In brief: Leeds College of Building, Barnsdales, Escrick Park

SPONSORSHIP agreements with Leeds College of Building are preparing the next generation of bricklayers, tilers and roof slaters.

Brick manufacturer Wienerberger is supplying safety clothing and thousands of bricks for bricklaying students to practice laying and its roof tile brand Sandtoft is providing clay roof tiles for the College’s roofing students to use.

Leeds based Howarth Timber is supplying the students with high visibility clothing after the College hosted a number of training events for the company’s sales team.
Midland Lead, John Brash, Cembrit, Klober, Hunslet Roofing, Kestevens, CUPA and Burlington Slate are also sponsoring classes at the college.

Steve Connell, curriculum manager at Leeds College of Building, says: “Having the support of these organisations makes a huge difference to both our roofing and bricklaying students giving them the opportunity to work with the latest building materials from leading manufacturers that they will no doubt continue to use throughout their careers.

Mark Terry, national sales manager at Howarth Timber, says: “We’re delighted to support Leeds College of Building with this donation.

“The College recently hosted a superb training event for us, which gave our entire sales team the opportunity to use a wide range of products they sell on a daily basis, as well as gaining first-hand experience of how they work and benefit tradespeople. “

Robin Batty from Wienerberger said: “We pride ourselves in continually investing and supporting the future talent of the construction industry and supplying Leeds College of Building with bricks and roof tiles is a great way of doing this. It also gives students the chance to work with some of the finest building materials on the market.”

Leeds College of Building recently opened a brand new state of the art £17m purpose-built education and training facility in Leeds city centre.

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PROPERTY consultants Barnsdales have been appointed by Perland Properties based in London, to manage Thorne Road Retail Park in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

Thorne Road Retail Park comprises 84,000 sq.ft of retail space.

Retailers include Wren Kitchens, Iceland, Netto, B&M, Poundland, and Pets at Home.

Charles Harrison, head of Commercial Property Management at Barnsdales said: “We have been working with Perland for a number of months now, on various projects throughout the UK, and we are delighted they have shown their trust in Barnsdales, and appointed us to manage this trophy asset.”

Barnsdales have also been instructed to manage Albion House in Sheffield.

The 41,000 sq.ft multi let office building on Savile Street in Sheffield City Centre, will too be managed by Charles Harrison from Barnsdales Sheffield office.

Mr Harrison said: “We have already identified significant savings within the service charge, which has delighted our clients, and expect will also be appreciated by the tenants.

“We are keen to win the management of more significant properties and sites such as these two key instructions, and we are currently in advanced discussions on well over 100,000 sq.ft of other potential management instructions, and we hope to announce our next significant instruction soon.”

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ESCRICK PARK ESTATE is welcoming three Yorkshire companies who have signed on to become tenants of the estate, owned and managed by the Forbes Adam family for the past 350 years.

The site underwent a £1.4m refurbishment and now the number of jobs created or safeguarded at the park has moved past the 130 mark.

The new occupiers are Joy’s Bella Bridesmaids, Quattro Auto and Silver and Stone, while IMC Toys have extended their business into additional premises on the estate.

Charles Forbes Adam, the owner and developer of Escrick Park, which is just five minutes away from the A64, commented: “We are delighted to welcome the three companies to our business park.

“Their arrival is a ringing endorsement of the quality of our rural offices, which are attracting new occupiers in challenging economic times. I would also like to thank IMC Toys for their continuing faith in us.

“We are tremendously proud of creating a serious business park, with top-class facilities, within a rural idyll.

“Our 22 offices are currently 90% let, with just a few outstanding offices still available, including 1000 sq ft at Hackings in the Menagerie, 1,300 sq ft at Appleyards at Escrick Grange and 2,500 sq ft at 6 Bramley’s Barn at The Menagerie.”