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January 2010 >> Chris Rowlands & Co was pleased to sponsor the match ball at Barnsley FC’s Championship game at Oakwell against Leicester City on Tuesday 26th January. In what turned out to be an entertaining and hard fought encounter the home side triumphed 1-0 with a goal in the second half by Argentinean Hugo Colace. Click here for more >>

December 2009 >> Chris Rowlands & Co has advised long term clients Lo Pharmacy in their recent acquisition of three pharmacy outlets from Lloyds Chemists. The three shops, all of which are situated in the Sheffield area are at Chapeltown (pictured), Chesterfield Road and Ecclesall Road. Click here for more >>

November 2009 >> Rural Offices at Bullhouse Mill provide new base for expanding Leeds Insurance Brokers JM Glendinning is an independent insurance brokerage, established in 1972 and is one of the leading Independent Brokers in the Yorkshire region. Already well established in Leeds the company have recently moved into offices at Bullhouse Mill, Millhouse Green, Penistone. The firm needed to open an office to serve an expanding client base in the Sheffield, Huddersfield and Barnsley area as well as across the Pennines into Manchester. Click here for more >>

October 2009 >> BUSINESS RATES - We can help 2010 Rating Revaluation Business ratepayers have been receiving notification from the Valuation Office of their draft Rateable Values from 1 October 2009. This is the first stage in setting the level of rate charges payable from 1 April 2010. Click here for more >>

October 2009 >> Barnsley Chronicle Commercial Property Review 30th October 2009 The market for commercial and industrial property in 2009 has been very challenging for those who work in it, but despite this there have been some positive achievements. Click here for more >>

September 2009 >> Physio Branches Out Providence Villa on Sackville Street, Barnsley becomes home to The Branches Physiotherapy Clinic and Barnsley Medical Consulting Rooms following its move from Churchfield Court. Click here for more >>

September 2009 >> Hybrid Units At Barnsley Are A Capitol Idea All seven speculative hybrid office/ industrial units at Capitol Park, Barnsley, have now been leased or sold. The last of the high-quality units, ranging from 2,000 sq ft to 5,000 sq ft, has been leased by the Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Click here for more >>

August 2009 >> Joseph Locke Houses new tenant in Barnsley Acting for Mapeley Estates Limited who manages the Government’s property holdings, Chris Rowlands & Co negotiated the letting of 3,500 sq ft on the fourth floor of Joseph Locke House, Barnsley to Remploy who will set up an employment training office. Click here for more >>

July 2009 >> Remora Electrical Limited relocate to Shortwood Business Park Remora Electrical are delighted with their successful move to the Shortwood Business Park in Barnsley. Previously located in the centre of Sheffield, the new premises just minutes from junction 36 of the M1, provide the easy access Remora felt was essential for their future business growth. Already renowned for their commitment to providing high quality products and customer service this superb location can only build on their reputation. Click here for more >>

June 2009 >> Birds Eye View Solves Picture Problem When asked to market the former Action for Children premises, an office situated to the rear of Vets4Pets close to BBIC and Barnsley Tennis Club, Chris Rowlands & Co were faced with the problem that it was virtually impossible to take photographs of the building from ground level. Click here for more >>

June 2009 >> All gone at Carrera Court, Dinnington Unit 4 of Priority Sites development at Carrera Court, Dinnington has been sold to Assured Fire & Security. Click here for more >>

May 2009 >> DIGITAL WORLD SOARS INTO SHORTWOOD Another new lease has been completed at Shortwood Business Park, a development by Priority Sites close to Junction 36 of the M1, Barnsley. Unit 7B has been taken by Digital World the trading name of Soars of Barnsley Limited. The company specialises in the installation of satellite TV dishes and digital TV services and has contracts throughout the UK. Click here for more >>

April 2009 >> Barnsley Offices in Good Health DBH Serviced Business Centres Ltd is pleased to announce that they have recently concluded a major letting at Longfields Court to NHS Barnsley. 10,720 sq ft of brand new, fully fitted out office accommodation and 764 sq ft of workshop space was occupied on 3rd April 2009 by the NHS. Click here for more >>

