southcoastpropertyawards.co.uk TOWN/CITY OF THE YEAR


WINNER: Portsmouth ‘A city that is aiming to create a great waterfront economy, linking its historic past with a culture-led regeneration to form an exciting future.’


Portsmouth City Council leader councillor Donna Jones said: “Being Pompey born and bred it is a huge honour to receive this award. We have worked really hard in the past three to four years to create a new vision.”


Aspirational plans for improved travel links, new homes and better educational provision were now underway, she noted.


Driving an income-generation strategy throughout council departments had also been key – she highlighted the new Dunsbury Business Park and £3.5 million Emirates Spinnaker Tower advertising deal – in re-branding Portsmouth nationally and internationally.


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SOUTH WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT


WINNER: University of Southampton Science Park


Awarded to a workplace environments that stood out from the crowd, and provided great spaces for productivity, staff recruitment and retention, and general well-being.


“With more investors now looking for a return outside of London and the Home Counties, I hope this ‘City of the Year’ title will put Portsmouth right at the top of their tree.”


USSP has become a sought-after location for high-tech SMEs in the region. Collaborative spaces abound, and the attractive physical environment has helped create what the science park calls an ‘innovation ecosystem’. USSP’s property strategy focuses on ‘facilitating serendipity’ – creating an environment where entrepreneurs can meet, interact and collaborate.


Other finalists . . . Sponsor


• Cumberland House, Southampton


• Savannah House, Southampton • White Building, Southampton


ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE WINNER: Stride Treglown


A new SCPA category honouring excellence in design, service levels, workforce development, and technology and sustainability embracement.


A leading exponent of digital design and building information modeling (BIM), Stride Treglown has eight offices across the UK, including Winchester.


Designwork has ranged from campus buildings for Solent universities, to the Next at Hedge End, to Southampton’s refurbished Mayflower Cruise Terminal.


On presenting the award, Jeremy Vine’s comment that the name ‘Stride Treglown’ sounded like an Australian backpacker


Other finalists . . .


• Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt (ACG)


• Snug Architects THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 2017 Sponsor


USSP chief executive Peter Birkett viewed the park as providing a lifestyle environment for today’s workstyle – from personal deliberations during a swim to colleague discussions over a coffee.


“We offer great landscaped surroundings, excellent IT infrastructure and facilities, but perhaps most importantly it’s a place where business networks intersect, and this all creates a great community.”


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SCALE-UP PROPERTY BUSINESS OF THE YEAR


WINNER: The Mortgage Hut


This award recognises growing ‘stars’ making their mark in either commercial or residential sectors.


made everyone smile but, in reality, the company’s ethos is rooted in the complementary characters of their founding architects. Ray Stride was a stickler for detail, buildability and process, whereas Gerry Treglown was a socially adept, intuitive, creative powerhouse. Together they enshrined a culture of mutual respect and trust; a spirit that lives on in the practice today.


In 2011, aged 21, Chris Schutrups set up this mortgage broking business from his bedroom using his last £10,000 of savings. Today, the £2m-plus turnover business making a gross profit of nearly £1m, has seven offices throughout the south and London, employs 55 people, and is growing sales at more than 70%. Profits rose by 132% last year.


“It’s all about driving the use of technology to improve the


Other finalists . . .


• Craigard • Hampshire & Regional Property Group


• Paul Basham Associates businessmag.co.uk 57 Sponsor


customer experience,” explained Schutrups.


“It was genuinely a real surprise to win tonight. We came planning simply to enjoy a great local property event within our industry. This is an acknowledgement of my team and their great efforts. It’s very little to do with me.”


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