New owners for pair of high-dispensing Halifax pharmacies
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has sold a pair of high-dispensing Halifax pharmacies.
The sale comprised a pair of well-established GP-integrated pharmacies in Halifax, West Yorkshire, which trade under the Medichem brand. One is located at a Kos Clinic in Hipperholme, and the other at Northowram Surgery in the village of Northowram. Together, they dispense circa 20,000 items per month.
The pharmacies were previously owned and operated by Pharmacist Directors, Rajeev Dhand and Ivan Ng, in partnership with the adjoining surgeries’ GPs. They decided to sell to concentrate on another pharmacy business in Leeds and pursue other projects outside of community pharmacy.
Following a confidential sales process with Christie & Co, they have been sold to Pharmacist Director, Jeet Vadodaria, and his partners that include the Principal GP at the two surgery locations. They already own Swillington pharmacy near Leeds, which was also acquired via Christie & Co in 2021, and plan to expand the vaccination offering at both sites and to enhance the business’s additional services offering. They will also redevelop the surgery and pharmacy at the Hipperholme site, eventually moving into a brand-new, purpose-built retail unit.
Rajeev Dhand says: “Having instructed Jon at Christie & Co to successfully sell my Medichem pharmacy in Pontefract earlier this year it was no surprise that we had a competitive bidding process for the Halifax sites when they were launched to the market. The new owners inherit a pair of excellent pharmacies and I have no doubt that, with the plans they have for developing the business, they will become even more successful with such a strong base to begin. Ivan and I wish the new owners and the staff the very best for the future.”
Jeet Vadodaria says: “We are grateful to Raj and Ivan for their patience in completing the purchase during the economic turmoil in markets. This completion proves that independent pharmacies with a strong operational base and an enthusiastic business plan for the future still attracts the lenders and allow ambitious owners to expand their existing portfolios. We would like to wish Raj and Ivan all the best for their future.”
Jon Booth, associate director at Christie & Co, who handled the sale, comments: “These two pharmacies received a great deal of attention when we launched them to market as they are located very close to one another and have above-average dispensing volumes. I was pleased to have sold these pharmacies for Raj Dhand following the successful sale of Medichem – Pontefract Ltd for him earlier this year, and I’m sure that they’re in good hands with the new owners.
“High-quality assets of this type still remain rare to the market across West Yorkshire and, despite the ongoing uncertainty both within the sector and the wider economy, we are still experiencing robust levels of interest for these types of opportunities.”
These two pharmacies were sold for an undisclosed price.
Frenchgate partners with Yorkshire Wildlife Park for a competition to name polar bear
Frenchgate Shopping Centre in Doncaster city centre has launched a competition in collaboration with Yorkshire Wildlife Park as part of their new Christmas campaign.
The Centre’s Christmas campaign has a new theme for 2022 named “Project Christmas” featuring a hand-crafted paper snowy white polar bear at the centre of the campaign, and Frenchgate is giving young visitors to the Centre the opportunity to name the bear.
The paper sculpture has been brought to life by Yorkshire artist Andy Singleton, whose work is an exploration of the natural and manmade world through intricate paper cuttings, paper sculpture, hand-drawn illustrations and large-scale installations. He has previously worked with a number of high-profile clients including Sony PlayStation, Burberry and Harrod’s among them.
As part of the campaign, the Centre will be highlighting issues facing polar bears and their environment, which is a contributing factor to their vulnerability as a species.
Launching on Wednesday 9th November, visitors to the Centre will be able to visit the sculpture of the bear outside H&M and Beaverbrook’s which will have its very own postbox for anyone wanting to suggest a name for the bear.
Polar bears have a special place in many Doncasterian’s hearts due to the city being home to the only polar bears in England at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, the largest centre for polar bears outside of Canada.
The winner of the competition will win a tailor-made Polar Bear experience courtesy of Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
Ian Leech, Marketing Manager for Frenchgate said: “It’s fantastic to have the support of the Wildlife Park, home to the only polar bears in England, on our latest Christmas campaign.
“The Park is more than aware of the dangers facing the bears as a result of climate change and we aim to help raise awareness through our latest campaign Project Christmas.
