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Consultancy focuses attention on historic redevelopment
Focus Consultants has played a key role in project managing a £4.7m scheme to redevelop an historic site based around a Grade I listed manor house and 16th Century great barn. Headstone Manor & Museum, in
Harrow, dates back to 825AD and was once owned by Henry VIII. Now, following a four-year
redevelopment programme, which was project managed by Focus, the buildings and grounds have been transformed into a museum, with a dedicated learning centre.
The site received a £3.6m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant, alongside £1m from Harrow Council and £270,000 from the John Lyon’s Charity. The Medieval Heart of the
Regeneration project aimed to bring to life the fascinating history of the moated manor and its people, Harrow and its communities. It included the restoration of the granary, barn, manor house and gardens. A new visitor centre, boasting a timber frame which references the
Champions aims to help powerboat promoter make a bigger splash
International marine motorsport promoter Powerboat P1 Management has appointed global communications agency Champions (UK) as its agency of choice to implement its worldwide communications strategy. The firm has chosen Chamber member Champions to deliver a global
communications service with the aim of bringing the sport to a wider audience. P1 was impressed with what Champions has to offer in launching a comprehensive communications strategy across traditional and digital media and will also be taking on social media support from Champions. Champions will work to source relevant social media influencers to raise
awareness and boost the Powerboat P1 brand. Champions’ Managing Director, Matthew Hayes, said: “We are a full-
service agency but appreciate that not every client needs a complete solution. In the case of Powerboat P1, they knew the level of support they required and we were able to tailor a package to suit which includes a blend of PR, social media, digital and management. “We are thrilled to welcome Powerboat P1 on board and look forward to
utilising our skills to help promote and grow this action-packed sport across the world.”
14 business network March 2018 Champions will work to boost the Powerboat P1 brand
‘Focus is delighted to have been able to work on such an interesting and historic project’
structure of the historic barns at Headstone, has also been built. Steven Fletcher, Partner at
Nottingham-based Focus Consultants, said: “Focus is delighted to have been able to work on such an interesting and historic project. As a company, Focus has wide experience of conservation, restoration, redevelopment and other projects
within the heritage sector. “The project team worked
together with archaeologists to ensure historic structures and finds were preserved throughout the development. Excavations uncovered Medieval walls and foundations, but also remains which had previously been thought to be outbuildings which were in fact a more substantial structure.”
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