Featured in This Issue: New Website for Manor Royal Gatwick Airport Response Broadband Project Update
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Spring issue 2015 Featured in this issue: New website for Manor Royal Gatwick Airport response Broadband project update New office for Manor Royal BID team – discover more inside Produced and made possible by the Manor Royal BID Inside Track • News • Views • Interviews • Offers • Events First Word Chairman’s Message Since the turn of the year we have been level of savings for some Manor Royal looking forward to this year’s ‘Know Your businesses. This is an opportunity for all. Neighbour’ event, held on Thursday 12 March at the Crown Plaza hotel in Crawley. We also have a new look Manor Royal website. I do hope you’ll agree that the The event provides a platform for new design and layout is a significant Manor Royal-based businesses to meet improvement and I congratulate our and discover more about each other’s Executive Director Steve Sawyer who, products and services. We’ll be reporting along with Prowse, our marketing on the event in detail in our next issue so partner, has revitalised the website. watch this space... Every penny raised via the BID is Reflecting back on 2014, it was very reinvested directly into Manor Royal. encouraging to see how many Manor Royal businesses and their staff took YOU, our business community, decides advantage of the benefits available how that money is spent. I’d like to during the year through the partnerships take this opportunity to thank all those that have been established by Manor involved on our Board, Management Royal BID. Group, working parties and our advisors his year will be another busy and for their time and support - we couldn’t Timportant one for Manor Royal and In this issue you can read about the do it without you. the BID. I hope all businesses on Manor success of one of our partnerships. The Royal enjoy a productive and prosperous Procurement Hub, run in conjunction with Trevor Williams 2015. Auditel, has managed to generate a high Chairman, MRBD Limited The Inside Track he future of Manor Royal looks also add an additional 180,000 sq ft of include residential development and a Tpromising with the final quarter offices, café, restaurant and retail space. school. of 2014 seeing the largest number of enquiries for industrial and warehouse The Davis Commission is expected A sense of community is emerging as space for almost two years. to report its recommendations for a direct result of the input of the BID. additional runway capacity in the south The area is improving, both visually and Despite a lack of available stock within east later this year. If Gatwick becomes as a place to conduct business and it the market, take-up in 2014 totalled the preferred location and consent for an will continue to improve as Manor Royal c255,000 sq ft, which is close to the additional runway is forthcoming, supply evolves. annual average and was significantly up is expected to reduce by 1,250,000 sq on 2013, which had a take-up level of ft as both Lowfield Heath and parts of 177,066 sq ft. Manor Royal will be required to make way for the airport expansion. To put this into context, the Manor Royal Industrial Estate consists of This reduction in stock, coupled with 9,600,000 sq ft of industrial and demand for additional industrial and warehouse stock over 600 acres. warehouse space, both from displaced There is currently 457,000 sq ft of occupiers and those companies seeking supply but developments by Digital space close to the airport will lead to Realty and Aberdeen will add a further increased demand in the Gatwick area. 340,000 sq ft of space to Manor Royal, meaning that it will consist of almost The Manor Royal Business District is 10,000,000 sq ft. acutely aware of the challenges facing Best wishes Manor Royal at the moment from all Michael Deacon-Jackson, Surrey County Council’s plan to sides, be it possible airport expansion, or FTD Johns transform the former Thales site will the constantly evolving uses which now Manor Royal BID Director 02 Manor Royal News - Spring issue 2015 BID News Round-up New website for Manor Royal New office for he new-look Manor Royal website Manor Royal BID Thas been generally well received for its bright and fresh appearance since its ollowing the approval of planning recent launch. Fpermission to convert The Office Building in Gatwick Road to homes, The revamped website makes it easier Manor Royal BID has been looking for a to navigate to the most popular pages new office in the past few months. including news, events and exclusive offers for Manor Royal companies. The new website also reflects our updated Manor Royal brand which aims to convey progress, diversity and movement synonymous with a modern Manor Royal. Broadband project enters final phase project to bring faster broadband simply couldn’t afford the expense of A speeds to hundreds of businesses in commercially leased lines.” Manor Royal is nearing completion. “Thanks to the BID focusing on this This project, run alongside and jointly problem and the partnership they were However, we’re pleased to advise that with West Sussex County Council’s Better able to form with the West Sussex Better our new offices are now at 7 Magellan Connected programme aims to deliver Connected project, we’re now able to Terrace (Ground Floor), Gatwick Road, high-speed fibre broadband to all Manor enjoy a faster, more affordable and RH10 9PJ. Royal businesses. reliable broadband service. As a result, we definitely plan to stay.” Executive Director Steve Sawyer may still It hasn’t been easy and a number of be contacted via email at challenges have had to be overcome. Businesses can check which cabinet they [email protected] albeit the office However, progress is good with new are connected to by visiting the link below: landline phone number has changed to upgraded cabinets being added all the 01293 519 415. time as the project enters its final and http://tinyurl.com/ManorRoyalBroadband most complex phase. One of the first businesses to sign up for the new faster broadband service was Split Image Ltd, a commercial photographic studio, whose MD, Mark Curtis, was delighted with his new broadband connection. “I’m over the moon that faster fibre broadband has finally arrived at Manor Royal. As a company, we need to be able to send large video and image files to our customers quickly, wherever they are in the world,” he said. “Previously, slow upload speeds were restricting the service we could offer. I had considered moving my business to another area because I couldn’t foresee a resolution to the problem of lack of broadband. 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