Monday 12 December 2011

Christmas Lunches in The Garden Restaurant

Get into the Festive Spirit and get your office together for Christmas Lunch in The Garden Restaurant at The Centre.

1 course - £6.99
2 courses - £8.99

Please click here to download the menu, available from Monday 19th – Thursday 22nd December.

MEPC Birchwood Park Secures Pre-let to Complete the Final Phase at Bridgewater Place

The award-winning MEPC Birchwood Park, has once again set the standard by securing one of the only pre-let deals in the North West this year. The final phase of its flagship 250,000 sq ft Bridgewater Place office scheme is about to start construction in February 2012, making the Park one of the first to commit to new development in the region.

An existing occupier will take two floors totalling 32,000 sq ft within the 47,500 sq ft building, 305 Bridgewater Place.

Comments MEPC Birchwood Park’s MD Jonathan Walsh: “The commitment to build 305 Bridgewater Place represents both a new and exciting phase of activity and a massive vote of confidence in what we can offer here at Birchwood Park. Our existing occupier undertook a major property search for its new space requirements and we were able to offer it the highest quality option in a brand new building at a location which is now regarded as one of the most successful out of town business destinations in the North West due to its strategic motorway location and the facilities and environment that we have created here to serve over 150 occupiers with a workforce of some 5,000 people.

“This is one of the only major pre-lets in the regional property market so far this year and enables us to forge ahead with the completion of Bridgewater Place which has been the most successful new office scheme in the North West with occupiers including the Department of Work & Pensions, Halcrow, GB Oils, Electricity North West and David Wilson Homes.

“305 represents the final piece of the Bridgewater Place jigsaw and paves the way for yet more development/investment plans that we have on the drawing board to grow the Park’s role as the region’s leading business address. We recently invested £1.2M in the creation of a new ‘state of the art’ conference centre at the Park’s existing facility known as The Centre. This exciting new facility will provide the Park’s 150 resident companies , as well as local and regionally based businesses , with a 168 seat lecture theatre and a range of meeting rooms as well as ‘The Hub’ offering free high speed WiFi, high backed booths for privacy and waitress service. Birchwood Park is one of the only business parks in the region to offer such a high quality business venue.

“In the first nine months of this year, we have let almost 90,000 sq ft of space to companies large and small which underlines our attractiveness to businesses of all sizes and in all spheres of operation. We are confident that this is set to continue.”


MEPC Birchwood Park Proves Best in Area as Recruitment Business Commits Future to Park

Alexander Mann Solutions and subsidiary Amiqus have committed their future to MEPC Birchwood Park, relocating on site to take a nine year lease on 3,500 sq ft premises at 101 Dalton Avenue.

The specialist recruitment and outsourcing consultancy and its interactive entertainment, digital media and technology subsidiary, have been resident at MEPC Birchwood Park since 2000, when they moved to Thomson House, relocating in 2005 to Chadwick House.

As their lease came up for renewal, the team reviewed the options available across the Birchwood area, and after considering a number of possibilities, decided that the modern, ground-floor accommodation at Dalton Avenue best met their current business needs.

Said Amiqus business manager, Liz Prince: “MEPC has been very flexible and supportive for the last 11 years, and we are delighted to commit to a further nine at the park.

“The decision to remain at MEPC Birchwood Park was influenced not only by the competitive rates, high quality of the building and good car-parking facilities, but also by the superb, easy-to-reach park amenities.

“The MEPC team is based on-site and has put in place a real infrastructure to support its occupiers, and this has been absolutely fundamental to the smooth-running of our business.”

MEPC Birchwood Park head of leasing, Jonathan Black commented “MEPC understands the needs of its customers and works hard to meet them. We are very proud that due to our flexible and comprehensive approach, we have once again proved that we really can offer the best all-round package in the Birchwood area.”