“The competition to name the polar bear is a great way for visitors to get involved. When children visit the polar bear and submit their entry to the postbox, they will see facts all about polar bears that will help educate and inspire.”
Lindsi Blakeman, Head of Sales and Marketing at Yorkshire Wildlife Park said: “We’re more than happy to support Frenchgate with their latest campaign Project Christmas.
“Anything that highlights how incredible and vulnerable some of Doncaster’s most famous residents are is something Yorkshire Wildlife Park can get behind.”
Yorkshire carbon consumption levels rise due to the cost of living crisis
UK household carbon emissions increased less than expected in 2021 despite the easing of national lockdown restrictions, according to new research by Accenture.
Accenture’s UK Carbon Consumption Index – which looks at how the nation’s consumption habits play a role in changing carbon emissions – found that UK households’ average weekly CO2 emissions rose by less than 1%, from 315kg in 2020 to 317kg in 2021.
While the marginal uptick in household emissions could suggest that consumers took up more sustainable consumption habits, accompanying analysis of adults across Yorkshire and the Humber found that a majority believe the rising cost of living will impact their ability to consume more responsibly in the future. Specifically, 61% agreed that the energy price cap rise will negatively impact their efforts to be more sustainable.
Almost half of consumers in the region (49%) said they are more likely to prioritise price over environmental factors when shopping because of the rising cost of living compared to just 6% who are likely to prioritise the environment over price.
Respondents across Yorkshire and the Humber also called out the role of businesses, with over half (55%) agreeing that companies aren’t doing enough to limit carbon emissions in products and services.
Of the steps brands could take to encourage people to shop more sustainably, rewards/incentives for recycling/returning the product were identified as the most effective by those in the region (53%), followed by lower cost sustainable products (51%).
Stephen Rippengill, Managing Director at Accenture, Leeds, said: “Yorkshire and the Humber has a long history at the forefront of the manufacturing industry, and we benefit from science and innovation parks across the region that are helping to drive the modern industrial revolution. However, it’s clear that the current cost of living crisis is impacting people’s ability to make environmentally conscious decisions. Now more than ever, businesses need to be working together to further innovation that delivers more cost effective, sustainable solutions that people can adopt regardless of the economic outlook.”
Under-30s became ‘carbon conflicted’
Nationwide, the biggest jump in carbon emissions was amongst the under 30s – a 6% increase to 125kg in average weekly carbon emissions per household member. At the same time, two-thirds of 18-24 year olds (65%) said that environmental sustainability is important to them – the highest of any age group surveyed. Overall, average weekly emissions per household member was the highest for the 65 to 74 age group in 2021 at 164kg, followed by 50 to 64 year olds at 156kg.
Hospitality, shopping and transport emissions rise as restrictions eased
Across the UK, ‘housing, fuel, and power’ were still the biggest sources of carbon emissions, making up just over two-fifths of UK households’ CO2 emissions in 2021, though overall emissions in this category dropped.
This drop suggests that consumers may have invested in making their homes more energy efficient, as all products in this category saw significant reductions in their emissions intensity, including gas and electricity emissions, which fell by 18% and 9% respectively. Moreover, expenditure for the ‘maintenance and repair of dwelling’ category went up by 10% in 2021 compared to 2020.
The category which saw the biggest emissions increase was ‘Restaurants and Hotels’, up 90% to 10.8kg. However, this was largely driven by takeaway meals, highlighting another retained behaviour from successive lockdowns.
Other spending categories which saw significant emissions increases were linked to consumers returning to socialising and hospitality, including ‘Transport’, up 20% to 100.6kg, and ‘Clothing and Footwear’, up 21% to 4kg.
Cutting carbon vs cutting costs
Despite challenges around the cost of living crisis impacting consumers ability to make greener consumption choices, respondents said they would consider behavioural changes to both cut costs and be more sustainable.
In Yorkshire and the Humber, almost three-quarters (73%) would cut back on heating to save money compared to under a quarter (23%) who said they would do so for environmental reasons. 61% said they would cut down on food waste to reduce costs and 32% would do so to be more sustainable.
