Coal has seen a significant decline over the last few years. In 2016 it accounted for just 9% of electricity generation and last month Britain went a whole day without coal-fired power for the first time since use of it began. The plan is to completely phase out this polluting-fuel
SEGRO has announced three new lettings in Greenford. These lettings are at Metropolitan Park and the tenants are thought to be two supercar businesses and one of the UK’s oldest wine merchants. All of the companies have opted for ten year leases. Belgravia Supercar Rentals, is one of the new
Two new The Counter® Custom Burgers are being opened after their previous success. The LA restaurant brand offers a unique experience, with customers able to build their own burgers. The company has announced that they will be opening two new stores in the UK, and they have plans to expand
Adlington, the specialist luxury retirement and independent living developers, has made three new appointments in order to carry on its support of new talent. The company claims to be dedicated to supporting talent within the construction industry and has appointed two new graduates to their company as well as a
Brian Godfrey is an architect from South Devon and has been awarded with awards to recognise his contribution to architecture in the UK. These two prestigious awards have been given to Brian who is the Senior Architect of the Godfrey Partnership and is based in Teignmouth, Devon. The Godfrey Partnership
The UK is big on retail tech and with events like the annual WIRED Retail Startup Showcase fueling enthusiasm for innovation in the retail sector, there’s perpetual excitement for what the future might hold. One major aspect of retail technology set to see massive upgrades and could be more easily adapted
Coal has seen a significant decline over the last few years. In 2016 it accounted for just 9% of electricity generation and last month Britain went a whole day without coal-fired power for the first time since use of it began. The plan is to completely phase out this polluting-fuel by 2025, the same year that Hinkley Point C – Britain’s first nuclear power plant in more than two decades – is set to be complete. Nuclear is already the second biggest fuel when it comes to generating electricity and this is only set to increase when the new power station is complete. But, how much do you actually know about nuclear power? Do you know how it is produced or which countries have nuclear power plants? If not, this infographic created and provided by recruiters NES Global Talent, will take you behind the scenes… Provided by NES Global Talent
SEGRO has announced three new lettings in Greenford. These lettings are at Metropolitan Park and the tenants are thought to be two supercar businesses and one of the UK’s oldest wine merchants. All of the companies have opted for ten year leases. Belgravia Supercar Rentals, is one of the new tenants at the Metropolitan Park. The business will be renting 5,500 sq. ft. of space that will be used to store their supercars as part of their rental business. The other supercar tenant is R.A.N Supercar Clinic Limited, which is a newly incorporated business that will be renting over 6,000 sq. ft. of space from SEGRO. This company will be using the newly acquired space for detailing and wrapping Supercars with a paint protection film. Charlié Richards is an Artisan Wine and Spirit wholesaler that are renting more than 12,000 sq. ft. in order to store and distribute their products. The three new tenants will join a number of others at Metropolitan Park. This industrial park is one of the most diverse urban warehouses owned by SEGRO as the tenants at the park are from a wide range of industries. Metropolitan Park has good transport links and is also located close to Central London. The industrial Park is situated adjacent to the A40 which allows easy access from the Park to central London and vice versa. There are also excellent public transport links to the warehouses from Greenford underground and overground routes. After this trio of lettings, the Park is nearly fully let. Available for rent at the Metropolitan Park is 2 warehousing units that have a combined total of 24,000 sq. ft. of space. These using are not expected to be available for much longer, with the demand for the urban warehousing space seeing all other space snapped up. The high demand for industrial space illustrates the lack of urban warehousing and logistical space around or near to London.
Two new The Counter® Custom Burgers are being opened after their previous success. The LA restaurant brand offers a unique experience, with customers able to build their own burgers. The company has announced that they will be opening two new stores in the UK, and they have plans to expand even more over the course of the next five years. These franchised owned stores are expected to open in the early summer. The Counter® will be opening in Glasgow and Built®, which is said to be more of a fast and casual version of the restaurant that will open in Ilford, London. The business has plans to invest around £20 million over the next five years in order to expand. The Custom Burger company will be opening more new sites and it is thought that the new ventures will be managed by Daniel Johns. Daniel acquired the franchise rights that have allowed him to open different Built® and The Counter® restaurants across England and Scotland. The Counter® Custom Burgers brings to the market a new approach to creating the perfect burger. The restaurants provide their customers with a menu that acts as a checklist on a clipboard, for the diners to select their burger combination. On the menu is more than a million different combinations meaning there is quite possibly something for everyone. Built® was launched in 2013 in Ls Angeles and offers diners a fast and casual alternative to other The Counter restaurants. Built® offers their consumers a more convenient and quick experience with the addition of being able to watch while their build as you go burger is created. The Counter® was opened 14 years ago in order to alter the way that people think of burgers. Since opening in Los Angeles in 2003, the company has boomed, now having more than 40 locations dotted around the US and the world.
