In brief: Morgans City Living, Thorne Park, Bagnalls Group
AGENTS at Morgans City Living are preparing for a major refurbishment programme after their lower floors were submerged following the Boxing Day floods.
The business reopened within 24 hours of the floods, in which the River Aire burst its banks, but the lower ground floor was hidden beneath five feet of water following the heavy rainfall.
Remediation specialists worked through the night to remove more than 40 tonnes of water from the building meaning the office could reopen
Morgans has also found that only 12 of 11,000 apartments in Leeds City Centre suffered flood damage over the Christmas period.
Jonathan Morgan, managing director of Morgans, says: “Leeds City Centre is home to very few basement and ground floor apartments so it’s reassuring that so few homes in the City suffered as a result of this unprecedented event. Unfortunately, our office wasn’t so lucky and is one of many buildings that fell victim to the river bursting its banks.
“However, we’re fortunate to have received lots of support and our team have been amazing with many of them involved in the clean-up. Our operations manager Jacqui Pringle did a sterling job in getting Morgans back on track and reopened within hours of the floods hitting.
“We’ve also had visits from Tom Riordan and Judith Blake from Leeds City Council, MP Hilary Benn and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark.”
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MANUFACTURER Purex International Ltd has signed on the dotted line to take a unit at Thorne Park in Doncaster.
Purex supplies fume extraction systems to industry, and has now completed the purchase of unit five at Thorne Park, from Henry Boot Developments.
The company has taken 18,680 sq.ft on a freehold basis for an undisclosed sum. The deal comes only weeks after Henry Boot Developments announced that 80% of the units at Thorne Park were either sold or under offer.
Vivienne Clements,director at Henry Boot Developments, commented: “We have seen a huge amount of interest in the units at Thorne and are extremely pleased to announce the deal with Purex.
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SHIPLEY-BASED Bagnalls Group, which takes on major painting and decorating contracts, notably with Wembley Arena and the National Grid, has teamed up with another firm to invest in its technology.
York’s Saville Audio Visual has helped update Bagnalls’ boardroom enabling staff to talk to clients at home as well as abroad from their conference room on an 88″ screen.
Joanne Gualda, group marketing director at Bagnalls said: “The technology has transformed our meetings, we can be presenting within a couple of minutes.
“The boardroom has now become a focal hub, with colleagues making more use of the room for impromptu meetings. Saville did a great job installing all the equipment, they were quick and tidy and considerate of our needs.”