Toby Siddall, Sustainability lead for Accenture in the UK and Ireland concluded: “Given the challenging economic environment, sustainable products and services need to be positioned as a cost-effective option for the consumer, not a premium choice. Shifting towards more circular and sustainable business models will help businesses achieve this by spurring innovation in products and production. Businesses can only make sustainability a real force for change by embedding it into the heart of their operations to drive more sustainable consumption among their customers and wider society.”
Research Methodology
Carbon Consumption Index (CCI)
Accenture commissioned Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) to produce the research. To calculate the level of emissions generated by each specific product, the average weekly spend by UK households on that product is multiplied by the estimated level of embedded CO2 emissions generated by a £ worth of spending on that item. Data on average weekly spending across different categories is sourced from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Living Costs and Food Survey, while the levels of CO2 emissions per £ of spending are based on the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (DEFRA) published estimates. These emission estimates capture the carbon footprint of the production of any goods and services that are consumed in the UK, regardless of where in the world these emissions are generated. Crucially, this means that imported emissions are included in the research results. With this methodology, the emissions associated with a car produced in Germany and purchased by an individual in the UK are reflected in UK consumers’ total emissions, on the basis that the emissions are generated on the behalf of the UK customer. Since a kilogram of CO2 generates the same amount of global warming, irrespective of where it is generated, the inclusion of imported emissions is necessary in painting a complete and representative picture of UK consumers’ carbon footprint.
There was a revision to the previous CCI’s estimated average weekly CO2 emissions for 2020 (up from 204.3kg to 315.3kg) based on the latest ONS expenditure data. The revision can be attributed to two factors: first, DEFRA regularly revises its emissions estimates when publishing its updated tables based upon the latest source data. Second, the estimates of households’ consumption in 2020 were replaced with data from the ONS Living Cost and Food Survey for that period.
YouGov Polling
YouGov conducts its public opinion surveys online using something called Active Sampling for the overwhelming majority of its commercial work, including all nationally and regionally representative research. The emphasis is always on the quality of the sample, rather than the quantity of respondents. When using Active Sampling, restrictions are put in place to ensure that only the people contacted are allowed to participate. This means that all the respondents who complete YouGov surveys will have been selected by YouGov, from a panel of registered users, and only those who are selected from this panel are allowed to take part in the survey. Once the survey is complete, the final data are then statistically weighted to the national profile of all adults aged 18+ (including people without internet access). All reputable research agencies weight data as a fine-tuning measure and YouGov weights by age, gender, social class, region and level of education. The public opinion survey commissioned by Accenture was conducted between 15th – 16th August 2022 with 2,006 respondents.
Fall in GDP sets country on course for quickest return to recession in almost half a century
The UK economy shrank by 0.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2022, setting Britain on course for the quickest return to recession since 1975 and offering sobering backdrop to the Autumn Statement next week, the Resolution Foundation said today (Friday).
While a smaller fall than markets expected, the latest contraction was widespread, with consumer spending shrinking amidst an acute cost-of-living.
Should the UK slide into recession next quarter it would be the quickest return to recession since 1975, with the UK only coming out of its last recession eight quarters ago (in Q2 2020).
The UK’s performance was weaker than all other G7 economies (though data for Japan has not yet been published).
James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation, said: “Falling consumer spending has caused the economy to shrink in the third quarter of 2022. This has set Britain on course for the quickest return to recession in nearly half a century.
“These latest figures provide a sobering backdrop to the Autumn Statement next week. The Chancellor will need to strike a balance between putting the public finances on a sustainable footing, without making the cost-of-living crisis even worse, or hitting already stretched public services.”
Freshney Place development planning application submitted
The planning application for a new market hall, a cinema and other leisure facilities at the Western end of Freshney Place have now been submitted into the planning system.
This is another opportunity for people to have their say on the scheme before it is considered by the Planning Committee in the months ahead, and is the time when statutory authorities can also submit their detailed comments.
As previously reported, the council has won significant grant monies for the transformation of the western end of Freshney Place, which it bought during the summer. The proposed leisure development will house a new cinema, with local and regional operator Parkway Entertainment Group coming in as an anchor tenant and pledging to provide a great venue to complement its offer in Cleethorpes.
