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Think tank gives up on northern cities
The editor of a report that claimed regeneration in northern cities would never succeed and that highly-skilled people in the region should migrate to the south claims northern local authorities are hamstrung by not having sufficient powers to make regeneration work. Oliver Hartwich, who edited the report, said that despite regeneration attempts we had to accept that some cities are just in the wrong spot. Creative Sheffield chief executive Ian Bromley said the report ignored the great work that had been done in the north. If these people had looked at Sheffield ten years ago they probably would have written off Sheffield as a no-hoper, and told Sheffielders to move to London, he said. However, Sheffield has shown that you can revive a city.
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Hydraulics company gets backing for move
Sheffield-based supplier and manufacturer of hydraulic components VHS Hydraulics Components has purchased larger premises with support from Royal Bank of Scotlands (RBS) Commercial Banking and RBS Invoice Finance after growing turnover by 500 per cent to £2m. The premises were also sourced by the RBS property team. 
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Forgemasters shows its weight in India and China
Sheffield Forgemasters has won two contracts worth more than £4.5m to produce its largest plate-mill rolls for the Asian steel market. Engineers are completing the first pair of eight 170-tonne back-up rolls for steel mills in India and China. The first four back-up rolls, produced for Siemens VAI, will be shipped to Chinese steel company Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Corporation. The other contract includes four rolls for Indias third-largest steel company, Jindal Steel and Power Limited.
Comis advances hip technology
Rotherham-based Comis Orthopaedics has developed a surgical procedure to help reduce patient recovery time to a few days. Through partnership with Howard Lock Intellectual Property, Comis has filed patent applications to protect the surgical tools needed for the procedure, which reduces the incision needed from 25cm to 10cm.
Dig for Keycamp
Sheffield-based marketing agency Dig For Fire has secured the brief to provide marketing and creative support to Keycamp, one of the UKs largest mobile home holiday providers. The work will debut in September with a new look and feel to the communications.
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100 per cent will remain in Sheffield, survey shows
Knight Franks Sheffield Occupier Survey has indicated widespread commercial devotion to the city, with more than half of respondents having a base in Sheffield for 20 years or longer and 100 per cent planning to remain in Sheffield after future lease renewals. More than 100 companies received the survey and almost 70 per cent said new office developments were necessary or long overdue, while 100 per cent recognised a need for more hotel and conferencing facilities. Almost half (48 per cent) were interested in moving to a new scheme in the city, and only 14 per cent said the new-build rental rates were prohibitive.
New addition at Sheffield Business Park
Work has been completed on the 12th building at Europa View at Sheffield Business Park. The 20,000 sq ft three-floor building, adjacent to the headquarters of Stanley Tools, Fujitsu Siemens and SIG, was constructed by Sheffield-based contractor BDB Design Build. The park has detailed planning consent for more than 600,000 sq ft of office space with outline consent for a further 900,000 sq ft.
Companies flock to Rotherham business parks
Ceramic technology company CCPI Europe is moving to Rotherham from Killamarsh after taking 20,000 sq ft at Vector 31 business park. Knight Frank associate Rebecca Schofield said this was the latest example of companies flocking to Rotherhams business parks with interest from companies such as Blue Tree Print and ETA Enclosures.
Sheffield practice wins university project
Bond Bryan Architects have been appointed to develop the strategic masterplanning for the University of Cumbrias proposed campuses across Cumbria and north Lancashire. The centrepiece will be a £70m campus in Carlisle. Property consultants GVA Grimley will also provide planning support for the university, which was formed in August 2007 by merging Cumbrian colleges and campuses of the University of Central Lancashire.
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Hall heads up Fusion@Magna
Julie Hall, former business administration officer at Barnsleys Mount Osborne Business Centre and business facilities co-ordinator of Mount Osborne and two other centres, has been appointed to head the Fusion@Magna business centre in Rotherham. Hall spent 17 years working with small businesses in Barnsley on every level, including helping them capitalise on marketing, training and networking.
BiG appoints matchmakers
Business & Education South Yorkshire (B&E-SY), part of Sheffields BiG Make it Your Business programme, has appointed Liz Gillott and Michele Mason as enterprise relationship managers. Gillott, who has in enterprise centres at both Sheffield universities, and Mason, who ran her own training business and previously held sales and project management roles at Cadbury and Business in the Community, will match entrepreneurs and business people to mentor young people across the city.
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