All-clear for banking giant’s Cheshire campus revamp

The banking giant intends to demolish three buildings, replacing them with a 166,400 sq ft office building and open space as it seeks to modernise its technology complex in Cheshire.

Work can officially start on the first Northern leg of the UK’s high speed rail project after the proposals were enshrined in law on Thursday.

Bruntwood Works’ 62,000 sq ft block at the Knutsford complex, to serve as the global headquarters for cybersecurity firm PortSwigger, has reached practical completion.

Consent has been granted for a 132-apartment facility at the site of the former Beechmere care home, which was destroyed by fire in August 2019.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is mounting a business case that will see 85% of the Crewe hospital replaced with a new facility.

Developer Bruntwood Sci-Tech has let space at the grade two-listed Tenant’s Hall, previously a conference centre at the science and technology park near Nether Alderley, to village pub operator the Cheshire Pub Co.

The grade two-listed former silk mill on Park Lane, which was most recently used as offices, has been converted into 10 apartments. 

The contractor has broken ground on the observatory’s First Light Pavilion with completion of the project, commissioned by the University of Manchester, expected in 2021.

Bruntwood SciTech’s Pozzoni-designed Alderley sports complex is now open to the public.