation engineering apprenticeships by 2020.

The Tyne Bridge Chapter of BNI (Business Network International), a Tyneside referral group who meet weekly at Gateshead’s Team Valley, have generated £1m worth of business together in the last 12 months.

By passing referrals and attracting new business, the group has reportedly gone from strength to strength and growing from 18 members to more than 30 in the last two years. A variety of trades, skills and professions are represented including insurance, accountancy, an electrician and a plumber.

BNI was founded in the late 1980’s by Dr Ivan Misner, and came to the UK & Ireland in 1996 bringing with it the proven structure that is now used in over 60 countries around the world. BNI is a highly structured referral organisation with the core philosophy of “givers gain.

The UK and Ireland alone has over 500 groups in operation with over 12,000 members passing nearly 680,000 referrals worth over £400 million of business for its members every year.

Jayne Hart, BNI Tyne Bridge’s Membership Coordinator, said: “In the current climate people want to do business with people they know, like and trust. That’s exactly what BNI Tyne Bridge is all about.

“We have more than 30 local business’s meeting regularly to build relationships and pass on quality business referrals which have led to more than £1 million worth of business for the group in the last 12 months.

“Tyne Bridge Chapter is a vibrant group of people who want to help each other achieve even better results for their businesses. It’s much more than a networking group and we actively look for referrals for each other, which has led to the fantastic £1m figure.

“Like the iconic bridge over the river, we are self supporting, attract a lot of positive attention and we’re firmly established in the region as our members travel from as far as North Northumberland, the Tyne Valley and South Durham to be with us every week.“

Electric Car Hire is hoping the Thames Valley’s thriving businesses will drive forward the UK’s vision of reducing emissions and creating a greener future.

The Twyford-based firm is offering its electric car rental services to companies across Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, and Wiltshire, and will drop-off one of its zero-emission BMW i3 hatchbacks to a business’s door, from £21.50 per day* or £235 per week.

As more charging points are being installed throughout the region– helped by a £9 million Government investment across the UK last year and the Go Ultra Low campaign – using an electric car does not need to be a one-off experience but businesses can instead use them to establish green initiatives as part of their corporate social responsibility strategy.

There are currently five charging points in Slough, six in Reading, seven in and around Basingstoke, and more than a dozen throughout Oxfordshire.

Electric Care Hire is urging companies, including those based in the Reading International, Green Park, Acre, Suttons, Arlington, Slough and Newbury business parks, to give their employees access to a vehicle for at least a week in order to make an environmental difference.

The critically acclaimed BMW i3 has a 95 mile range, on just a 30-minute charge thanks to the ‘DC fast charge’ device, allowing Thames Valley drivers to venture into London or even head west towards Swindon and Bristol as well as cities on the south coast for important appointments.

This means companies will not only cut their emissions, but save money on employee expenses – usually made up of train fares and petrol – when they visit firms outside of the region.

Ian McGregor, director at Emulate3D, based at Reading Enterprise Centre, saw his fuel bill fall by 80% after the company hired three BMW i3s from Electric Car Hire.

He said: “Electric vehicles are tax efficient and a real pleasure to drive. We wanted to reduce the company’s carbon footprint, and we have seen the difference, with one of the cars making a 65 mile round trip four times a week.

“I’d absolutely recommend electric cars to other Thames Valley businesses as they are currently an attractive mix of doing the right thing, government incentives, and a pleasurable driving experience.”

Thames Valley drivers will be joining a motoring revolution after the European electric vehicle market grew by 37 per cent last year.

The UK recorded the biggest increase and also has the highest number of new electric vehicles, with more than 15,000 on the road.

Matthew Munson, managing director of Electric Car Hire, commented: “The Thames Valley is quickly growing into an economic hub, full of innovative, forward-thinking businesses.

 “We are hoping these companies will join our ambition to reduce these emissions across the region and we can offer a convenient service for an affordable price.

“There are more charging points popping up across the Thames Valley all the time, making our fleet of cars more accessible than ever before.

“I’d also challenge companies to take on an electric car for a week and see how much they could save on employee expenses.”

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Work has begun on site at Stubbs Mill in Manchester by Urban Splash, working with construction company Artez Limited,

Stubbs Mill will boast canalside, flexible workspaces housed in a former machine works, and much of the original, industrial structure will be retained in the new building, which has been designed by Sixtwo Architects.

The 30,000 sq ft scheme will also bolster the Urban Splash commercial portfolio, which already offers more than 2 million sq ft of office, retail, leisure and light industrial space across the country.

Urban Splash director Nathan Cornish said: “This is an iconic building; its raw industrial features give us an interesting architectural framework and give future occupiers a creative and unique space to work.

“It is another fantastic addition to our rich and diverse commercial portfolio. I’m delighted to be working with Artez on it.”