April 2009 >> Process Completed at Wharncliffe The Indigo Process has moved into Unit 22 Wharncliffe Business Park. Acting for the landlords, Direct Estates Limited, the deal was set up by Chris Rowlands & Co. who responded to an urgent requirement by Jacqui Jackson, director of The Indigo Process who urgently needed 4000 sq ft of industrial space in order to fulfil a short term contract refurbishing machinery used in the food processing industry. Click here for more >>

April 2009 >> Lifeboats launched on Scarborough Industrial Estate Acting on behalf of Scarborough property company Forge Estates, Chris Rowlands & Co have agreed terms with RNLI to take a lease of an industrial building at Orchard Court on the Eastfield Industrial Estate, Scarborough for use as a Provisions and Spares Store to support the main Scarborough Boat House. Click here for more >>

April 2009 >> Letting in Leeds to Hotel and Hospital supplier Acting for Berkshire Asset Management Chris Rowlands & Co. and King Sturge have leased Unit C5 Wyther Lane Industrial Estate, Leeds to AJM Textiles Limited, a Leeds based producer and supplier of various products to hospitals and hotels. The product range includes sewn and welded covers, mattresses and wheelchair covers and shower curtains. Click here for more >>

April 2009 >> Taiwan Medical Equipment distributor opens at Wharncliffe Business Park, Barnsley Acting on behalf of a private pension fund Chris Rowlands & Co. have agreed a lease of Unit 28 Wharncliffe Business Park, Barnsley to the UK distribution division of Taiwanese company Caremed Supply Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of medical equipment, providing customers worldwide with first-class products. Click here for more >>

March 2009 >> Green Lights for Scarborough A Scarborough- based manufacturer and distributor of energy saving light products is expanding after securing a £60,000 loan. Click here for more >>

March 2009 >> Travel specialist to put Holidays First in Barnsley A new direct travel business is to be formed at Great Cliffe Court, Dodworth, Barnsley providing over thirty jobs across the region. Click here for more >>

February 2009 >> Wakefield 41 Business Park Office letting agreed Acting for the ACE Investment Fund, Chris Rowlands & Co. and Atis Real has leased Unit 1B Wakefield 41 Business Park to Farpod Limited. Click here for more >>

February 2009 >> "ACE" FOOTBALLER CLEANS UP Former professional footballer Jason Harris has achieved his goal. Along with business partner Les Black he has moved his Pontefract business Ace Professional Valeting Services into premises at Bondgate Industrial Estate. The business provides car cleaning and valet services to private and corporate customers including Ardagh Glass, Keepmoat, Carleton Furniture, Carpenters of York and Yorkshire Investment Group. Click here for more >>

January 2009 >> Dodworth Office Lettings Having moved into new offices at Great Cliffe Court, Dodworth in September 2008 in order to serve an expanding client base in Barnsley, Wakefield solicitors GM Wilson decided to make available the space in the building that they did not need for their own immediate purposes. Click here for more >>

January 2009 >> New letting at Wortley Court Successful Barnsley company, Osborne Technologies have relocated to Wortley Court on Fall Bank Industrial Estate. The company has experienced rapid growth during the last ten years providing IT solutions to large and small businesses as well as schools and government institutions. During this period the company has increased its workforce and now employs 15 staff with further recruitment planned in the near future. Click here for more >>

December 2008 >> Swedes grow at Shortwood Talurit, a Swedish manufacturing company, has become the first occupier to move into the recently completed high quality industrial development at Shortwood Business Park. Talurit manufacture mechanical splicing systems for use in industries such as oil and construction, theatres and playgrounds. Click here for more >>

December 2008 >> £4.5 MILLION NEW BUSINESS SPACE COMPLETED IN BARNSLEY Leading regeneration specialist, Priority Sites, has completed a second phase of speculative business accommodation at Shortwood Business Park. The 63,000 sq ft scheme, strategically located just off junction 36 of the M1, will sustain up to 126 jobs for the Barnsley area when fully occupied. Click here for more >>

October 2008 >> Scarborough letting agreed with new kitchen and interiors company Acting for Scarborough Company Forge Estates Chris Rowlands & Co has agreed a lease with SI Interiors of Unit 1 at Orchard Court, Scarborough. The modern unit which has been used previously as Scarborough Go Kart Centre and more recently as Riverside Motors as a car supermarket will be adapted for use as a kitchen, bedroom and furniture showroom. Click here for more >>