The plans will also feature a remodelled entrance to the centre, which will be lined with units for leisure and eateries, and an entrance to a new and transformed Market Hall.
Prior to submission, public drop in sessions were held by the project team to inform residents and businesses what the scheme might look like if approved, as well as talking through the timescales for the various phases of the development.
During the consultation, the main issues highlighted by visitors included the leisure use of the area, parking once the improvements have been made, and the design, look and feel of the planned new buildings.
Alongside the plans for the Freshney Place development, North East Lincolnshire Council has launched a new project aiming to improve the town centre street scene. Focused on the Victoria Street West pedestrian precinct and surrounding streets, officers are encouraging owners of a relatively small number of street-facing properties to make improvements. They are writing to the owners of properties and advising them on the works needed to bring their buildings to an acceptable standard.
Work is also progressing on the Riverhead scheme, with the plans being put forward for approval by the Council’s Cabinet at the meeting next month. These plans do not require planning permission as it is permitted development on public land. If approved, work is expected to start in the early new year.
Cllr Philip Jackson, leader of the Council, said: “We have said all along that we are working to improve our town centres, to make them more attractive for people to live and work in. We have already seen the improvements to Garth Lane and St James’ Square completed, and now we’re working hard to deliver other elements of the Grimsby masterplan, as well examining opportunities to use empty spaces differently.”
Innovative Lincolnshire climate business vying for top national award
Up-and-coming climate tech company, Seaweed Culture, is one of the final 100 businesses from across Great Britain aiming to take home a top award at the Santander X UK Awards.
The Lincolnshire-based business seeks to tackle climate change by reducing methane emissions in livestock through the use of seaweed and is one of 60 business vying to win the Launch category at the Santander X UK Awards, where the national winner will take home a top prize of £15,000.
Seaweed Culture’s Founder and CEO, Luke Smith, developed his passion for supporting the environment whilst studying at the University of Lincoln, UK, and identified seaweed as a way to help the livestock industry meet net zero targets and create climate conscious products.
Luke, who received advice and funding from the University’s Student Enterprise Services to support his start-up journey, has developed a novel land-based cultivation system to grow a seaweed species not native to the UK.
When incorporating less than 0.2% into their daily diets, this seaweed species can reduced methane emissions from cows by up to 95% with no effects on the quality of meat or milk while also increasing productivity and reducing cost.
Having been selected from a field of 500 applications, Luke is now taking part in a tailored, intensive business training programme ahead of pitching heats at the Oval in London on 28th November where the Awards finalists will be selected.
Six businesses from the Launch category will be chosen to take part in the final the following day at London’s One Marylebone where the judging panel will be headed up by Santander UK CEO Mike Regnier.
Speaking about his progress in the Awards, Luke said: “Being part of the Santander X Cohort has really helped the business refine its approach moving forward. It has been a great opportunity to learn and strengthen our own understanding alongside supporting the business.”
Should Seaweed Culture bring home the award, it would add to the growing list of accolades which both Luke and the business have already secured. The company won both the Environmental/Sustainable Business of the Year and the Andrew Stevenson Award – which recognises businesses with significant global potential – at the Lincolnshire Business Excellence Awards 2022, whilst Luke has previously been recognised as one of Lincolnshire’s 30 Under 30.
100 tonnes of steel prepared and delivered as Brough construction company starts on £5m factory
Over 100 tonnes of steel has been prepared and delivered as a Brough construction starts on huge new hi-tech production centre.
