Be Safe, Be Secure Event

The recent dark nights, snow and ice, as well as the ensuing congestion and road incidents highlight that we should all be aware of travel and personal safety over Christmas.

Be safe, secure and informed about crime prevention, winter road use and personal security on Tuesday 16th December at Birchwood Park.

Come along from 12noon to 2pm to enter our Prize Draw to WIN a FREE Ladies Ila Dusk Alarm (rrp £19.50), a great safety alarm for yourself or as an extra Christmas gift– these stylish alarms are a must have for any woman, and can be put on any handbag or key chain!

Come along for offers and freebies including:

• FREE Ice scrapers and winter driving information
• FREE Information and advice on security marking Christmas presents/expensive items
• FREE Road maps/planners from the Highways Agency
• FREE 20% off Vouchers for Ila Products at www.handpickedcollection.com
• AFFORDABLE personal security and locks from the Neighbourhood

Wardens Come along to speak to:

• Cheshire Constabulary
• Warrington Borough Council
• Birchwood Park

For more information, contact ehayes@mepc.com or call 01925 858 862.

Learn how to repair your bike at our FREE Bike repair sessions

Visit www.birchwoodpark.co.uk/bikerepair to book a place on the best session for you.

Once you have booked, you will be emailed a confirmation message with details about where to meet for your session.

Please note places are limited per session – book early to avoid disappointment!

Please spread the word by circulating the poster below and displaying in your communal areas.

Bike Repair Sessions poster

Christmas on the Park

Christmas Carols

Carol singers from the Birchwood Church of England Primary School will be visiting The Centre on Monday 6th December at 12.30pm.

Christmas Fayre

The Centre will be hosting a Christmas Fayre on Tuesday 7th December from 12 - 2pm, where local suppliers will be selling a range of gifts, so take a look to find some special and unique Christmas gifts.

Christmas Lunches

Christmas Lunches will be served at the centre from 13th December – 16th December.

2 courses - £6.99

3 courses - £8.99

Santa and his Sleigh

The Birchwood Lions, with Santa and his Sleigh will be visiting The Centre on the 13th of December, and Bridgewater Place on the 14th of December from 12 - 1.30pm. Come along, collect a free mince pie and show your support!

Childcare in Warrington - Have your say!

As of April 2008 The Child Care Act 2006 places duties on authorities to improve outcomes for young children and reduce inequalities between them. Local Authorities are required to secure sufficient childcare to enable parents to work and to provide information to parents about childcare and a wide range of other services that may be of benefit to them.

Warrington Borough Council, Families Information Service (FIS) is conducting a survey on the quality and the availability of childcare in Warrington and the FIS would welcome your comments as a service user or prospective service user. All information will remain confidential to the childcare team (FIS).

Please would you complete the questionnaire below and return to: Warrington Borough Council

Families Information Service

New Town House

Buttermarket Street

Warrington

WA1 2NJ

Employer Questionnaire

Join the Families United 4th annual Santa dash!

Families United in conjunction with Warrington Disability Partnership and Warrington Youth Club are organising a Santa dash.

Don't miss your opportunity to take part in this fantastic, festive family event raising awareness and supporting high quality services for disabled children, young people and families in Warrington. at Walton Hall Gardens on Sunday 21st November 2010 from 10.00 am - 12.00. Come along and Run, Walk, Push or Pull your way round the scenic 3km track - everyone welcome.

Registration packs can be downloaded from www.familiesunited.org.uk or collected from the F.UN office, or Warrington Disability Partnership and Warrington Youth Club. For more details please contact Jill Oakes on 01925 815557 or email familiesutd@btconnect.com

Vote now in BT's Race to Infinity campaign

A large part of the borough of Warrington looks set to miss out on superfast broadband connections being rolled out across the UK by telecoms giant BT. To be included in the roll-out, a telephone exchange must have 1,000 subscribers voting for it. Place your vote now to make sure you don't miss out.

More details can be found by clicking on the following link http://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/9115/1/Town-missing-out-on-fast-broadband/Page1.html

To vote in the race to infinity campaign, Warrington internet users must go to the website www.racetoinfinity.bt.com

Sustainable Travel Event

Birchwood Park hosted a Sustainable Travel Event on Tuesday 24th August to help drivers save money and to understand how journey planning can help save time, money and petrol.

Birchwood Park joined forces with Warrington Borough Council, the Energy Savings Trust (EST) and the National Business Travel Network to promote saving money and CO2 on commuter travel and around the home.

