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Richard Smith, Director of Chartered Surveyors, Fifield Glyn has reported extraordinary interest in Brunel Court on Gadbrook Court following the acquisition and refurbishment by MCR Properties.
MCR Properties acquired the office scheme Brunel Court at Gadbrook Park, Nr. Northwich prior to Christmas and carried out a comprehensive refurbishment on 11 of the 14 units that had been vacant for several years.  The high quality scheme has led to unprecedented interest leading to 8 of the units being sold, let or in Solicitors’ hands since the turn of the New Year.  The self-contained offices ranging in size from 1,500 to 3,000 sq.ft. with parking, have been snapped up by local occupiers.  Richard Smith from the Sole Agents, Fifield Glyn (01606 351351) comments “The demand for these offices has been quite exceptional.  MCR Properties made the bold move to buy this largely vacant development and transform it into high quality, fully refurbished, self-contained offices which have been offered for sale or to let.  This clearly demonstrates a good level of demand for the right product and limited supply in the current market, particularly for freeholds.”
Contact richard.smith@fifieldglyn.com for more information.

Charles Fifield comments ‘Overall picture is demand up, stock down resulting in increased rents and prices in the coming months’.
RICS Property Market Survey Q1 2015

FIFIELD GLYN are instructed by
Osborne House to market 5 self-contained office buildings are being fully
refurbished and extended forming The Stables on the well-established and
successful Gadbrook Park.

The office buildings range from
220 sqft to 3,120 sqft ground floor only will be completely refurbished to
provide Grade A space incorporating; prominent location, fully carpeted, mostly
raised flooring, suspended ceiling with LG7/LED lighting, gas fired central
heating, kitchen areas, male & female WCs with 72 car spaces – 1 space to
150 sqft of offices.

Completion is scheduled for October
2015 and the offices will be available to purchase on a 999 year FRI Lease via
a Service Charge from 1^st June 2015 at around £175 per square foot.

John Fifield, Chairman of Osborne
House  comments ‘we are delighted to be
offering grade A space on this prominent site on Gadbrook Park. We have seen an
upturn in businesses wishing to purchase their office premises and believe The
Stables will provide just that’.

For more information on the
development, contact Richard.smith@fifieldglyn.com

Kelmar
Software have purchased No.6 Brunel Court, Gadbrook Park, Cheshire. The fully
refurbished two storey self-contained office comprised 1,620 sqft together with
6 car spaces was sold for a consideration £200,000.

Fifield
Glyn acted on behalf of the vendor Spindlehawk and the purchaser Kelmar
Software were unrepresented. Richard Smith, Director of the Sole Agents ,
Fifield Glyn,  reports a high level of interest in the scheme with 5 of
the units either sold, let or in legals.  

For more
information contact Richard.smith@fifieldglyn.com

Training Course dates for 2015 for Gadbrook Park on to the
website

•     CIEH Level 2 Award
  in Health & Safety           – Tuesday 10th February
•     Principles of Risk
  Assessment                        – Tuesday 3rd March
•     Principles of Fire
  Risk Assessment                 – Wednesday 18th March
•     Emergency First
  Aid in the Workplace (1 Day) – Tuesday 31st March
•     First Aid at Work
  (3 Days) – Monday 11th May – Wednesday 13th May
•     Emergency First
  Aid in the Workplace (1 Day) – Tuesday 9th June
•     Principles of Fire Risk Assessment                 –  Wednesday 9^th
  September 2015
•     Emergency First
  Aid in the Workplace (1 Day) – Tuesday 15th September
•     CIEH Level 2 Award in Manual Handling          – Tuesday
  6^th October
•     Principles of Risk
  Assessment                        – Wednesday 21st October

Thanks to everyone who participated in Wednesday night’s
Annual Gadbrook Park Quiz Night at Vale Royal Abbey!!

After a tasty supper consisting of hot pot and delicious
chocolate cake, 17 teams battled it out to determine who would lift the much
coveted trophy this year. After several rounds including pictures, distorted
karaoke, word play and anagrams, a  triumphant winner emerged!

Drum roll please…

Congratulations go to:

Our winners of this year’s Gadbrook Park Challenge Cup………
Concise Technologies!

(Picture attached; Mark Howard, Craig Parker, Roman Wieckowski, Nadine Southern
and Dan Mellett).

The team at Cheshire and Warrington Enterprise
Partnership, who secured second place!

And Close Brothers who took third place after missing
out on a tricky decider question to settle the second place tie-break!

The special “Gallant competitors” award went to Roberts
Bakery, who won the wooden spoon (or in this case, several bags of haribo!)
and the team at Nationwide also deserve a mention for “most imaginative
team name”!

