Building Research Establishment s campus on the edge of Bricket Wood. Credit: BRE Group A leading building science centre is set to create an open innovation hub designed to house innovative businesses specialising in the built environment. Building Research Establishment (BRE) is investing in a 30,000 sq ft commercial space at its campus on the outskirts of Bricket Wood. Due to open next spring, the scheme will involve the sustainable refurbishment of two existing buildings on the campus, which is part of Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter (IQ) - the county’s enterprise zone. A variety of spaces and leasing options will be provided for new tenants, ranging from co-working rooms to open plan and cellular offices for rent. The spaces will be flexible, with the project taking a ‘long life, loose fit’ approach to fit-out to ensure the buildings can adapt to market demand and alternative uses in the future.
Watford Borough Council is looking to invest in improving the look and feel of Watford town centre once more. Pictured is where the High Street meets Queens Road, an area lined up for investment Watford Borough Council has hinted at proposals to spends hundreds of thousands of pounds improving the look and feel of town centre streets. Following the completion of a £2 million renovation of Watford High Street in 2018, the council now looks to be focusing on investment elsewhere in the town. According to financial documents published within the council s new budget setting, the council wants to spruce up Market Street and Queens Road, bringing the streets in line with other improvements.
Watford s mission to keep business alive after lockdown
High streets across the country have been devastatingly hit by the pandemic
Watford town centre (Image: Ricci Fothergill/RMC)
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Zayn Azam
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After leaving school at 16, an apprentice has now gone to the University of Hertfordshire to further develop his career.
Zayn Azam, a digital and technology solutions degree apprentice at the University of Hertfordshire, explains how he has combatted some of the issues from working from home.
He set-up and ran a dedicated hotline for Qubic to help them adapt to their new way of working, which allowed the business to operate remotely outside of their Hatfield headquarters.
The 20-year-old said: I left school at 16 and decided to join Qubic as an apprentice. They have been very supportive of my development throughout my career and I am now studying for a degree with them at the University of Hertfordshire.
The independent research commissioned by Hertfordshire’s official destination management organisation also showed an eight per cent increase between 2017 and 2019 in the number of tourism jobs across the county, rising to 43,390, which accounts for seven per cent of total employment in Hertfordshire that year.
The release of Herts latest economic impact findings not only provides a detailed picture of the significant value and importance the county’s tourism and hospitality sector had on the region’s wider economy in 2019, it also establishes a benchmark from which to measure the impact of COVID-19.
The report is an extremely useful vehicle in aiding the recovery of the industry after lockdown has ended.