A number of people came along to find out more about everything from cycle routes to smarter driving. Those who attended signed up for free Vehicle Emission Testing and received free tyre pressure gauges and were able to try out the EST’s eco-driving simulator. They could also sign up to win a free bike (worth £250 at Halfords) with the EST.

Chadwick House Courtyard improvements completed

Work on the new Courtyard area of Chadwick House has recently been completed. It now provides a quiet area for all of our occupiers to enjoy away from the office & an attractive gateway for anyone walking through the Park from Bridgewater Place & Thomson House to Chadwick House & The Centre.

We invite all our occupiers to take a look at the improvements we have made, which we very much hope you enjoy.

Jonathan Walsh pedals his way to £14.938.88 for Birchwood

The final totals have been released and Jonathan Walsh, Managing Director of MEPC Birchwood Park has raised a grand total of £14,938.88 for the Birchwood Park Endowment fund through his 500km sponsored cycle from London to Paris earlier this year.

In addition Jonathan also raised £1646.30 for national charities Age Concern, Help the Aged, World Land Trust, Shelter and the Rainbow Trust children’s charity.

MEPC iPhone App Now Available

MEPC are delighted to launch their first ever iPhone App today giving customers immediate access to current availability across the eight MEPC Business Estates.

The App can be downloaded from the App store.

Birchwood Park on MEPC TV

Today sees the launch of MEPC TV, providing a platform for the showcase of our activities on and around our eight business and science parks via a video portal.

Rick de Blaby, Chief Executive of MEPC comments “We are always looking for new ways to engage with people, MEPC TV is a new and exciting concept that allows us to really showcase what we do every day on our Estates”.

MEPC TV

'Extraordinary determination' wins award for young engineer at NNL

Will, 30, a lead engineer and team manager for NNL, was presented with the Award during a ceremony in London. Will was recognised for his “extraordinary determination to achieve success for himself and for NNL”.

Will’s career got off to a promising start when he became the youngest ever delegate on NNL’s Management Development Programme. His success continued as he went on to become the Lab’s youngest Chartered Engineer and youngest Technical Manager.

The Sir George MacFarlane Award, which has only been running for three years, is open to all young UK engineers in the early stage of their career, less than eight years since graduation from a first degree in engineering. It is awarded to Young UK engineers who have demonstrated excellence in the early stages of their career.

Commenting on how it felt to win, Will said:

“It was a real surprise and I’m delighted to have won it. I’ve worked hard in my career and it’s nice to get some recognition for it. However, I don’t intend to stop there, my next goal is to be awarded fellowship of the IMechE (The Institution of Mechanical Engineers).”

NNL's Chief Engineer, Richard Taylor, commented:

“Will has made a major contribution to the NNL through his achievements and his character and has become an inspirational figure for other members of the laboratory’s staff.”

MEPC Wins Estates Gazette Regional Award!

We are delighted to announce that MEPC has been recognised by its peers as a leader in its field by scooping the Estates Gazette Regional Awards for Property Company of the Year (London and South East).

Rick de Blaby, Chief Executive, comments 'This award demonstrates MEPC's commitment to providing Great Estates throughout the UK, accommodating more than 1,000 organisations, employing 20,000 people'.

Discounted Antivirus software for all Birchwood Park occupiers

As part of 10th Anniversary celebrations, Yellowbus have created a special offer for anyone on Birchwood Park. “ESET is the leader in antivirus software and we’ve teamed up with them to create an amazing price package for both business and home users.

Yellowbus was awarded ESET Gold Partner status several months ago and as such we can now offer anyone on the park an additional discount on ESET’s award winning antivirus software ‘ESET NOD32’”, Michael Ruck, Director.

To gain access to the promotion simply visit http://www.antivirusdirect.co.uk add the selected product to your basket and then enter “BP25” as the promotion code.

Watch the World Cup Matches at The Centre

Spend over £5.00 throughout the World Cup in Lakeside cafe, JTT’s cafe or The Centre and get a scratch card free.

All day time games will be on at The Centre, Monday - Friday .

Café Centro will remain open until 6.00pm for the England v Slovenia game on the 23rd June which kicks off at 3pm

Birchwood MD Jonathan Walsh Cycles from London to Paris

Park MD Cycles from London to Paris to raise money for the Birchwood Community Fund
Birchwood Park MD to cycle from London to Paris to support the Birchwood Community

Here at Birchwood Park we are always keen to support sustainability and forge strong relationships with our local communities. To highlight this endeavour, Birchwood Park is now supporting local community champion The Birchwood Partnership in the creation of the Birchwood Endowment Fund.

The Birchwood Fund can receive match funding from the government as well as 28% Gift Aid - for FREE! Every £1 is worth £2.56 to our community.

