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Dan Whelan The serviced office provider gave occupiers at its 30,000 sq ft Fountain Street site in Manchester a week’s notice to vacate, after the special purpose vehicle that operated the site appointed administrators.  A company called Fountain Street Manchester Centre, the leaseholder and a subsidiary of Regus parent IWG, appointed Quantuma as administrator last week. The SPV operated the eight-storey Barnett House serviced office space under the Regus brand but was unable to meet the c...

Click the thumbs up > Its the last week fleets, suppliers and manufacturers have to submit entries for the Fleet News Awards 2021, ahead of deadline on April 9. With new categories and a merger with the Commercial Fleet Awards, the 2021 event will bring together for the first time every aspect of fleet, from car to van to truck. Winning a Fleet News Awards trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment. Studies show that winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business perfo...

Dan Whelan The long-awaited regeneration of the 16-acre site west of the city centre, which is to feature homes, hotels, offices, and a prominent cultural and artistic offer, has taken a step forward. Lancaster City Council has gone out to tender for a masterplanner for the site, which is largely council-owned, following the creation of a strategic regeneration framework for the project, drawn up by consultancies Avison Young and Planit-IE.  The project brief for the role of masterplanner, a...

When Fleet News profiled the Eric Wright Group two years ago, its group fleet manager Steve Openshaw had driven his BMW i3 range-extender electric vehicle (EV) 26,000 miles, using just 19 litres of petrol. Those figures now stand at 48,000 miles and 30 litres. “Most of that fuel has probably been used by the engine running through a main-tenance cycle which it needs to do from time to time,” says Openshaw, who ran an Ampera range-extender for more than 70,000 miles before taking on his i3...

Click the thumbs up > Fleets, suppliers and manufacturers have a month to go before the deadline passes for the Fleet News Awards 2021. With new categories and a merger with the Commercial Fleet Awards, the 2021 event will bring together for the first time every aspect of fleet, from car to van to truck. Winning a Fleet News Awards trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment. Studies show that winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, w...

Dan Whelan Following a string of high-profile wins in recent months, including the £170m redevelopment of Wigan Galleries and more recently a £60m residential scheme in Widnes, 2021 is a crucial opportunity for the lesser known developer to put its stamp on town centre regeneration. “Wigan is very exciting because it puts us on the major mixed-use regeneration stage,” founder Mark McNamee told Place North West in an interview .  Chester-based Cityheart this week confirmed its appointmen...

The new issue of Fleet News is available to read now, in digital-only format.* The February issue takes a detailed look at MaaS, or Mobility as a Service. It has the potential to transform travel through the use of technology to ease some of the burdens around transport use and planning, while reducing pollution. But since the concept was first suggested, passions have cooled. Features editor Andrew Ryan looks at why.   In news Gareth Roberts details fleets calls for certainty in next weeks Bu...

A MAJOR £21million town centre leisure and retail complex will create 120 new permanent jobs when it is completed in spring 2023, its developers…

Fleet News Awards 2021 Click the thumbs up > Winning a Fleet News Award trophy doesn’t come easy, but the effort is worth every moment when the envelope is opened, and your name is read out. Winners enjoy a measurable improvement in business performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation, studies show.  It can even give a boost to individual careers, with several former Fleet News Awards winners getting promoted or headhunted for more senior positions. Award winners sa...

In our second major analysis of industry payment-practice reports, Megan Kelly delves into the government data to identify the best and worst payers in the sector. We also look beyond the headline figures to uncover the often complex reasons why some companies appear able to settle their debts more swiftly than others Slow payment has long plagued construction. It comes as no surprise to learn that, in 2020, amid a global pandemic, a national shutdown, and with many companies struggling for c...