BUSINESS REPORT


DIY SOS CALL ANSWERED BY ENSAFE CONSULTANTS


Ensafe Consultants helped the BBC DIY SOS team create a dream home for a disabled dad and his family. The firm provided its asbestos


survey services for free for a project, which transformed the home of wheelchair bound father, Darren. Ensafe commercial director Jon


Clements said: “Darren’s story was heartbreaking to hear so we were delighted to assist the DIY SOS team and help such a deserving family. It is one of the many ways Ensafe supports causes both locally and UK wide.” Darren, 39, was


AN INTERESTING HOTEL TAKEOVER


Hellidon Lakes Golf and Spa Hotel has been taken over by Interesting Hotels. The Daventry-based hotel is the


married to childhood sweetheart Sarah and is dad to Harvey, 14, step-dad to Mike, 24 and adopted dad of Oliver, 17, who is severely disabled. Darren suffered from a bad back


for years and underwent multiple surgeries to fix his herniated discs. Tragically, after returning to work last summer, he developed complications and was rushed to theatre with a devastating injury of the spinal cord. He was left


‘ENSAFE WERE EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL AND MADE SURE ANY ASBESTOS CONTAINING


MATERIAL WAS IDENTIFIED’


Members of Ensafe with the DIY SOS Team


paralysed from the waist down


and unable to walk. Following months


of rehab he returned home


in December where he had to share Oliver’s downstairs bedroom and sleep in a hospital bed. Then tragedy struck again on Boxing Day when Sarah suddenly died in their home. The DIY SOS team stepped in to


help after hearing that Darren was unable to get upstairs to visit the boys or have his own space to grieve. The kitchen was not adapted for a wheelchair user meaning Darren wasn’t even able to make meals for his sons. DIY SOS researcher Jack Moody


said: “Ensafe were efficient and professional and made sure any asbestos containing material was identified before the build began.”


eighth purchase by Interesting Hotels which is putting together a growing collection of individual hotels with unique personalities around Great Britain. Sales manager Joanne Thorniley


took up her role at the hotel just days before the takeover in May. She said: “This is a really exciting


time for us because it will bring in a lot of investment which will have an impact on the whole hotel.” Hellidon Lakes has 110 bedrooms


and is set in 220 acres featuring a golf course with 27 championship holes. Existing bookings at the hotel were unaffected by the takeover.


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