To kick-start the fundraising, Jonathan Walsh, MD of Birchwood Park has signed up for a 500km, 5-day Charity Bike Ride from London to Paris.


The ride will take place over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend.

All monies raised will benefit the following charities: The Birchwood Endowment Fund, Age Concern and Help the Aged, World Land Trust, Rainbow Trust & Shelter

67% of any pledge Jonathan receives will be donated to the Birchwood Endowment Fund, which will receive match funding from the government and a generous Birchwood Park occupier, keen to support the local community, so for every £1 we give the Fund will receive £4

If you or your company would like to sponsor Jonathan please click here. If you would prefer not to sponsor online or would like to find out more about how you can support the Birchwood Fund contact Essetta Hayes on 01925 858 862 or EHayes@mepc.com

Updated Website For Birchwood Park

http://www.mepc.com/birchwoodpark

We've now got our new and improved website up and running! Click on the link below to take a look at our new site. All the latest information on Birchwood Park here in Warrington along with details of all our offices to let and industrial & warehouse units to rent.

Nuvia expands at Birchwood Park Warrington

MEPC Birchwood Park is delighted to began 2010 on a high with the expansion of one of our longest standing occupiers, Nuvia, to double its space to 35,000 sq ft.

The deal beats our biggest of last year, when in one of Warrington’s biggest deals of 2009 we attracted National Nuclear Laboratory from Hinton House. Together, these two deals represent a major coup for the Park not only in lettings terms but in establishing our position as the region’s nuclear industries hub.

Nuclear service provider Nuvia’s larger premises will initially accommodate its growing engineering design and consultancy teams, which service the firm’s burgeoning project portfolio.

In 2011, it is the intention that their MEPC Birchwood Park office will also accommodate Nuvia’s headquarters and main engineering and consultancy divisions, as they relocate from other parts of Risley increasing the number of Nuvia staff based at the park from its current level of 200 to 350.

Nuvia has been based at MEPC Birchwood Park since 2001, relocating from Darwin House to Chadwick House in 2006.

Said Nuvia’s head of corporate services, John Oram: “MEPC Birchwood Park is at the heart of the UK’s nuclear industry.

“It’s a particular hub for the engineering design and consultancy areas, and this is important for us as we are constantly seeking design engineers, project managers and consultants to support our growing portfolio.

“We’re very pleased to be able to expand our presence at the park, and look forward to consolidating all Risley staff at this location in the coming years.”

Added Nuvia’s property and facilities manager, Jenny Dorn: “MEPC Birchwood Park provides excellent accommodation and facilities at reasonable rates. It is a delightful environment in which to work, with recent improvements including the Ramada Encore hotel.”

Said MEPC Birchwood Park managing director, Jonathan Walsh: “This is a great start to the year, and one which underlines our increasingly significant role in the tremendously important nuclear industry.”

Yellowbus Solutions become ESET NOD32 Silver Partners

Yellowbus Solutions the dynamic IT company based here in Chadwick House are proud to announce their new accreditation of becoming one of the North of England's few ESET NOD32 Silver Partners. Yellowbus have been selling ESET NOD32 as their approved anti-virus solution for many years, their decision to use NOD32 was based on its continual performance reports by trusted third party antivirus testers like AV-comparatives.org and virusbulletin.com.

Quinton Watts, Vice-President of Marketing, ESET UK says

"Yellowbus Solutions Ltd have been a valued partner of ESET's for several years and with their commitment to product knowledge and training means they have reached Silver Partner status. We have every confidence in their ability to specify, deploy and support ESET's Smart Security and NOD32 Anti-Virus solutions."

For more information about the services Yellowbus can provide please visit www.yellowbus.co.uk

Birchwood Car Park Update

We are pleased to confirm that (subject to no further deterioration in weather conditions) as from Wednesday 12th January the following car parks will operate as normal:

• Chadwick House Short Stay
• 302 Bridgewater Place
• Chadwick/Thomson House Main

People authorised to use these car parks should please go back to using their designated car park. If for any reason you are unable to park in your designated area, please continue to use the temporary overspill car parks at The Centre, 305 Bridgewater Place and Lovell House North.

Birchwood Park Buses

Birchwood Park’s Shuttle & Express buses are running as usual but may be subject to delays.

We are working hard to ensure our services operate as effectively as possible.

For information or timetables visit www.birchwoodpark.co.uk/travel

For more information about bus delays, please contact Warrington Borough Transport on 01925 634 296.

Please report any issue to our helpdesk on 01925 851555.

We would like to thank you all for you patience and understanding MEPC

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