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PLANNING GRANTED FOR MAJOR SEFTON OFFICE SCHEME
SEFTON Council
has granted planning permission to England’s leading regeneration
specialist, Priority Sites, for the development of 80,000 sq ft of
high quality, speculative office space in Bootle. The scheme is set
to create up to 280 new jobs for the local area when fully occupied.
The Senate Business Park development, located just one mile from the
M57 and a quarter of a mile from Aintree, will incorporate a number
of energy saving features to help environmentally conscious
businesses operate efficiently. With features such as 10% on site
renewable energy through the use of ground source heat pumps, the
developer is hoping to achieve an ‘excellent’ BREEAM* rating
for the new office buildings, the highest environmental rating
according to the industry assessment method.
The £11 million scheme on Bridle Road will comprise a range of small
office suits ranging in size from 1,982 sq ft to 4,252 sq ft. These
units will sit alongside a larger 27,000 sq ft building, located at
the gateway to the park. The larger premises will be ideally
positioned to form prestigious, headquarter office space.
John Boanas, development director for Priority Sites, which has an
office in Speke, close to John Lennon airport, comments;- “We
are delighted with the planning consent and looking forward to
providing top quality, commercial accommodation which will give a
great boost to the local economy. We have worked very hard to
incorporate key energy efficient features at an early stage in the
design process. By doing so, we are able to offer affordable office
accommodation that will help businesses make a responsible and
positive contribution towards improving the environment.”
Priority Sites, who will work closely with InvestSefton and Sefton
Council to realise the new scheme, are no strangers to Bootle. The
developer is currently working on the nearby Priority Sites Business
Park. The £14 million development is the national developer’s
largest scheme yet, and will comprise 155,000 sq ft of quality
industrial and hybrid accommodation. The scheme, which is due for
completion next in April, marks a new generation in greener
development for the company, incorporating several wind turbines
which will provide 10% of the schemes energy supply.
Murray Carr, North West area development manager for Priority Sites,
adds;- “The scheme go-ahead is great news for Bootle. There is
a strong demand for quality commercial premises in the area and it
is vital to the local economy that growing local businesses can find
suitable new accommodation from which to expand. Senate
Business Park will complement our existing offering at Priority
Sites Business Park and turn Bridle Road into a thriving hub of
commercial activity, creating great prospects for the area.”
Last year, Priority Sites, which reached its 3 million sq ft of
commercial development, completed 150,000 sq ft of commercial floor
space in the Merseyside area, creating 400 jobs. The company is
currently active on 12 sites across Merseyside, including Brookfield
Business Park, Fazakerley; Turnstone Business Park, Widnes
Waterfront and Priority Sites Business Park, Bootle - bringing
forward a total of 650,000 sq ft of commercial premises, which will
create up to 1250 jobs when fully occupied.
Activity is the winner at St Luke’s
ST LUKE'S CE
Primary School in Formby has been awarded the prestigious Activemark,
which recognises the amount and quality of physical activity which
pupils have been involved in throughout the year. The team at
the school has been working up a sweat to get pupils active within
school time and also after school. Even the older pupils and dinner
ladies are involved in keeping the children active at lunchtimes
through a range of fun games and activities.
"This award is
great news for the staff and the pupils at St Luke’s. We are committed to providing our
pupils with the opportunity to be as active as possible. Healthy
bodies equal healthy minds and happy children, and that is what we
all want." said
teacher Mike Preston. |
North West schools come together to harness the power of sport
TEACHERS from
some 19 schools across the North West are to come together for a new
training workshop designed to help them inspire young people through
the power of sport. The all-day workshop will take place on
Wednesday 06 February at Lancashire County Cricket Club, and will be
led by Marie Fisher, School Sport Coordinator for Inclusion at
William Beamont Specialist Sports College in Warrington, Cheshire.
It forms part of the latest strand of Sky Living For Sport, the
successful school sports initiative run by the Youth Sport Trust in
partnership with BSkyB, which targets young people who are at risk
of opting out of school life, either through poor attendance or lack
of confidence. The initiative is spear-headed by Sky Living For
Sport Ambassador, Olympic Gold Medallist Darren Campbell MBE. Now in
its 5th year, nearly 17,000 young people in some 600 schools across
the UK have benefited from Sky Living For Sport. Due to its proven
success, the initiative is now being extended to reach even more
schools through a Continued Professional Development (CPD) tool
developed to equip teachers with the resources and know-how to run
the initiative themselves.
The training workshops are one component of the CPD tool, which also
provides participants with a tool-kit of resources on a CD ROM of
downloadable materials, with guidance and information on
implementing the initiative. Workshops will be delivered across
England and Scotland over the next few months, with plans to extend
to Northern Ireland over the academic year.
Marie Fisher, an experienced Sky Living For Sport practitioner
says:- “William Beamont School has been involved in Sky Living
For Sport for three years now, and I have seen at first hand the
huge impact it has had in bringing out the best in our pupils and
dramatically improving their self-esteem and behaviour. I am
both excited and honoured to have been chosen to bring this powerful
initiative to other schools in the North West so that even more
young people can harness the power of sport to achieve their goals.”
Latest independent research on Sky Living For Sport, published in
September 2007, and conducted by the Institute of Youth Sport at
Loughborough University, shows that 80% of teachers believe their
pupils have benefited from Sky Living For Sport activities, and that
young people participating in the programme have shown improved
behaviour and increased self-confidence, and are overwhelmingly
positive in their comments about the initiative.
Ben Stimson, Director of Responsibility and Reputation at Sky,
says:- “We’re pleased that Sky Living For Sport is having such
a positive impact on the lives of so many young people. With the
continued support of teachers we hope to take the principles of the
existing initiative and offer it to a much wider audience.”
Sue Campbell, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust, said:- “We’ve
been delighted to see Sky Living For Sport make a real difference in
schools, which is why we have created the CPD resource, giving more
teachers the freedom to run the initiative in their school in a way
that best meets the needs of their young people, while supporting
them in their professional development. The CPD tool will ensure the
experience and knowledge of the teachers and young people who have
achieved so much through Sky Living For Sport over the last 4 years
can be of benefit to many more of our young people.”
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