DBL Logistics investment expands HGV fleet
Tinsley based DBL Logistics have announced a significant investment into fleet expansion. On the back of a strong economic performance leading to rapid expansion, the Sheffield based firm has invested a six-figure sum into six new Scania HGVs, which will swell the...
PM calls a snap general election
This morning Prime Minister Theresa May announced a general election for 8th June 2017. After months of talking down the chances of a snap election she seems to have taken the opportunity to consolidate the small Conservative majority in the Commons by taking the...
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Site work begins on the Sheffield Retail Quarter
Many will have noticed that the old Grosvenor House Hotel on Charter Square has been slowly reduced to a pile of rubble in anticipation of the Retail Quarter. It’s good to report that the contract has been signed with Leeds based BAM Construction who have been...
Sheffield office take up subdued while overseas investors snap up property deals
The latest Knight Frank regional office market review is reporting that 2016 was a relatively quiet year for the local office market in terms of occupier take up. 63 deals completed compared to 84 in 2015 with a total of 201,500 sq ft being occupied, 36% below the 10-year average.
Million pound biotech venture for Sheffield University and Parkinson’s UK
The University of Sheffield and Parkinson’s UK have launched a new £1 million virtual biotech company in the next stage of a pioneering research programme to create new drugs for Parkinson’s. In a partnership that is the first of its kind, Keapstone Therapeutics will...
A new pound coin is on the way
The humble round pound coin has been around since 1983 but this year it will cease to be legal tender with the introduction of a new 12 sided replacement. Business will need to prepare for the new coin which we’ll see in our change from 28th March. Both the old...