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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 costs required to fix two passenger lifts. IWG subsequently decided to wind the company up, according...

Click the thumbs up > It's 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 performance and credibility, while it can also raise staff motivation. Group fleet manager Shaun Atton d...

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, applications for which close on 18 April, says the “regeneration of the Canal Quarter area is criti...

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. “What I’ve done with the i3, and the Ampera before that, shows that you can quite easily live ...

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, while it can also raise staff motivation. Group fleet manager Shaun Atton described himself as “pro...