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Construction starts on new offices.
Business help celebrate Panto visit. Norwich Brokers and Financial Planners Alan Boswell Group (ABG) took more than 130 pupils to Norwich Theatre Royal’s production of ‘Aladdin’ as part of its Access to Theatre project.
The sod cutting ceremony
The Group created the project, targeting children who would not usually get the opportunity to experience the theatre, working closely with the Education Manager, Jason Raper, at the Norwich Theatre Royal. ABG staff nominated local schools to benefit from the project. The selected schools were: n St Michaels Junior School, Bowthorpe, Norwich, - championed by ABG Loss Adjuster Sharon Coombes-Hoar n Cavell Primary, Lakenham, Norwich championed by ABG Insurance Adviser Kelly Hydon Work has started on a new £1 million relocation development in Lowestoft which will complete an office Business Park launched nine years ago.
Lovewell Blake in the autumn for completion of the fit-out, with the firm moving in during the first week of December.
n Cliff Park Junior School, Gorleston on-sea, Norfolk – championed by ABG Account Executive Zoe Kerswill
A 6,000 sq ft, three-storey building is being built at Quay View Business Park as the new Lowestoft office for chartered accountants and financial advisors, Lovewell Blake, currently based in Oulton Broad.
It is the ninth and last office to be built at the Quay View Business Park, which was launched in 2004 by Oldman Properties. An estimated 350 people will be employed on the Park once the new building is handed over.
Group Director at ABG, Chris Gibbs, said: “It was really rewarding to establish our own project working with the Theatre Royal Norwich, giving local school children the chance to experience theatre for the first time.”
The new offices are being built by Wellington Construction for Oldman Properties – both of which are based at the Park. They will house 43 Lovewell Blake staff and partners.
Philip Oldman said: “Quay View Business Park was an ambitious project when we undertook it nine years ago, but despite much of that time spent in difficult economic conditions, we have developed an average of one new office building a year over that period, bringing investment and jobs into the town. We are proud to have created a real business asset for Lowestoft.”
Lovewell Blake partners Andrew Turner, Paul Briddon and Mark Haylett, Philip Oldman and Andy Oldman from Oldman Properties, and Wellington Construction managing director Paul Pitcher and construction director Paul Ollington broke the ground at a ceremony to mark the start of construction. The office is expected to be handed over to
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Chris Gibbs
Andrew Turner said: “In our 155th year, this office move is another exciting milestone for Lovewell Blake and one which we believe demonstrates our continued commitment to the town of Lowestoft.”
Collaboration is the key to sustainability. The £16 million Norwich Research Park Enterprise Centre is to break new ground when the project team employs a collaborative Single Point of Delivery approach to build the sustainability project at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Morgan Sindall, as the Single Point Deliverer, will take responsibility for the design and build, utilising a team including architects Architype, civil, structural and environmental engineers BDP and Churchman Landscape Architects.
The approach will ensure that all aspects of the building are optimised and unnecessary cost eliminated through integrating design management and construction processes.
The project is part-funded by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), in addition to funding from UEA, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Norwich Research Park and the Building Research Establishment.
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