Craig Benton, the owner of a successful Guildford cleaning business, and his daughter Coral have joined forces to start their own plumbing business. The father and daughter duo have taken on a franchise business of Drain Doctor Plumbing (www.draindoctor.co.uk) offering emergency plumbing and drain repairs to commercial and domestic customers throughout Guildford, Basingstoke and the surrounding...
The first phase of the new Stockwell Park High School (www.stockpark.lambeth.sch.uk) being constructed in Lambeth is the first in the government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme to receive an Excellent rating from the Committee for Architecture and the Built Environment (www.cabe.org.uk). The natural ventilation system specified for the building was supplied and installed by...
Market Deeping based timber frame manufacturer Kestrel Timber Frame (www.kestreltimberframe.co.uk) has added another shift, moving to a two-shift pattern to provide additional production capacity. The new two-shift system allows Kestrel to produce over 140 timber frame panels per day. The company also has the infrastructure in place to add a third shift if required. Kestrel Timber Frame is...
Rochdale-based CJ Partnership Architects (www.cjpartnership.com) has been selected to provide conceptual design and consultancy services for the £1 billion regeneration of the former French Concession area in the Jing An district of Shanghai, China. CJ Partnership Architects is providing strategic urban planning and conceptual designs for the development headed by Tongji University (www.tongji...
Despite the current economic recession, Peterborough-based public relations and marketing consultancy Smye Holland Associates (www.smye-holland.com) is looking ahead with the appointment of Hannah Thomas as junior account executive. A recent graduate of the University of Birmingham, Hannah studied English whilst completing work placements for local PR companies to gain experience of the industry...