Posts by Kate Garratt

15/8/19 Please accept our sincere apologies, we need to cancel and reschedule tomorrow’s drop-in session. We will be in touch shortly with a new date, and if you have any questions in the meantime do feel free to let us know. Many thanks for your understanding. Team BEC EVENT: North Shore: Pre-Planning Information Event (public)…

New #MyNorthShore competition Aged between 11 and 25? Have an arty side? Fancy a competition? Want to win £150 of art materials AND do something awesome in your community? We’ve joined forces with Young Cumbria for the next stage of our #MyNorthShore project that sees space around our North Shore development transformed into public art…

We are looking for a talented and technically skilled video partner who can develop high quality construction time lapse footage. Deadline for questions emailed to tender@discoverbec.com: 5pm 18th June 2019 Tender Deadline: 5pm 28th June 2019. We are not looking for long and complex bids – a few clear pages is better than a book.…

Construction to start on Buzz Station and Watershed as Thomas Armstrong appointed as lead contractor Local firm will bring 200-year history to Whitehaven’s boldest modern development Thomas Armstrong have been appointed as lead contractor to BEC’s North Shore Buzz Station & Watershed sites following a competitive tender. Thomas Armstrong will lead an internal and external…

Buzz Station’s bold little sister: Whitehaven to get powerful new business incubator Sellafield Ltd and BEC collaboration will bring dynamic new space and support for fledgling firms 13th May 2019: Whitehaven is soon to have a business incubator to rival the UK’s biggest cities. Thanks to a bold collaboration between Sellafield Ltd and local profit-for-purpose…

EVENT North Shore June Update Every 2 months we run an update for anyone interested in the North Shore scheme. For June’s update we have decided to hold the session in the evening so people who don’t have chance to join us in the day can stop by and learn more about the developments. 19th…

Designs have now been finalised for a £2.5 million highways improvement scheme for Whitehaven. Cumbria County Council is proposing to reconfigure the road junction at Bransty Row / North Shore Road in the town’s North Shore area, which will help to pave the way for our significant new development at North Shore. Michael Pemberton, CEO…

BEC’s North Shore shortlisted for two Planning Awards The national Planning Awards have revealed BEC to be shortlisted for awards in the ‘Plan Making’ and the ‘Planning Permission of the Year’ categories 19th March 2019: BEC’s transformational North Shore scheme has been shortlisted for two categories in the national Planning Awards. Today’s shortlist named BEC’s…