September 2008 >> LONGFIELDS COURT LAUNCH SEES GENEROUS DONATION TO DICKIE BIRD FOUNDATION Barnsley’s latest office and industrial development Longfields Court, Middlewoods Way, Wharncliffe Business Park , Carlton, Barnsley was launched on 26th September 2008 with the worshipful Mayor and Mayoress and the former international umpire Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird MBE in attendance. Click here for more >>

September 2008 >> 36,000 SQ FT LET AT FALL BANK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DODWORTH, BARNSLEY Click here for more >>

August 2008 >> Capitol Park Development at Capitol Park next to Junction 37 of the M1 at Barnsley is proceeding apace. Click here for more >>

July 2008 >> Local Barnsley business, Fast Lad Performance Ltd, is expanding into new premises. Click here for more >>

June 2008 >> Priority Sites second phase of development at Shortwood Business park, close to Junction 36 of the M1 is progressing well with Practical Completion scheduled for October 2008. Click here for more >>

June 2008 >> BUSINESS LINK YORKSHIRE CHOOSE PRESTIGIOUS BARNSLEY OFFICE SPACE TO SET UP NEW HEADQUARTERS Click here for more >>

June 2008 >> MED-EL, a global medical electronics company grab the last office unit at the new development Great Cliffe Court, Barnsley. Click here for more >>

May 2008 >> AGENTS APPOINTED TO MARKET SECOND PHASE OF SUCCESSFUL BARNSLEY SCHEME Click here for more >>

May 2008 >> Fountain Court letting Acting for a private investment fund managed by Close Investments Limited, Chris Rowlands & Co. and joint agents Atis Real have secured the letting of Suite F Fountain Court, at Bruntcliffe Way, Morley, Leeds to Hallmark Hotels Holdings Limited. The tenants have committed to the building for five years. Kate Howe, investment manager for Close Investments said “We are delighted that this space has been let so quickly in what is currently proving to be a very challenging market for secondary offices”

April 2008 >> Party Animals Chris Rowlands & Co. has let the former Stan Plus Stan Two photography shop at 2 Old Mill Lane, Barnsley to Party Animals. The business is run by Michelle Rowan who will combine her other business, Sparkle, into the unit. Michelle caters for all party and special occasions, and is delighted with the new premises which allow her to stock and display a much larger range of products and provides more storage space. Michelle Rowan is pictured with Chris Rowlands shortly after the shop opened for business.

April 2008 >> DBH Serviced Business Centres Ltd have agreed the first letting at the new Longfields Court development at Wharncliffe Business Park, Barnsley to European Ink Jets Limited. The development is due to be completed by the end of June 2008 when the new tenant will move in. Enquiries for workshops and offices on the estate are currently very strong and the developers are confident of agreeing other lettings before Practical Completion. Agents for the scheme are Chris Rowlands & Co 01226 791984 and Mason & Partners 0151 2271008. Pictured are representatives of the development and letting team along with the directors of European Ink Jets at the handover of the unit.

March 2008 >> Chris Rowlands & Co. took part in the Barnsley Works Exhibition www.barnsleyworks.co.uk at Barnsley Metrodome on 19th March 2008. The exhibition, which was the first of its kind in Barnsley, provided a forum for a range of Barnsley businesses to display their services, network with other businesses and to meet existing and potential clients


February 2008 >> BUSINESS LINK FIRST OCCUPIER FOR ONE CAPITOL COURT Barnsley Development Agency is delighted to announce that the new regional Business Link service for Yorkshire and the Humber has chosen Capitol Park, Barnsley to locate its new Regional Co-ordination Centre. Click here for more >>

December 2007 >> Barnsley company Kings Specialist Dental Surgery is the latest occupant of a high tech. hybrid business unit on the successful Capitol Park, Barnsley, located by Junction 37 of the M1. Click here for more >>

November 2007 >> SERVICED OFFICE-WORKSHOP CONCEPT ARRIVES IN YORKSHIRE Northern Office Investments Limited and DBH Serviced Business Centres Limited today launch their latest £5.2 million development designed around their unique concept of serviced offices, business space units and workshops. Click here for more >>