Stubbs Mill is one of two live Urban Splash sites at New Islington; the company is also currently putting in place the first dwellings as part of its hoUSe scheme; a revolutionary residential concept.

Nathan continued: “Preparatory work on this site’s been taking place for a few months and now we’re putting the first five homes in place so it’s a really exciting time for us in Manchester.”

The works, which are being carried out by Bolton based Artez, will complete in 2015.

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Parity Professionals, the recruitment and learning and development division of UK-based information and marketing technology group Parity Group, has been awarded a two year contract by Northumbria University.

Parity Professionals will run its Senior Leadership Programme combining interactive learning, innovative facilitated learning and coaching to support leaders at the university.

Northumbria is currently investing in both its staff and future students, with the university this week pledging over £3m to enable disadvantaged students to enrol in master’s degrees.

Colin Lauder, Parity Professionals’ managing director of learning and development services, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for Parity Professionals. Through our work in the education sector, we understand how the market is evolving and those institutions with strong, well rounded leaders will be the ones that succeed.

“We are delighted to be working with Northumbria University and we are looking forward to supporting its leaders along their development journey."

Call centre success story, Call Connection, is set for further expansion with the creation of 40 new jobs in Newcastle, after opening less than two years ago.

The company, which is the largest insurance lead generation business in the UK, working with clients such as AA Insurance, Admiral Group, Swinton and Be Wiser, plans to add the new roles to its offices at Pandon, Trinity Gardens in Newcastle.

Call Connection, which handles more than 50,000 telephone enquiries a week, is  adding to its headcount of 50 based in Newcastle, and offers new recruits a four-week training programme to ensure the team has the best skills and expertise possible to help the business to thrive.

Graeme Kalbraier, Managing Director of Call Connection, said: “Call Connection has enjoyed significant growth over the past year and in turn, we have added to our numbers as we have secured office space in the heart of the North East.

“We’re keen to ensure our team grows with us, gaining new skills and experience so they can take the business to the next level.

“The charisma and warmth of the people of the North East is what drew me here – and our team here are good talkers with plenty of personality, that’s what we look for when recruiting.“

Since opening, Call Connection has established a reputation for brilliant customer service, technical excellence, as well as being a great place to work.

Danielle Coates, Senior Call Transfer Executive, from Sunderland, said: “I have been at Call Connection since the Newcastle office opened and right from the start I knew it was for me. I had worked in another call centre as a performance coach before coming here, so the important thing for me was that I’d be able to progress through the ranks.

“I started as a Call Transfer Executive and within nine months I’d become a senior. I’m now a performance coach for our new recruits too. We’re like a family where everyone supports each other – no matter what level they are.“

Alongside looking after its staff, another area where the company has a firm commitment is in supporting charities.

“We have an annual ballot and staff can nominate their chosen charities to receive the proceeds of events throughout the year,“ said Danielle.

The firm was recognised as an Investors in People employer in 2010 and has a 275-strong team providing telephone and online services to over 100 insurance companies. It has twice been named as a Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Company’.

Doncaster’s DB Schenker Rail UK has launched an eco friendly product that allows customers to offset 100% of their CO2 emissions.  

Eco Neutral, from the rail freight company, gives customers the opportunity to compensate in full for the CO2 emissions through their rail freight services by backing climate change projects that transfer technology and combat poverty across the globe.

DB Schenker Rail UK has now become the first rail freight company in the country to provide a fully carbon neutral product to the market.

To deliver the scheme, the rail freight company has partnered with climate protection organisation Atmosfair, which acts to protect the climate by compensating greenhouse gases through the use of renewable energies.

By calculating a customer’s C02 emissions from their rail services, which includes distance, weight, payload capacity, backload statistics, traction type, and fuel/electricity consumption, DB Schenker Rail UK can determine how much the compensation cost will be.

The customer can choose which project they wish to fund in order to compensate their CO2 emissions. Examples include the generation of clean electricity through wind turbines or a biogas support programme to guarantee an environmentally friendly energy supply.

Steve Pryce, head of marketing at DB Schenker Rail UK, said: “We are continuously striving to minimise the impact of our operations on the environment and are proud to launch Eco Neutral as the first truly zero carbon rail freight product in the UK.

“Rail freight already offers significant environmental benefits when compared with road – each tonne transferred by rail rather than road cuts CO2 emissions by 76%. But at DB Schenker Rail UK we don’t stop there. We are committed to being an industry leader in this area, continuously investing in innovative ways to even further minimise the impact of our operations on the environment and help customers to reduce their carbon emissions. This commitment demonstrates the progressive nature of our company and creates a further incentive for customers to choose rail freight over other transport modes.”

