In Brief: The Tetley; Hobson & Porter; Cheswold Park Hospital; Andrew Jackson; Visit York

PROJECT Space Leeds (PSL), the charitable organisation behind The Tetley art gallery, has secured grant funding of £190,000 from Leeds City Council.

The Tetley opened recently in the refurbished former headquarters of the Tetley brewery in central Leeds and the grant will be used to assist with the further development of The Tetley with a view to facilitating participation in the arts by residents of Leeds and the wider community. 

Although the award covers the next ten years, Leeds City Council agreed to accelerate payment of the grant award in full.  The Tetley is still free to apply for further Council funding, subject to the terms of the agreement signed with Leeds City Council.

Lawyers at Lupton Fawcett Denison Till have provided advice to PSL in connection with The Tetley during the process from initial discussions with Carlsberg UK to the recent grand opening. Advice on the funding agreement with Leeds City Council was provided by corporate finance director Dan McCormack.

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HOBSON & Porter has secured a £3.4m contract to provide new operating and maintenance facilities for DONG Energy Power (UK)’s Grimsby site.

The contract involves the construction of a new two-storey office building and the refurbishment of an existing warehouse building that will provide an on-shore base for the offshore wind farms, situated off the Lincolnshire coast.

DONG Energy is a key partner in offshore wind developments that will contribute towards the Humber Region becoming a global hub for renewable energy.

CEO of Hull-based Hobson & Porter, Jason Papprill, said: “We are particularly excited to secure this contract in order to establish our presence as a construction services provider for the offshore wind farm sector, in light of the cuts to funding for onshore wind and solar energy generation. It’s an exciting time for renewable energy as well as the Humber region.”

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Cheswold Park Hospital, one of Doncaster’s largest employers, is recruiting 60 extra full-time nursing and care staff and says these jobs will directly inject around £1.5m into the local economy and a further £0.5m indirectly through its local suppliers of food, training and staff support services.

The independent hospital, based on Cheswold Lane in Doncaster, has built additional bedrooms and expanded its mental health support services. This expansion will mean Cheswold Park will have over 400 employees.

Gary Adams, human resources director at Cheswold Park Hospital, said: “We are very excited about being able to create a large number of new jobs in the area.  There are some great opportunities for nursing support staff and qualified nursing staff to join us and we provide a full training and development programme for all new starters.”

Cheswold Park Hospital has become one of the leading and most over-subscribed mental health facilities in the UK. 

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YORKSHIRE law firm Andrew Jackson has been reappointed, for the fifth consecutive season, as a key legal adviser to Hull FC, one of Super League’s leading clubs.

Associate Lindsay Gordon leads the team which advises the Black and Whites on all employment law-related issues including player recruitment and contracts.
Working alongside Gordon is employment lawyer and business immigration specialist Joanne Wright, who is advising the club on all immigration law issues, further strengthening the firm’s expertise in this area.

Hull FC owner, Adam Pearson, said: “Andrew Jackson does a fantastic job for the club and plays an important role across all operational aspects of the business. Lindsay has worked with us closely now for a number of seasons and as one of the leading advisers in her field, her advice is invaluable.”

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NEW figures revealing the annual value of tourism to York’s economy have been announced, revealing that tourism spend in the city has exceeded half a billion pounds for the very first time.

A new piece of research, combining results from the tourism industry’s ‘Cambridge model’ and the UK Events Market Trends Survey, which both provide estimates of the economic impact of tourism for destinations, has calculated afresh the total number of leisure and business visitors to York and their estimated spend whilst in the city.

This new research model now shows that visitor spend is a third higher than the figure of £443m estimated in 2008 by the Economic Impact Model for Tourism in Yorkshire and now reveals a record breaking £606m spend by visitors in 2012.

Kate McMullen, head of Visit York, said: “These statistics are fantastic news and mean we have exceeded our targets. It’s our strong partnership approach, working closely with York’s tourism businesses and their innovation that continually enables York to stay ahead of the competition.”