News
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 […]
Making the extra day count for a good cause
2020 is a leap year and Northern Bear is encouraging its clients, suppliers, staff, and friends to do something special with the extra day. Northern Bear is sponsoring a Leap Year Ball to raise money for local charity St Oswald’s Hospice, which provides care and support to people with incurable conditions and their families. The […]
Spread a little joy
Northern Bear company secretary Wendy Edgell and director Keith Soulsby got more involved than they expected when they visited St Oswald’s Hospice. They were there to present the local charity with a cheque for £11,125 raised at Northern Bear’s annual fundraising golf event. They had been to St Oswald’s on previous occasions but this time […]
Roof of university laboratories replaced on time despite torrential rain
Wensley Roofing has completed the replacement of flat roofing and the installation of new sensor-controlled rooflights on a city centre university building during a critical four-week time-slot despite torrential rain. The work on the Ellison Building, which houses Northumbria University‘s Life Science laboratories, had to be started and finished on time to accommodate both student […]
Union returns to historic HQ
The £1.6m refurbishment of the historic Lifton House in Jesmond, Newcastle, is complete and the GMB trade union is packing up its city centre offices to move back into a property that was first occupied by the Boilermakers’ Union 130 years ago. The entire building has been refurbished internally and externally to create a modern […]
Apprentices achieving
Northern Bear Building Services has taken on another three apprentices adding to the number of young men and women who are learning new skills with the company. In particular, Shannon Abdo, who started as an apprentice in administration three years ago has successfully completed her NVQ Level 3 Qualification in Business Administration. A lot of […]
The elephant in the park
Northern Bear has joined other generous North East businesses and organisations in sponsoring an inspiring and colourful display of elephant sculptures. Elmer’s Great North Parade is organised by and raising vital funds for St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice, a charity providing care, love and support to babies, children and young adults with complex needs. For 11 […]