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Harworth Estates, the UK property regeneration company owned by Harworth Group plc, has acquired the site of the former Lynemouth aluminium smelter near Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Rio Tinto.

The 320-acre Northumberland site, which is located near the coast, offers the potential for a range of future commercial development once the site has been fully masterplanned.

The acquisition of the site is Harworth’s second major non-coalfield acquisition and adds to its large portfolio of UK regeneration sites.  

Last November Harworth bought the 162-acre site of the former Skelton Grange power station near Leeds from RWE Generation. The company already manages more than 200 sites across the North and Midlands, totalling more than 27,000 acres.

Since agreeing the sale, Rio Tinto has completed the decommissioning of the site. The decommissioning process has been led by Rio Tinto’s own team and has involved the removal of plant and machinery, the demolition of some buildings and cleaning the site to enable the return of its operating permit to industry regulator, the Environment Agency.

Owen Michaelson, Chief Executive of Harworth Group said:  "The Lynemouth site fits very well with the rest of our property portfolio in the north east, given we own a number of sites planned for regeneration at Butterwell, Ellington, Widdrington and a site adjacent to the smelter site.  

“As we take the site forward to the occupier market we will be emphasising its many benefits including access via rail to the Port of Blyth.

"Our specialist team has significant experience developing large-scale brownfield sites and transforming them into places of lasting economic and social regeneration.  

“We look forward to working closely with the local community and other partners with an interest in the prosperity of Northumberland in doing the same at Lynemouth."

Richard Anderson, Environment Manager at Rio Tinto said: "Our marketing of the site attracted a great deal of interest from a wide range of sectors.  

"After lengthy consideration and due diligence, we decided the offer from Harworth Estates gave the best prospect of securing sustainable long-term employment on the site given their exceptional track record of successfully regenerating redundant industrial sites."

Councillor Allan Hepple, Policy Board Member for Planning, Housing and Regeneration said: "This is a good deal for the county and fits in with our strategic plans for economic growth. It raises the prospect of significant investment and job creation at Lynemouth.  

“With its size, location and surrounding infrastructure the site has enormous potential for development and the county council will work closely with Harworth Estates to attract businesses that will create good quality, long-term jobs".

East London will be the home to the UK’s tallest residential building after plans were approved by Tower Hamlets Council, and the Mayor of London decided against vetoing the project.

The 68-storey South Quay Plaza, on the Isle of Dogs in east London, will reach a height of 722ft (220m) and will  provide 888 residential units, 188 of which will be classed as ‘affordable’.

The project on Marsh Wall near Canary Wharf,  which is expected to take five years, also includes a smaller 36-storey tower.  Construction is set to start in 2016 and three existing commercial buildings will be demolished in the process.

In a statement, Tower Hamlets Council said: "This will deliver new homes to our borough - 188 of which will be affordable - and will be a big part of our plans to transform the South Quay area into a thriving dockside neighbourhood."

Forum secretary Andrew Wood, who is also a Conservative councillor for Canary Wharf, said: "Our main concern is that there is a completely inadequate play space for children and it is on an island, there are only two ways off the Isle of Dogs. What we want is a proper strategy for the area."

The building consultancy team at Newcastle-based Naylors Chartered Surveyors have completed a series of refurbishment projects amounting to £550k for social landlord, Isos Housing.

Isos is a not-for-profit housing association which owns and manages more than 12,000 homes, from Berwick down to Stockton and across to Cumbria.

They instructed Naylors to carry out works to a diverse portfolio of residential properties including; 30 flats at Summerhill Terrace in Newcastle, 15 flats within a listed building on Grainger Street in Newcastle city centre, four tower blocks and a day care centre at St. Oswald’s Court in Felling and the Old Customs House in North Shields.

Naylors had previously undertaken fire risk assessments of the common areas of all the properties and identified works required to improve general fire safety. A comprehensive schedule of refurbishment was undertaken to improve the standard of the common areas and ensure the properties comply with current legislation.

Whilst the majority of Naylors’ building consultancy work is focused on commercial property, the firm has found a growing demand for building surveying work in the housing association sector and is also instructed on two building projects for Oasis Aquila Housing.

Phil Garner, building surveyor at Naylors said: “This has been a great project for our building consultancy team, which has completed construction projects totaling over £3 million during the past 12 months.  

“Isos originally approached us in 2012 for professional advice and we have built on the relationship from there.  Isos is one of the largest housing associations in the North East and we are delighted to be one of their approved partners.’

Andy Kennedy, support services manager for Isos Housing said: “We have a very extensive property portfolio where repairs and maintenance work has to be managed and organised effectively to deliver an excellent service to our tenants.

“Naylors have proven to be a valuable partner in guiding us through these projects, their building consultancy team have provided the specialist knowledge and expertise required to ensure the works have been completed to meet our needs.“