September 2007 >> NOBLE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED Regeneration at Park Springs, Grimethorpe has received a further boost with the completion of the first phase of development at Spring Park. Developed by D Noble Ltd the development provides occupants with a choice of high quality units ranging in size and interest is high with three of the seven units already under offer. Click here for more >>

August 2007 >> A CAPITOL PLACE TO DO BUSINESS With new ofﬁce developments, business parks, ofﬁce blocks and commercial units either under construction or recently ﬁnished in the Barnsley area, competition for your business to open or relocate is heating up. Article and photos courtesy of Barnsley Property and Living Magazine. Click here for more >>
June 2007 >> BUSINESSES BECOME DEVELOPERS OF EXCLUSIVE NEW UNITS... Local businesses Doyle Security Consultants and Reed Smith Chartered Certified Accountants decided to turn their hand to property developing when they were looking to relocate within the Barnsley area. Both firms have been established in Barnsley for many years with Doyle Security based in the town centre and Reed Smith at Cudworth Business Innovation Centre (BBIC). Both had outgrown their existing premises and were looking for purpose-built units which were near to the motorway. Click here for more >>
May 2007 >> BARNSLEY SOUNDS GREAT SAYS WAVEPLAY Barnsley is rapidly becoming the first choice for businesses in the creative and digital industries and the latest business to establish itself here is Waveplay, a production, events and digital media company. Click here for more >>
April 2007 >> DANTONE SETS ITS SIGHTS ON GROWTH IN BARNSLEY After almost 40 years in the engineering industry, Ray Bennett decided to set up his own precision engineering business and chose Barnsley as the perfect location. Although he lives in North Yorkshire, Ray recognised that Barnsley offered major opportunities for the growth of his business Dantone Precision Engineering. Click here for more >>
MARCH 2007 >> NEW OFFICE UNITS RELEASED IN DODWORTH Any business looking to relocate to brand new office facilities in a very convenient location would be spoilt for choice with the latest release of premises at Great Cliffe office park in Dodworth. Click here for more >>

21 MARCH 2007 >> WORTLEY COURT’S A WINNER FOR RELOCATION A new phase of high specification industrial units has just been released for lease at ‘ Wortley Court’ in Dodworth. The development is already attracting great interest from businesses throughout the Yorkshire region that are looking to relocate and, when you consider the superb location, it’s easy to see why. Click here for more >>
November 2006 >> NOBLE INVESTMENT IN GRIMETHORPE D Noble Ltd. is the latest company to recognise the huge opportunities for business growth offered at Park Springs in Grimethorpe and Houghton, Barnsley. Work has already started on site for a new 44,200 sq.ft. development of 11 industrial units to be known as Spring Park. Click here for more >>
JULY 2005 >> INTERNATIONAL SPORTS SUPPLIER SET TO CREATE NEW JOBS IN BARNSLEY Manufacturers and importers of sports, leisure and work wear, ABL International (UK) Ltd, has recently acquired a new 10,000 sq ft unit at Bretton Court on Park Springs Business Park, Grimethorpe. Click here for more >>

January 2005 >> £5.4 MILLION DEVELOPMENT WELL UNDERWAY AT M1 JUNCTION 36 Work is now well underway on Shortwood Business Park, the first of three developments located within one mile of M1 Junction 36, marketed as the Sector 36 Business Parks. Shortwood will provide six high quality speculative business units set in landscaped surroundings and is on track to be completed by the end of August 2005. Click here for more >>

January 2005>> £4.5 MILLION INVESTMENT PAYS OFF IN BARNSLEY Priority Sites, one of the most active commercial developers in the country, is celebrating the success of two major industrial developments in Barnsley, with all units now sold or let. Click here for more >>

November 2004 >> COMPANIES QUEUE TO SIGN UP FOR NEW UNITS Work is almost complete on Woodmoor Court, part of a £2.7 million development at Wharncliffe Business Park in Carlton, Barnsley. Managing agents Whittle Jones have had an overwhelming response from companies interested in the ten self contained workshop units, with seven companies already signed up to move into their new premises at the end of November. Click here for more >> Back to the top of the page ^