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Christmas goodwill
At this time of year many of the staff in the Northern Bear family of 11 independent businesses organise fundraising efforts in their work places to help those less fortunate than they are. The office staff at Northern Bear Building Services and MGM, who share offices, filled 15 shoe boxes with gifts and essential items […]
Props essential to theatre rebuild
Northern Bear’s specialist structural propping teams are currently very busy on projects across the North East, including the complete refurbishment of the historic Alnwick Playhouse. Neil Jukes, Managing Director of Northern Bear Building Services, said: “The Playhouse project is going to plan. At the moment we have to do quite a lot of demolition and […]
Praise from Grand Designs
Two new bespoke houses built by Northern Bear Building Services were featured on Grand Designs on Channel 4 on 7 November 2018. The development at Ouseburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, was in the running for the RIBA House of the Year award. This innovative construction had already won the RIBA North East Award. Presenter Kevin […]
Lucky for some? Yes for Wensley.
Wensley Roofing Ltd, part of the Northern Bear group, is working with major social housing provider Thirteen to replace and upgrade the roofing to 120 homes. The work which started in August is on track to be completed in December, with around 40 homes already complete. The work, which is part of Thirteen’s £31m investment programme, […]
Golf tournament raises £10k for Northern Bear’s ‘charity of choice’
The annual Northern Bear charity golf tournament, held on 4 October at the Ramside Hall, Durham, and a subsequent donation agreed by Northern Bear’s Board of Directors has raised £10,000 for St Oswald’s Hospice. A total of 88 golfers took part, in teams of four representing companies from the Northern Bear group and its clients […]
Refurbishment of historic playhouse
Northern Bear Building Services has been employed as main contractor and works have now begun on the refurbishment project at Alnwick Playhouse. The major project, which has been described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and will require the much loved arts venue to be closed for almost a year. The Playhouse building is co-owned by Northumberland Theatre […]
New director for interiors business
H Peel, the Northern Bear company that specialises in the design and installation of commercial interiors, has appointed a new director as part of a planned succession process. Russell Crowther has been made Contracts Director and will be working alongside Joint Managing Directors Dominic Brogan and Andrew Pollock. Russell started at H Peel in 1994 […]
New director to boost forklift sales
A1 Industrial Trucks Ltd, part of the Northern Bear group, has a new Sales Director. Stuart Dawson brings over 30 years’ experience of equipment sales to the company. For the last 20 years he has worked for one of the UK’s largest suppliers of forklift trucks. Stuart’s appointment is part of a carefully planned succession […]
Insurers embrace drone technology
Survey Drones, known as the high flier of the Northern Bear group, has secured a partnership with a large insurance company to undertake drone surveys of damaged properties across the UK. Jason Harrison, Managing Director of Survey Drones, said: “Drones are the perfect tool for undertaking a survey of a suspected damaged roof. They are […]
Busy year for latest acquisition
The most recent addition to the Northern Bear family of businesses has been very busy in the last 12 months. H Peel & Sons Ltd, based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, specialises in the design and installation of commercial interiors all over the country for a diverse range of clients: from pubs to gyms, from student […]