Numerous spot prizes were also awarded throughout the night
for those who were on the ball and answered a number of tricky questions the
fastest!

Gadbrook Park Challenge Cup Leader board:

1^st Place – Concise Technologies – 37

2^nd Place – Cheshire and Warrington
Enterprise Partnership – 36

3^rd Place – Close Brothers – 36

4^th Place – Barclays – 35

5^th Place – Howard Worth – 33

5^th Place – Nationwide – 33

5^th Place – Ingenico – 33

8^th Place – Weaver Vale Housing Trust B –
32

9^th Place – Butcher & Barlow – 31

9^th Place – Ichron Ltd – 31

11^th Place – Active Cheshire – 29

12^th Place – Weaver Vale Housing Trust A –
28

13^th Place – Barclays – 27

13^th Place – SCI – 27

15^th Place – Berrys – 25

16^th Place – Gap Consulting – 24

17^th Place – Roberts Bakery – 19

Thanks for taking part and see you all next year!!

Osborne Kinsey has sold their residential site in the middle of Tarvin to Osborne & Co (Warrington) Ltd. It has planning consent for 6 mews houses (5,812.5 sf with 12 car spaces). The price reflected £1.5 million per acre. Fifield Glyn acted for Osborne Kinsey and the purchaser represented themselves.

Fifield Glyn would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year. Fifield Glyn has donated to the following charities this
year in lieu of sending Christmas Cards.
The donations have been made to:-

Neuro Muscular Centre, Cheshire

The Good Neighbour Scheme for Mill Hill & Burnt Oak

The Barnet Centre for Independent Living

Just a reminder about the Howard WorthFREE Pensions Auto-Enrolment Seminar which is taking placeon Tuesday 9^th December 2014 – 08.00am to 09.30am.

If you would like to book a place or find out more information, then please follow the below link:

http://www.howardworth.co.uk/event/pensions-auto-enrolment-seminar-are-you-prepared/?utm_source=All&utm_campaign=Network+Opportunities+Dec+2013&utm_medium=email

 

Gadbrook Park BID 2 officially
commenced on the 1^st November 2014, after the positive ‘yes’ vote
achieved over the summer saw the vision to secure a consecutive Business
Improvement District for the next five years become successful and the hopes for
a further 5 years of investment worth over £1 million become a reality.

With a 68% turnout, a figure
well above the national average of 40%, it was clear that the desire amongst
resident businesses to continue the good work and expand on everything that had
been achieved in the past five years was exceptionally strong. This was further
demonstrated by the fact that BID 2 was voted in with a resounding majority of 96%
by number and 98% by rateable value. This excellent result demonstrates the
value resident businesses have placed on the services and projects delivered by
the Gadbrook Park BID, with these percentages representing some of the highest
BID voting stats in the entire country.

The succession of the BID will
now ensure that Gadbrook Park can continue to be an exceptional environment to
work and trade in for both employees and businesses alike.

Groundwork Cheshire will
continue to manage the BID for the duration of the next 5 years, delivering the
essential services and projects that will continue to aid all companies on the
park to develop and thrive.

This further investment
provided by BID 2 will also allow for the on-going landscape maintenance and
improvement works to continue, all essential in ensuring Gadbrook Park sustains
its current high quality image. In addition, a new 24/7 CCTV project will be
commissioned to provide Business Park wide coverage of all public open space to
further enhance security across Gadbrook Park. 
Further image enhancing projects are also in the pipeline, with a
programme of physical landscape and street furniture improvements planned to be
undertaken in the grounds over the next five years.

The continuation in to BID 2
will now ensure that the companies on Gadbrook Park can look forward to the
sustained delivery of the essential projects and services that the BID provides
and enjoy the investment that will see Gadbrook Park will develop even further
as one of the best premier locations to trade and conduct business in the North
West.

Mike Roberts – Chair of Gadbrook Park BID 2
commented “It is excellent that the businesses on Gadbrook Park have truly
embraced the BID, as is evident by the remarkable voting stats. BID 2 will mean
we can all continue to benefit from the essential services the BID delivers and
see the park improve even further as a result.”

Jane Hough – BID Project Manager at Groundwork
Cheshire commented “I am absolutely delighted that Gadbrook Park has been successful in
securing BID 2 and that Groundwork can continue to work with the companies on
the Business Park to develop a brighter future. We have lots of exciting
projects planned going forward over the next five years and we will look
forward to carrying on the good work that everyone has achieved.”

Mike Jones – Leader of Cheshire West and
Chester Council commented “It is absolutely fantastic to see the
businesses on Gadbrook Park taking control and creating a future that is in
their own hands. The Council will be delighted to support all companies on the
park with regards to the improvement of any opportunities that will boost both
trading and employment at Gadbrook.”