Adlington, the specialist luxury retirement and independent living developers, has made three new appointments in order to carry on its support of new talent. The company claims to be dedicated to supporting talent within the construction industry and has appointed two new graduates to their company as well as a more experienced Development Engineer. These new appointments will be working to contribute to Adlington’s seven new developments that have been planned for the North West and Salford. It is thought that these new projects will take place over the coming year. It is thought that there are 182,000 construction jobs across a number of different sectors that will need filling by 2018. In order to pay their part, Adlington is recruiting people from the millennial workforce in order to increase their team and continue to develop those who may be at the start of their career. Adlington work to encourage new talent in the industry and because of this, the graduates Glynn Fort and Laurence Chipperton have been selected to join the company as Junior Architectural Technologist and Land Buyer. Glynn started his career as an apprentice bricklayer, before continuing his career and training and graduating from the University of Central Lancashire with a degree in Architectural Technology. Laurence on the other hand is a post graduate in Planning and Development from Nottingham and has joined Adlington after being a Graduate Surveyor at Harrow Estates. The other appointment to the team at Adlington is Hunter Lyden. Hunter is joining the company from a Senior Structural Engineer at Arup. In his new role, Hunter will be the Development Engineer and it is thought that this position will include managing the technical aspects of the company’s future developments like land and building structures. Hunter has nearly 10 years’ experience in managing the structural design of both commercial and residential buildings.
Brian Godfrey is an architect from South Devon and has been awarded with awards to recognise his contribution to architecture in the UK. These two prestigious awards have been given to Brian who is the Senior Architect of the Godfrey Partnership and is based in Teignmouth, Devon. The Godfrey Partnership is a company that looks to deliver architectural and structural survey services across the South West of the country. The company was established in 1964 and includes team members that have expertise across a multitude of disciplines with experience of modern and contemporary disciplines. Last Year, Brian was awarded with The Freedom of the City of London and also a Citizen & Chartered Architect of London. The Freedom of the City is one of the oldest traditional ceremonies, and was thought to be started in 1237. Other people who have been awarded with this accolade includes J.K Rowling, Jessica Ennis and Bob Geldof. The traditional perks of being awarded with this award includes the ability to drive sheep and cattle over London Bridge and also being able to sell their wife to the Bishop of Bath and Wells on their birthday. These are quite outdated perks may not be necessary today, but the esteem of the award remains. Since being made a freeman, Brian Godfrey has also been selected to be the Freeman of the Company of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects. The Worshipful Company of Architects is a modern Livery company that aims to promote quality architecture in the City of London as well as the global architecture profession. The Worshipful Company also supports education through awards and prizes and also offers support to a wide variety of charities. Brian Godfrey is one of only a small number around the world that has both the RICS Chartered Surveyor and a RIBA Chartered Architect. Godfrey has been working within the UK architectural industry for 50 years, with these two new prestigious accreditations is a massive achievement.
The UK is big on retail tech and with events like the annual WIRED Retail Startup Showcase fueling enthusiasm for innovation in the retail sector, there’s perpetual excitement for what the future might hold. One major aspect of retail technology set to see massive upgrades and could be more easily adapted for use in retail outlets across the country is shelving, especially concerning its role in improving the shopping experience. Electronic display In the future, we can expect to see stationary price tags being replaced with digital shelving. With the Pioneer Group and troniTAG partnering to bring electronic shelf labeling (ESL) to the UK and Ireland, we have started taking baby steps towards that not so distant future. The ESL system replaces traditional paper price tags with E-paper displays, adopting the same technology used in electronic books for use in retail outfits. According to ABI Research, ESLs will have accrued over $4 billion in global revenues by 2022, with the market likely to see massive growth within the next two years. The technology eliminates the need to manually swap paper labels as an administrator can simply update prices on a limitless number of labels located in a single store or across multiple stores from a central dashboard. What’s more, the displays are highly energy efficient as they only consume energy when being updated, meaning the batteries won’t wear out for years. ESL systems offer an additional feature that links stock management systems to the shelves, allowing retailers and supermarkets to maintain an updated pricing arrangement. Smart shelves While traditional acrylic shelves and regular slatwall accessories are going to remain in popular use for a long time, especially with innovative suppliers such as Slatwall Accessories, the retail industry is very receptive of new technologies. Using a similar technology deployed by online retailers to track customers and retarget ads to entice them back, smart shelves could bring extensive analytics of consumer behaviour to retail outlets. In Cold Spring, Ohio, a Kroger store has shelves that display digitized pricing labels and product information. The company is looking to take the technology further by making it more personalised, with price tags lighting up in aisles containing the customer’s preferred products. A startup, Perch Interactive, is able to detect when a product is picked up by a customer, using laser and motion sensors. The company keeps track of how customers interact with the products and informs retailers about which products get picked but are not bought. The technology has an additional feature that provides recommendations based on what products a shopper picks up. It is expected that by 2021, 77% of companies will be aware of the presence of specific customers in their stores and will be able to create a personalised experience for them. Supermarket chain, Waitrose, is testing out video shelf-edge technology in its wine aisle to provide customers with wine tasting notes and recommendations, as well as food and wine matching.
