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Wensley Roofing receive IKO Contractor Recognition Award
We are extremely proud to announce that Wensley Roofing has received an IKO Contractor Recognition Award for their work with English Martyrs Primary School in Newcastle upon Tyne. Stephen Mooney – Area Business Manager for the Roofing Specification Division of IKO – said “The quality of the project at the English Martyrs Primary School, using […]
‘Best wishes and a million thank yous’
In recent years Northern Bear has arranged and sponsored a number of events to raise funds for the local charity St Oswald’s Hospice. The member of the Northern Bear board who has done most to develop this charitable relationship is Howard Gold. When Howard retired from the board this year he was given the honorary […]
New appointments at J Lister Electrical
It has been a year of big changes for York-based electrical contractors J Lister Electrical. In January the company was acquired by Northern Bear plc, joining a group of specialist building businesses. In July it moved premises and in November it announced two significant new appointments. All this took place while conducting successful business during […]
Award for sympathetic refurb of union HQ
The excellence of the specialist work done by Northern Bear Building Services has again been recognised. Lifton House, the historic home of the GMB union in Newcastle, has won Refit/Refurbishment of the Year in the 2020 North East Property Awards. Northern Bear is named as the principal contractor. The brief for the £2.1m project was […]
Experienced engineer joins board of fork-lift business
The very experienced service manager of A1 Industrial Trucks Ltd has been appointed as a director. Gordon Riley joins managing director Stuart Dawson on the board of this long-established company that is part of the Northern Bear group. Gordon started at A1 Industrial Trucks 20 years ago as a service engineer and was promoted to […]
New managing director for MGM
MGM Limited, one of the specialist construction companies in the Northern Bear group, has a new Managing Director. Phil Burridge was appointed Managing Director with effect from 3 August and is bringing 40 years of experience with him to the company. Phil is a well-known figure in the North East with a vast knowledge of […]
New forklifts for international haulier
A1 Industrial Trucks, part of the Northern Bear group, is celebrating after winning a competitive bid to supply forklift trucks to a haulage business. They have just delivered six new Mitsubishi FG18N trucks to B.M. Stafford, a long established family firm of hauliers based in County Durham. Nicola Stafford, Commercial Director at B.M. Stafford, said: […]
Back to School
Northern Bear Building Services is back to work at two very different schools in North East England: Keelman’s Way School in metropolitan South Tyneside and Haltwhistle Middle School in rural Northumberland. Keelman’s Way School is a nurturing, educational and therapeutic community for pupils aged 2 to 19 most of whom have severe learning difficulties. Northern […]
Successful succession
Steven Luke has been appointed as Managing Director of Wensley Roofing following a carefully planned succession. For the last two years Steven has been working alongside Keith Soulsby, the founder of Wensley Roofing, as Joint Managing Director. On 1 June 2020 Keith stepped away to concentrate on being Operations Director of Northern Bear, leaving Steven […]
North East Nightingale Hospital
Isoler, the Northern Bear company that specialises in building integrity services, undertook essential fire protection works in record time at the North East Nightingale Hospital that opened in Washington on 5 May. Isoler has a long history of carrying out work for local NHS trusts and so they were the first choice for Project Manager […]