Hampshire-headquartered Bargate has been crowned winner of Premier Guarantee’s 2025 ‘Development of the Year’ for its landmark Heritage Place scheme at North Stoneham Park, Eastleigh. The award for 151+ Units recognises Heritage Place, a £97m neighbourhood of 322 homes set within a historic 120-acre former deer park, as the standout development in its category, ahead of entries from some of the UK’s largest national housebuilders. Radio and TV broadcaster Colin Murray presented the award at the Nobu Hotel in London. The Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards recognise excellence in building high-quality homes, raising and celebrating standards of construction across the industry. The annual awards showcase the very best housebuilders, developments, construction practices and workmanship across the UK. Mark White, Managing Director at Bargate and Chair of the Future Homes Hub’s SME Liaison Group, said: “To be recognised with Premier Guarantee’s Development of the Year award for a second time is an incredible achievement for Bargate and a real credit to our team. Having previously won this award for our Rivercross scheme in Warsash, to now secure it again for Heritage Place underlines the consistency of our approach and the quality we strive for across every single project. “Heritage Place is the culmination of years of meticulous planning and design, where every detail has been carefully considered. This award reinforces our commitment to creating not just houses, but lasting communities of real character and quality.” Heritage Place forms the final phase of the North Stoneham Park regeneration, completing a 1,000-home masterplan that has transformed this historic setting into a thriving modern community. Bargate’s scheme delivers a mix of three-, four- and five-bedroom family homes alongside 124 affordable properties for the not-for-profit provider of affordable homes, VIVID, ensuring a balance of quality and accessibility. North Stoneham Park is rich in community assets, including a new primary school, landscaped open green spaces, a large play area, a network of footpaths and cycleways and community facilities. A self-contained community, the site is surrounded by parkland yet also within minutes of road, rail and air travel, with Southampton Airport and Parkway Station both within walking distance. Each home at Heritage Place is finished to Bargate’s renowned specification, with bespoke kitchens featuring integrated Neff appliances, Porcelanosa tiles in bathrooms, and thoughtful layouts designed around modern family living. Two showhomes, professionally styled by locally renowned home, living and garden centre The Garden Society, are open for viewings. This latest success builds on Bargate’s strong track record. In 2025, the company received both the Outstanding Achievement Award for Customer Satisfaction and a Gold Award from In-House Research. Bargate also won Developer of the Year in the Premier Guarantee Awards 2023, and Development of the Year for its Rivercross scheme in Warsash the same year – demonstrating Bargate’s position as one of the UK’s leading SME housebuilders with quality and customer confidence at the heart of its success. For more information, visit www.bargatehomes.co.uk or call 02380 601489 to book a viewing. Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has appointed Mathura Paramjorthy as Head of Portfolio Management in its Specialist Mortgages and Bridging division. She will report to Alex Upton, Managing Director, Specialist Mortgages and Bridging Finance. Mathura was most recently Chief Operating Officer at Bridge Invest, having previously held the same role at TAB. She began her career as a Partner at Philip Ross Solicitors, specialising in residential property, before moving into senior operational roles. Her experience spans more than 20 years across law, lending and operations, with a strong track record of managing complex portfolios. The appointment comes at a time when brokers are placing increasingly large and complex cases. HTB’s portfolio management team is responsible for overseeing facilities once they complete, ensuring they continue to perform as structured. The function provides brokers and their clients with continuity and a clear point of support throughout the term, maintaining the structures agreed at the outset and resolving any issues that arise. Mathura Paramjorthy, Head of Portfolio Management, Specialist Mortgages and Bridging Finance at HTB, said: “Joining HTB was an easy decision for me because of the way the bank works with brokers. My career has taken me from property law into operational leadership, and that mix has shown me how important it is to combine strong processes with clear communication. Brokers want to know that once a deal completes their clients will be supported throughout the term, and that is what portfolio management delivers. I am looking forward to working with the team to build on HTB’s reputation for consistency and long-term support.” Alex Upton, Managing Director, Specialist Mortgages and Bridging Finance at HTB, added: “Portfolio management is where we make sure the structures agreed on day one continue to work for clients through to repayment. It is a part of the process brokers may not always see immediately, but it underpins every facility. As the size and complexity of cases grow, that oversight becomes even more important. Mathura’s background as a property lawyer, together with her operational and lending experience, brings exactly the perspective we need across both our Specialist Mortgages and Bridging books. I am very pleased to welcome her to HTB.” Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals

Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland has appointed DEAN O’SULLIVAN as CEO for its UK & Ireland business following the retirement of long-standing CEO, Mike Chaldecott after 42 years in Saint-Gobain. Dean will lead Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland in delivering its new Strategic Plan – Lead & Grow – unveiled on Monday, and positioning Saint-Gobain as a Solutions Company for residential, commercial and infrastructure. Dean is an experienced Managing Director with 25 years’ experience in the construction sector. Dean has held a number of senior leadership roles within the Saint-Gobain Group in the UK & Ireland starting as a Sales Manager at Saint-Gobain’s Gyproc business in Ireland in 2007, before being appointed to lead the combined Gyproc and Isover Ireland businesses as Sales and Marketing Director in 2011.  Dean then moved to the UK to lead Saint-Gobain’s Okarno (formerly Artex) business as Managing Director in 2013 and then its combined Insulation businesses including Isover in the UK in 2019. Most recently, since 2021, Dean has been Managing Director of Saint-Gobain’s UK ‘Interior Solution’s businesses – comprising of Isover and UK drylining and plaster solution brand British Gypsum – where he has overseen a transformation of how the combined businesses support customers in the residential, commercial, infrastructure and retrofit and refurbishment sectors of the UK construction market. During this time the Interior Solutions businesses of Saint-Gobain saw British Gypsum become one of the first UK brands to have products carry the Code for Construction Product Information Mark. The businesses also launched a partnership with Pallet Loop to introduce a circular economy for UK Construction pallets, launched the first plasterboard in Europe to be manufactured with 100% recycled gypsum and has overseen the transformation of its road haulage fleet transitioning the majority of the fleet to non-fossil fuel – Hydro- treated Vegetable Oil. Dean’s appointment comes as Saint-Gobain’s launches its new five-year strategic plan – LEAD & GROW – which focusses Saint-Gobain on being a solutions company for residential, commercial and infrastructure. Dean will now spearhead Saint-Gobain’s delivery of an enriched solution and service offer adapted for each of the construction market’s needs and being a catalyst for change – helping to shape the entire construction sector towards a more sustainable model. Dean said: “It’s a great privilege to lead Saint-Gobain’s businesses in the UK & Ireland at a time when we release a new strategy that positions Saint-Gobain as a true solutions provider for customers. Saint-Gobain is truly a unique company with an unrivalled breadth of solutions for the entire building industry and expertise made so special by an amazing 360-year history and strong values of care, respect and doing the right things.” “As the construction sector finds its way of responding to huge challenge such as climate change, protecting natural resources and unprecedent demand for construction – housing, infrastructure, retrofit and repurposing Saint-Gobain has a strong vision for being a catalyst for a transformed construction sector – lighter, more productive and more sustainable than before.” “I’d like to thank Mike for being such a tremendous ambassador for Saint-Gobain –passionate about our people and their safety and getting things right for our customers. Serving Saint-Gobain for 42 years – from graduate to CEO – is an amazing achievement and everyone wishes him well for the future Building, Design & Construction Magazine | The Choice of Industry Professionals