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Sept 2022
Business Breakfast: Cost-saving expert is on hand to help Ripon businesses
In this morning's business briefing, Ripon BID is offering cost-saving advice to businesses and a project to bring a vacant Harrogate retail unit back into use has been completed.
Lilla Bathurst, of Ripon BID.
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal.
Ripon Business Improvement District is urging businesses who are looking for help or advice with navigating the ever-changing business cost market to get in touch.
Appointments with the BID's cost-saving expert, Rishi Sood of Place Support Partnership (PSP) were originally planned for September 19, but have re-scheduled to October 20, following the Queen's death.
BID manager Lilla Bathurst (pictured) said:
"Our aim is to deliver on issues that are important to our member businesses and cost saving in the current economic climate is considered high priority.
"In response to business needs, PSP were commissioned by Ripon BID to support local businesses through our Place Saving Programme focussing on business critical spend areas including energy, telecoms, merchant services and water."
Appointments can be made via info@riponbid.co.uk or by calling call 01765 530 910.
The new units on Cambridge Street.
Project to bring Harrogate retail unit back into use complete
A project to bring a vacant Harrogate retail unit back into use has been completed.
The boarded-up shop on Cambridge Street was purchased by Broadland Properties in 2020 and the 25,000 sq ft former Topshop store has now been reconfigured into a mixed-use retail and leisure development.
It now includes Cosy Club, Sainsbury’s Local and Skipton Building Society.
Matt Harriman, associate direct at GV&Co which project managed the scheme, said:
“It’s great to see this scheme come to such a successful conclusion, with an impressive line-up of new retail and leisure tenants taking their place on this busy Harrogate high street.
“The unit had been vacant since 2017 and we managed the extensive enabling works to divide the property into separate units, with new services and several structural changes to suit the revised layouts, as well as external refurbishments over three phases. These included new windows, stone cleaning, and stonework repairs.
“Now fully let and brought back to life with Sainsbury’s, Cosy Club and Skipton Building Society all in place, we have thoroughly enjoyed working with a big project team that included engineers, GGP, architects, DLA, RGP building control specialists, Ball and Berry letting agent, Robinson Webster managing agent, Ryden, Brentwood Consulting Engineers, and contractor JP Wild for Broadland Properties."
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