Gardening Hour at Wellington Place

Your chance to get the very best advice from BBC gardening guru Joe Maiden.

Joe is the advisor to the Royal Horticultural Society and has been giving gardening advice on BBC radio Leeds for over 15 years.

Gardening hour will take place at Wellington Central, Wellington Place from 12.30 on the 23rd February and will be packed with horticultural hints tips and advice on all aspects of gardening from vegetables to bedding plants and lawns.

There will also be the opportunity to buy unusual plant and vegetable varieties.

Places are limited; if you would like to attend this free event please contact dsimcox@mepc.com

Office Space to let Leeds

Number 2 Wellington Place is now fully let following an additional 4,190 sq ft expansion by global professional services firm, Towers Watson.

Towers Watson located to Number 1 Wellington Place in 2001 and has over this time has doubled employee numbers to 170, reflecting its strong business performance.

The firm has now taken the additional space at Number 2 Wellington Place, a 120,000 sq ft, seven-storey Grade A office building. Towers Watson now occupies 19,750 sq ft in total at Wellington Place.

Andrew Barlow, Managing Director at MEPC, said: “We are delighted to announce that Number 2 Wellington Place is now fully let. This is an exciting milestone for us, and a great demonstration of the continued confidence in Leeds. Towers Watson is an important customer of MEPC and we look forward to continuing our support for them.”

Slavica Sedlan, head of Towers Watson in Leeds said: “We’re very happy to be taking extra space at Wellington Place. Our location at Wellington Place means that we can attract the top talent in our industry, as this is a great environment to work in. Wellington Place is a lively and vibrant business community, one that ideally reflects our young and dynamic team while at the same time maintains the professionalism that our clients are looking for.

“As a global organisation we need office space that reflects our brand and is representative of the standards we set in our work, and the quality of Wellington Place reflects those very well.”

The letting follows the recent announcement of an additional 10,000 sq ft letting by BSkyB, who have added to their existing 14,500 sq ft at Wellington Place.

BSkyB and Towers Watson are joined by RSM Tenon, Irwin Mitchell and Regus at Number 2 Wellington Place.

Office Space to let Leeds

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MEPC Wellington Place Secures 10,000 sq ft Letting with BSkyB

MEPC, developers of the Wellington Place business quarter, has secured a 10,000 sq ft expansion for the Sky Betting and Gaming division of BSkyB.

The letting follows a strong year for Sky Betting and Gaming which has seen a 30% increase in revenue since locating to Number 2 Wellington Place one year ago.

Sky Betting and Gaming also estimates that both employee productivity and retention has increased since locating to Wellington Place.

Richard Flint, Managing Director at Sky Betting and Gaming, said: “We have now passed our first anniversary of being located at Wellington Place and already the impact of the sense of space, quality of accommodation and central location has had a noticeable impact on employee wellbeing. Over this period, our revenue has shot up 30% and we very much consider that the positive environment here at Wellington Place has been a strong contributing factor.”

Sky Betting and Gaming currently occupies 14,500 sq ft at Number 2, Wellington Place – a seven-storey, Grade A office building in Leeds city centre.

MEPC has recently invested £1m to turn the Wellington Place site into an award-winning community hub with urban gardens and five-a-side football pitch to create a unique, dynamic business estate with a strong focus on sustainability.

Andrew Barlow, Managing Director at MEPC, said: “We are delighted that Sky Betting and Gaming has decided to take on additional space and hope that the next 12 months and beyond will be equally productive and profitable. Despite the climate, there is clearly confidence in Leeds.

“From our British Military Fitness sessions to five-a-Side football, allotments and free bike hire - we invest a great deal in ensuring that the Wellington Place environment is one which supports employee productivity. It is clear that a wide variety of businesses can see a direct benefit to their bottom line by investing in quality office accommodation which forms part of a vibrant business community.”

Eamon Fox, associate director at DTZ who with Jones Lang LaSalle acted for MEPC, said: “The fact that Sky Betting and Gaming has extended their space is testament to the high quality of the accommodation and excellent customer service provided by the MEPC team.”

Sky Betting and Gaming is joined by Towers Watson, RSM Tenon, Irwin Mitchell, Allianz and Regus at Number 2 Wellington Place.

Wellington Place to host the festival of business and arts 2012

The internationally renowned Yorkshire International Business Convention (YIBC) are planning a major revamp for next year’s event.

The renamed Yorkshire Business and Arts Festival will bring together four world-class events which will be spread over five days next June, while relocating from Harrogate to Wellington Place, Leeds.

The proposals, which are still in the early stages of development, include a new-look Yorkshire International Business Convention, an evening with the Northern Ballet and an event with Northern Broadsides as well as a performance by a world-renowned brass band and an Edinburgh Tattoo-style event with the Yorkshire Regiment.

Traditional and innovative “new-technology” activities will be arranged at the site for younger people and families, and a Leeds United Legends football tournament is also being planned for the event.

Previous keynote speakers at the convention – which has been going for the past 16 years – include Mikhail Gorbachev, Bill Clinton, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Bob Geldof, Neil Armstrong and the inspirational blind speaker Miles Hilton-Barber.

England cricket captain Andrew Strauss and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee headlined this year’s event in June.

The YIBC’s founder, Mike Firth, said the plans, which have the backing of Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan, provided a great opportunity to bring people from throughout Europe to a festival that would celebrate business and the arts in “our wonderful county’s capital city”.

He added: “We are determined to deliver a range of events that will appeal to businesses and the wider population including younger people – all designed to engage, educate and entertain the thousands we hope will want to attend.”

YIBC has traditionally been held in Harrogate, but it will relocate to MEPC, Wellington Place Leeds, and will be held between June 15 and June 19, next year.

For more Information please visit www.ybaf.biz

'It’s a Leeds Knockout’ at Wellington Place

Top businesses from across Leeds battled it out at Wellington Place in the 'It’s a Leeds Knockout’ competition to raise money for the Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Headingly.

In an action-packed afternoon, teams from firms across Leeds fought their way through water, foam and inflatables in an attempt to win It’s a Leeds Knockout.

The team from Towers Watson came out on top in the wild and wacky competition to scoop the first prize, with HSBC taking second place and Ellbee in third.

Dominique Simcox, spokesperson at MEPC said: “We’d like to thank all the businesses that took part in the day, as well as those who cheered them on and donated. It has been a real pleasure to host a fun event like this and raise much needed funds for the hospice”

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice is a specialist palliative care unit enriching the quality of life of those living with or affected by a serious illness.

A donation of £25 pays for an hour of physiotherapy for someone with a life changing illness; £100 pays for six bereavement sessions for someone who has lost a loved one; £600 pays for the cost of running an inpatient bed for two days and £1,000 pays for a nurse to care for people in their own homes for a week.

It’s not too late to donate. Simply visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/team/wellingtonplaceallstars to make a contribution.

Click here to view images from the day or to watch a video of the day click on the link below or the image above.

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Wellington Place Summer BBQ 2011

This years Wellington Place summer BBQ was bigger and better than ever!

500 Wellington Place customers came together to enjoy delicious food and great music in the sunshine.

Local talent from the Leeds College of Music supplied the sound track for the day in the form of singer Matt Belmont (http://www.myspace.com/mattbelmontmusic) and the glorious weather provided the perfect conditions to enjoy a game of mini golf and sample the free ice cream.

Dominique Simcox from MEPC said, “Every summer we look forward to getting all our occupiers together and this year the number of people attending was our best yet. I am thrilled to have had such a great turnout and we would like to thank everyone who helped to make the day a great success.”

Click here to view images from the day.

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