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A HARROGATE firm of architects has been working with the Scarborough and NE Yorkshire NHS Trust to develop improved facilities to one of its hospitals.
The first phase of the project is due to start on site at Scarborough General Hospital.
The project, designed by GSSArchitecture, will feature a new mammography scanning suite and an ultrasound room in the radiography department. There will also be a new reception and patient waiting area.
GSS partner Jonathan Hunter said: “The overall plan also includes comprehensive works to their ITU department in order to improve patient experience and to enhance available services.
“This will involve a substantial remodelling of the hospital’s existing ITU department to provide a dedicated isolation ward for especially vulnerable patients. The final phase of works includes the relocation of the anaesthetists’ office so that they are more closely located with the operating theatres which they support.”
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MORE than 150 jobs are to be created when a new Sainsbury’s at Wakefield’s Trinity Walk opens in May.
The 76,800 sq ft store will replace the existing site at Ings Road, more than twice the size of the current branch.
Sainsbury’s now joins Debenhams, Next and H&M on site at the 500,000 sq ft
Trinity Walk scheme, which is being developed by a consortium led by Sovereign
Land.
The Ings Road branch will remain open up until the opening of the new store.
New services include a pharmacy and a photo-shop.
Store manager Paul Calvert said: “Our existing colleagues are really looking forward to celebrating the new store with local customers and the creation of over 150 new jobs will really help to boost local employment in the area.”
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PROPERTY auctioneer Eddisons is holding its first two day sale of the year later this month.
Among the lots set to come under the hammer on February 24 is The White Swan
Pub in Kippax.
The vacant freehold pub is being offered on the instructions of Enterprise Inns at a guide price of £100,000 having been previously marketed at £165,000.
A vacant single storey retail unit at Halton Shopping Centre in Leeds has a guide price of £25,000 to £28,000.
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council is also looking to dispose of various stock, including the former Brighouse Town Hall.
The part tenanted freehold Grade II listed building generates annual rent of £7,840, from only three of the various offices, and has a guide price of around £100,000.
The sale will take place at Leeds United Football Club on Elland Road in Leeds at 12.30pm.
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YORK-based Native Architects is in the process of using an innovative insulation system made from hemp and lime for a project in North Yorkshire.
Native, a pioneer of environmental construction methods, is collaborating with The Limecrete Company of Norfolk to design an internal shuttering system for a barn conversion project at the grade II listed Hornington Manor at Bolton Percy in North Yorkshire.
The project, being delivered on behalf of Harrison Spinks, who supply luxury beds and farm hemp on site at Hornington for use in the manufacture of the mattresses, will involve the minimisation of waste within the manufacturing process with the unwanted hemp being used to insulate existing barns onsite.
James Newton, architectural technologist at Native, said: “We plan to use the waste hemp ‘shiv’, the woody core of the hemp plant, as an insulative within a lime and cementious mix which will then be poured into a mould that is anchored back to the farm’s original masonry.
“Using Hempcrete in construction is widely considered to be “carbon negative”, in that it absorbs CO2 as it sets. Therefore using waste shiv produced on site further enhances its inherent environmental credentials.”
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LEEDS law firm Lee & Priestley has helped Keystone Financial Planning move into new premises as part of its expansion following the introduction of the Financial Services Authority’s Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in 2012.
The company, which has moved into new offices at Airport West business park at Leeds Bradford International Airport, expects to treble its workforce in the next two years and recruit up to 15 new staff.
It also believes that the client base could double following the introduction of the new regulations in 2012.
The business has leased 1,500 sq ft offices on the ground floor of No 1 Airport West, relocating from offices in Shires Road, Guiseley and Park View Court in Shipley.
Stuart Tansley and Matthew Thompson of Lee & Priestley’s commercial property team handled the legal aspects of the new lease arrangements.
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A SECOND landmark home has gone on the market in Ikley.
Following the sale of Heathcote, another famous heritage landmark in the town, Myddelton Lodge is up for sale through estate agent Dacre, Son & Hartley.
The Grade 1 listed property dates from the mid-16th Century and was built by the Middelton family who were significant landowners in the area.
Priced at £2.2m, Myddelton Lodge has seven bedrooms and is surrounded by 5.8 acres of gardens and woodland. It also features a formal meeting room/chapel that has been converted into a two-story entertaining suite, as well as vaulted cellars, two kitchens, three reception rooms and an office.
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LEEDS city living specialist Morgans has launched an exclusive rewards scheme that offers anyone renting or buying a city apartment a range of treats at some of the city’s best known establishments.
The package offers discounts and benefits at brands including MINT Hotel at Granary Wharf, Out of the Woods delicatessen, City Car Club, Pizza Express, West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Cutting Room, Blackhouse, Piazza by Anthony and Virgin Active.
Managing director Jonathan Morgan said: “By working with such well-known brands to create this unique package we can deliver a real treat to anyone who rents or buys an apartment through Morgans.”
A group of young carers from Leeds gathered at Morgans’ offices to enjoy a party organised by the firm and Barnardo’s Willow Young Carers Service.
The 15 young people, who all care for a family member with a serious physical illness, disability or mental health issue, were able to take a break from their daily routine and enjoy some music, food and entertainment.
Mr Morgan said: “These young people do such an amazing job; often being the primary carer for their mum or dad, cooking, cleaning and administering medicine at the same time as going to school.
“They have such responsibility from a really young age and lose much of what it is to be a child – we just wanted to give them a fun evening out.”
Chef Dave Swade from Leeds-based Chef Solutions provided the food and Leeds singer songwriter Tristan Mackay entertained with live music.
