ISSUE 12 | 20 21 PORTFOLIO NORTH Sunderland Station PROPERTY | BUSINESS | LIFESTYLE www.portfolionorth.co.uk Award-winning pub group with inns across the Lake District, North Yorkshire, County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland. Book direct for our Best Price Guarantee Fantastic en-suite rooms - Open all day every day - Delicious pub fayre - Beer gardens & outdoor terraces - Family friendly - Dog friendly - Free WiFi - Free parking* - Excellent walking and cycling facilities 0191 580 3610 www.inncollectiongroup.com TREEH OUSES A T RA MSIDE HA LL H OTEL Taki ng Luxury to N ew H eight s Set in th e beau tifu l a war d winning gr ou nds of th e hotel our luxury Tr eehouses ha ve been desi gned to the hi ghest st andar ds wi th opulent fit tings & decor . www.ram si dehal lhotel .co. uk 0191 386 5282 Ramsid e H all H ote l G olf & S pa C arrvill e D urham D H1 1T D The Next Generation of Portfolio North It’s been a whirlwind few months since our last edition launched. Restrictions are lifting and we’re slowly starting to get back to normal, big events are taking place again and it feels like there is more positivity, vibrancy and hustle and bustle about the world again. For those who aren’t aware, I have an clients - influential and fully experience and expertise to support both exciting dual-role in that I am proudly the comprehensive, cost and time efficient Bradley Hall and Portfolio clients to build Commercial Editor of Portfolio North, content. their own profiles and presence, allowing overseeing the growth and strategy of the We’ve also been working incredibly us to provide a full-service approach. magazine, sales and editorial with support hard behind the scenes over the last few With restrictions now lifting, we are from content executive Sophie, the months, working with The Social Co. in now looking forward to hosting our sold extremely talented design specialist Paul developing our social media presence out big annual festive fundraiser which, Macdonald, The Social Co. supporting while also working with the best website since its launch a few years ago, has raised with social media and an outstanding experts to create a brand-new standalone over £70,000 for local charities including website team. My other role is Head of website for what is officially now Portfolio Marie Curie, Daft as A Brush and Heel Marketing for Bradley Hall Chartered North. I am also excited to launch our and Toe Children’s Charity. As well as Surveyors and Estate Agents, which latest video advertising campaign at supporting a range of local charities, we includes all things print media and PR, STACK Seaburn and Newcastle and on the are of course looking forward to spending content, social media strategy, website in-car media screens for Blueline Taxis - time with 400 of our clients, partner strategy, communications strategy, digital putting us in front of approximately organisations and colleagues from across transformation, business development 320,000 people every week. our branch network. and everything in between. Whilst we continue to be a quality Our last fundraiser raised over Our organic reach includes a print-led publication, we also recognise £25,000, and we look to double that this readership of 35,000 per issue, as well as the importance for an online and digital year with support from our sponsors. tens of thousands of social media presence for both the profile of the Portfolio advertiser and the Headline followers across both Portfolio North and magazine and, importantly, the benefits Sponsor of our fundraiser, West Nautical, Bradley Hall platforms (we recently for our contributors and advertisers. has kindly donated a two night stay on a reached a quarter-of-a-million people There are so many digital marketing superyacht in the South of France, which with a single organic post) as well as over opportunities – and both Bradley Hall and will provide the headline auction prize of the evening. 40,000 visits a month to the Bradley Hall Portfolio are each in the process of their Last but certainly not least, I am proud website. own exciting and significant digital and to include Sunderland City Council’s This experience and knowledge built technological evolutions. One of my projects once again, as well as Inn through working both client-side and in priorities is ensuring that our reader Collection Group, The Social Co., publishing allows me to truly understand experience is consistently improving, that Performance 28, Karpet Mills, The the requirements of our partners and we are welcoming more readers and Muddler, West Nautical, Glass & Mirror advertisers and what they can achieve website visits and ultimately supporting Solutions, Consult North, Belvedere from their coverage in Portfolio. Not only our partners and advertisers to the Residential & Commercial Services, Aston do we provide specialist editorial writing highest standard. Walker Developments, Magna Homes and and journalism, but also an in depth In other news, Portfolio’s expansion to more. understanding of the full potential of good Leeds and Manchester has developed Following our recent and significant content, how it translates both in print following the launch of the Bradley Hall growth and activity, I am delighted to and online and how it supports business offices within these major cities. Our bring you all the next generation of strategy. teams and offerings are growing Portfolio Magazine, Portfolio North. It’s not enough now for content to exponentially as demand for our services Thank you to all of our partners, simply tell a story, it should include in the area grow, which has allowed me to advertisers and readers for your support for SEO purposes, provide meet some fantastic businesses in these continued support. I hope you authentic value to its readers, speak in the cities over the past few months. all enjoy reading. corporate or brand ‘voice’ and also In addition, my team and I are also provide a variety of content opportunities delighted to be supporting our clients in for socials. Sometimes it can be used as a their own PR and Marketing, creating lead magnet, sometimes as a brand online and print content for Magna Cassie Moyse building exercise. Homes and Riverview Business Centre Commercial Editor This is what I want to achieve for my amongst others. We enjoy using our own Portfolio North 12 : 2021 5 IN ASSOCIATION WITH Bradley Hall Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents PARTNERS The Inn Collection Group City of Sunderland Sunderland City Council Performance 28 Karpet Mills The Social Co. CREDITS Commercial Editor - Cassie Moyse Content Executive - Sophie Swift Design - Paul MacDonald Print - The Manson Group Social Media - The Social Co. 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MEDIA ENQUIRIES Cassie Moyse [email protected] 0191 232 8080 Please remove the front cover to recycle. 6 PORTFOLIO NORTH CONTENTS PROPERTY 50 8-9 The Paddocks, Acklington C 20.7 M 2.7 Y 0 K 86.7 10-13 The region’s new build specialists B Y 23 K 0 14-15 North East construction company celebrates significant contract win 14 30-31 Demystifying mortgages with Bradley Hall’s Mortgage team LIFESTYLE 58 26-27 Trending outdoors and in 34 for summer 2021 - Japandi 34-35 Summer style with Good Day Studio 16 38-39 A classic revival 44-45 Alnwick - a vibrant hub of business and culture 50-51 Mykonos - by day and by night BUSINESS 71 58-59 Bradley Hall’s Leeds operation 26 gears up for further expansion 71-73 Teesside - the new poster child for levelling up? 75-77 Sunderland Central Station 38 to be transformed 75 80- 81 Key Challenges the construction industry is facing 82-83 New academy launch for The Social Co. 12 : 2021 7 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT OF NEW NORTHUMBERLAND HOMES BEGUN An established North East development firm has started works on its latest new home development within the beautiful Northumberland village of Acklington. Bondgate Homes has announced The specifically designed to preserve the Paddocks development of twenty-one heritage and beauty of the natural exclusive homes is due to be completed landscape, retaining as many of the by Autumn 2022, with the first plots due existing hedgerows and trees as possible, late Spring 2022. The properties are being adding privacy to the gardens and marketed by leading North East Chartered creating a truly beautiful unique setting Surveyors and Estate Agents Bradley Hall for this new-build development. from their Alnwick operation. “Positioned in an area of great local With uninterrupted views of the history, the site holds a special place in countryside and accessible transport - many people’s hearts and the developers links to the nearby bustling town centres were keen to incorporate these aspects of Morpeth and Alnwick as well as the into their design plans.