MEMBER NEWS
Construction firm builds a legacy with contracts worth £16m
Square Chapel, which resulted in an award win for Wildgoose Construction
Derbyshire-based Wildgoose Construction has won three contracts worth a total of £16m, including a £10m care home. The other contracts include a
£3m industrial unit in Burton-upon- Trent, in Staffordshire, and two pubs for brewer Marston’s, in Runcorn and Bradford, as part of contracts worth a total of £3m. More good news for the Alfreton
firm came in the form of a prestigious industry honour after it scooped Best Commercial Project at the Local Authority Building Control (West Yorkshire) Building Excellence Awards 2018 for building Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax. Jonathan Wildgoose, Executive Chairman of Wildgoose Construction, said: “We are delighted to have won an award for what has become an iconic building that really stands out thanks to the
‘We are delighted to have won an award for what has become an iconic building’
innovative design, build and detailed glasswork involved. “The redevelopment involved the
construction of a theatre in the form of a concrete structure that is copper clad on the outside with associated curtain walling, the glazing of which incorporates specialist glass artwork which is simply stunning.” The £10m care home will be built
in Watford on behalf of Baycroft Care Homes. It will include a cinema room, a hair salon and a restaurant/café along with landscaping works outside. The industrial unit in Wellington
Road, Burton upon Trent, is being built for a specialist provider of safety, formwork and ground engineering solutions for the
construction of concrete frame buildings, civil engineering and ground engineering projects. Work has started on the
Marston’s pub in Runcorn and the Bradford pub, bringing the total number of pubs that Wildgoose has worked on for Marston’s to 35. Jonathan added: “We are
delighted to have won three high profile contracts including a £10m care home which reinforces our excellent reputation in the care sector. “Our relationship with Marston’s
has gone from strength to strength and this is borne out by the fact that the pubs in Runcorn and Bradford will bring the total number of Marston’s pubs we have built to 35.”
Double the celebration for Air-IT
Managed IT and communications service provider and Chamber patron Air-IT is celebrating after winning two awards in as many weeks at the Derby Telegraph and Nottingham Post Business Awards. The technology firm secured
titles for SME Business of the Year in Derby and the Excellence in Industry category in Nottingham. James Healey, Air-IT’s Managing
Director, said: “These awards attract a high standard of entries, so we’re extremely proud to have been named winners in both. “Because they celebrate the
achievements of the past 12 months, they represent a particularly special period for Air-IT which has included significant growth alongside a major office relocation, so it’s really rewarding to see all our hard work paying off. “Being recognised for these
awards was an incredibly proud moment and I couldn’t think of a
The Air-IT team alongside Deputy Chief Executive and Finance Director of The University of Derby and Chamber board member Harry Punchihewa (centre-left)
better way to celebrate our past and present. With these new titles under our belt and exciting plans ahead, we’re really looking forward to the next 12 months and ensuring that they’re equally as positive as the last.”
Since being founded in
Nottingham in 2005, Air-IT has enjoyed consistently high year-on- year growth, which led to a £200,000 investment in its new HQ at Interchange 25 Business Park last July.
IN BRIEF
University of Derby makes prestigious list
The University of Derby has been included as one of the world’s top 250 new universities in the prestigious Times’ Higher Education Young University Rankings 2018. Institutions from 55 different
countries are included in this year’s edition of the rankings of universities aged 50 and under. Professor Kathryn Mitchell,
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Derby, said: “The inclusion of the university in the Young University Rankings 2018 is a significant achievement and testament to our outstanding progress over 25 years.”
Pharmacy partnership helps customer feedback
Pharmacy chain Day Lewis has launched an innovative approach to patient experience feedback by teaming up with Chamber member We Love Surveys. Day Lewis, one of the largest independent pharmacy chains in the UK and Europe, joined forces with We Love Surveys to enhance its ethos of delivering the best service to its patients. We Love Surveys excels in
point-of-experience feedback, with a strong record of working in the healthcare and retail industries, and it was its Buzz Box piece of kit that caught the eye of Day Lewis. We Love Surveys owner Helen
Dargie said: “We now have 310 Buzz Boxes placed in Day Lewis pharmacies, able to capture feedback from patients on their experience. “Our Buzz Boxes will be its
core customer experience measure on its KPI dashboard. We will deliver results each week, giving Day Lewis vital insight into its local patients and how they feel about the service.”
Finance expert to discuss implications of Brexit
Ashley Tabony, Director of PerformanceART, has been invited to speak at the prestigious annual conference of the Institute of Spring Technology in October. Ashley will address the
conference on the topic of manufacturers’ exposure to adverse movements in the Foreign Exchange markets, with a particular eye on the effects various Brexit scenarios may have on currency volatility. Ashley said: “I’m delighted to
have been given the opportunity to talk to the conference about a topic which will affect most if not all of the delegates.”
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