Positive news during the pandemic: Chaiiwala, a South Asian street-food restaurant franchise, intends to open 156 sites both nationally and internationally by 2023. Currently the company has 32 sites across the UK, and employs 800 staff. Its expansion would lead to the creation of thousands of jobs. 40 locations are planned to open before the […]
Proposals for a new Aldi supermarket on Uffington Road, Stamford, have been approved. The development will create 40 full-time roles., and will represent a £5m investment. The land available for development was formerly owned by FH Gilman which ran a large plant hire business until 2014. The supermarket site will also provide 141 car parking […]
A new £6m care home has been built near Loughborough. Lonsdale Mews is located in Quorn. It has 64 beds and a wide range of additional facilities, including a choice of themed living rooms and dining rooms, a hairdresser, cinema and a library. The premises was completed by Nottingham-based construction company Clegg Construction for Care UK. Dave Swift, contracts […]
A new hotel is set to open in Coventry later this year. The hotel, called the Telegraph Hotel, is located in the old headquarters of Coventry’s city newspaper from the mid-twentieth century. The operator is Bespoke Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group. As part of the preparations, the senior team is being acquired. Most […]
Lasan Group, a Birmingham-based restaurant group, is looking to open a new site. Their new lease is on St Martin’s, on the corner of Grey Friars. The building is grade II listed, and used to be a bank. As well as this new site, the restaurant group runs five other sites in Birmingham, Edgbaston and […]
Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed as the main contractor for a redevelopment in Nottingham. The project is known as Canal Turn. Phase 1A will include a three-storey 21,500 sq ft pavilion on the waterfront featuring two restaurants, around 5,300 sq ft of events space with panoramic views and a large rooftop terrace. If the […]
Trinity Point, Halesowen, is being refurbished into a business hub by developers Key Land Capital and Urban Village Capital. The £1.2 million refurb will create over 20,000 square feet of self-contained office suites, along with upgraded toilets and communal areas, a new roof and a replacement lift for the west wing. The remaining 10,000 square […]
Law firm Knights plans to move to newly built office space in Birmingham. Two Chamberlain Square is part of the recently re-developed Paradise development, and it will provide space for up to 160 members of Knights staff. The company is also planning to move into new offices in Leeds and Nottingham. Chief executive David Beech […]
The Exchange Square area in Birmingham city centre will be developed into a build-to-rent scheme with 375 flats over 37 storeys. The scheme will be located opposite the new HS2 Curzon Birmingham station. Birmingham City Council’s planning committee voted through the plans at the end of 2019. Work started in late June/early July and completion […]
The green light has been given for a hotel in Birmingham, near the NEC. The Hampton by Hilton hotel will have 203 rooms and will generate new jobs – 25 part-time and 10 part-time – as well as creating a new multi-storey car park with 425 spaces. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council approved the plans, submitted […]