News and views from across the Horncastle Group
We Love a Good Video for our Developments!
Horncastle are working with luxury video production company Hauxwell & Hardaker to produce a video for our latest development Green Park in Newport, East Yorkshire. The video was shot last week and shows the current Green Park site, the location and surrounding area at Junction 38 off the M62 and amenities in the nearby towns of Newport and Brough. Green Park is at early stages of development and the video by H&H includes CGI imagery of how the Eco- offices and Industrial buildings will appear once works are complete. The [...]
Announcement on Office 4 at The Beacon
A planning application has been submitted to develop the final of the four grade ‘A’ premium office buildings at The Beacon in Hull. Office 4 will extend to 10,000 sq.ft. The building is part of the new office, industrial and leisure development located on the main route into the city via Clive Sullivan Way. Office 1 has been completed with Office 2 approaching final stages; and works have now begun on Office 3 which will be built by local contractors PDR construction. The Beacon offers businesses the perfect location and [...]
Horncastle Group helps bring Caffé Nero to Thirsk
A new lease has been agreed between Horncastle and global coffee shop brand Caffé Nero for the company to open a new outlet in the North Yorkshire town of Thirsk. The popular coffee shop brand will replace previous tenants ShoeZone in the property owned by Horncastle group at Market Place in Thirsk. Caffé Nero, which was founded in 1990, runs over 600 shops in the UK alone and in July 2013, it’s coffee was rated best tasting among five major UK brands by independent consumer magazine Which?. Caffé Nero prides [...]
Did prehistoric man beat Horncastle to Green Park?
Archaeological investigations at Green Park have been undertaken as part of satisfying planning conditions. Horncastle has funded an archaeological investigation on its development site at Newport, known as Green Park. The aim of the evaluation is to determine the exact scale, location, nature, depth and possible significance of certain palaeolithic channels that have been identified. It is nowadays a requirement on new developments where construction is proposed that archaeological evaluations are carried out in the field to potentially discover or preserve heritage assets, loosely defined as something of value because [...]
The Daisy Appeal- World class medical services in East Yorkshire!
Horncastle group chairman Andrew Horncastle has been a Daisy charity Trustee and involved with the appeal since 2010. His involvement and investment has contributed towards the opening of a £4.5 million world class diagnosis and research facility at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham, East Yorkshire. The facility which is known as ‘Phase 2’ of the Daisy appeal charity, was opened on Monday 14th July 2014 by former Health Secretary Baroness Virgina Bottomley, and is named The Jack Brignall PET- CT centre, after one of the founding members of The Daisy [...]
50 years and still going strong……
Tuesday 22nd July 2014 marks the 50th year since Horncastle Group Plc's incorporation in 1964. Worth a little celebration don't you think? Andrew cutting the cake Team Selfie - Cheers!
Notice of Invitation to Tender – Contract to construct new 10,000sqft Office & 18,000sqft Production Facility at The Beacon, Brighton Street, Hull
Applications are invited from suitably experienced and qualified companies who wish to be considered for inclusion on the tender lists for the above contracts. The projects will have construction values of approximately £1.7m & £1.5m respectively. The selected organisations will be able to provide an appropriately skilled team to deliver the project by September 2015. Interested parties should express their interested in writing to David Watson, Director at the following email address: dcw@horncastlegroup.com or to Holderness House, 36 Market Place, South Cave, HU15 2AT
Expressions of Interest required for delivery of new 10,000sqft Office & 18,000sqft Production Facility at The Beacon, Brighton Street, Hull
Applications are invited from suitably experienced and qualified professional consultants or teams of consultants who wish to be considered for the inclusion on the tender lists for the above contracts for providing the following services:- Architect Civil / Structural Engineer Project Manager / QS / CDM Co-ordinator Mechanical Engineer The projects will have construction values of approximately £1.7m / £1.5m respectively. The selected organisations will be able to provide an appropriately skilled team to deliver full consultant services for the project from inception to completion. Interested parties should express their [...]
Wind energy plan for Green Park – Newport
Green Park is an all new employment park to be built at junction 38 on the M62. It is anticipated that when complete the site could provide several hundred new jobs. Work is due to commence in July on the estate roadways and the first phase of buildings will be completed early 2015. The park has been designed with sustainability in mind and the buildings will all be built to BREEAM 'very good' Careful consideration has been given to the energy requirements for the site and the developer Horncastle is [...]