CambridgeHOK is constructing a huge new packhouse in a £5m project which will see a hi-tech facility built able to package and store millions of tomatoes and cucumbers per year. As part of the project, CambridgeHOK was tasked with designing and building the facility in Ely, Cambridgeshire, including foundations and civils, structural steelwork, external cladding, cold store panelling and the mechanical and electrical systems. The client, Fenland Glasshouse Limited, is a company owned by funds managed by Schroders Greencoat LLP. 100 tonnes of steel, including trellis beams up to 16m long, were prepared by CambridgeHOK over a three month period and delivered to site. That work included 1,136 welded assemblies, and the need for steelwork to be sent to a specialist galvanisers with a 21m long bath, such is the length of steel used, making it the largest Venlo style building ever manufactured at CambridgeHOK’s East Yorkshire factory. The 3,600m2 packhouse is to be constructed ready for the first of the 2023 crop to be processed in March. Fenland is the latest glasshouse project to be built using funds managed by Schroders Greencoat LLP. It is one of the largest ever constructed in the UK with a footprint of over 22 hectares, and one of the most advanced, using LED lighting to accelerate growth whilst warming the structure using water-source heat pumps. Louis Bradley, joint managing director of CambridgeHOK, said: “We were of course extremely pleased to secure this project from a true leader in energy efficient glasshouse production, and ahead of competition from Dutch builders. “This site grows tomatoes and cucumbers for UK consumers in high-tech greenhouses using sustainable energy and the new packhouse will house the latest packing technology, allowing thousands of fresh tomatoes and cucumbers to reach the shelves of British supermarkets each day, and throughout the year. “This project is a great fit us as it allows all of the disciplines within the company to be involved in contributing to the true turnkey delivery.” Production of the steelwork was overseen by CambridgeHOK’s factory manager Simon Goff. He said: ““This has been a unique project for us to design and project manage given the sheer size and weight of some of the steel involved. “We had to complete the steelwork and transport it for galvanising in three stages, each time then delivering to site. We are talking huge pieces of steel, with a roof truss 16 metres long and a building standing nine metres high. “It has been a great project to oversee personally and its now over to our construction team to build over the coming months. After all the hard work in the factory it will be great to see the structure now begin take place.” CambridgeHOK has a Certificate of Factory Production Control (FPC), issued by the Steel Construction Certification Scheme, which confirms it is qualified to produce ‘load bearing and welded structural steel components up to EXC 3’ – in accordance with BS EN 1090-2-2018 and the UK Designated Standard BS EN 1090 – 1:2009+A1:2011. Each part welded and manufactured is 100% traceable throughout its entire lifecycle, providing quality assurance for clients.Abbey Road helps medtech start up company prescribe music to patients
A Groundbreaking Hull health-tech start-up, is prescribing music to help ease pain and anxiety and has been welcomed into Abbey Road Red – the tech incubation programme at the world-famous London studios.
The venue is renowned for its creativity and technological excellence. It is a global icon that has been the musical home to The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Shirley Bassey, Cilla Black, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Adele; to name but a few.
Incubation at Abbey Road Red will provide MediMusic with a development springboard to explore the effect of sound on physiology, relationships with key music and technology industry stakeholders, and advice from Red’s specialist mentor network. MediMusic – is the brainchild of Gary Jones and Matt Wheldon. It works by fingerprinting algorithms which scientifically mimic the human brain’s response to individual music tracks. Personalised playlists are auto-created that cause a positive physiological and emotional response. And, by using an optional heart rate monitor their Artificial Intelligence-driven Digital Drip™ analyses a listener’s physiological response to the playlist tracks. The Digital Drip knows what that response should be. If the heart rate falls outside of the expected threshold subsequent tracks are swapped out in real-time to bring the heart rate back in line and the resulting data is captured by the Digital Drip for future use by a machine learning process, to refine subsequent playlist creation. Red will help MediMusic refine and launch its next set of features including new bio-markers alongside heartrate, machine learning to fine-tune its dataset and improve its automated playlist curation, an enhanced set of proprietary data identifiers to describe the medical effects of songs, tackling the new area of pain reduction with music, and more. Gary Jones, co founder of MediMusic said ““We’re thrilled to have the support of Abbey Road Red and its music tech incubator programme to develop our revolutionary innovation of prescribing music as medicine. MediMusic has managed to digitally fingerprint the DNA of music so we can deliver the right songs as medicine to ease anxiety and stress. You could say it’s a musical pharmaceutical. Our initial clinical trials prove it has a very encouraging future in the treatment of patients. Using our technology, doctors, nurses and care home workers will be able to monitor the effect of the music in a clinical environment and see the benefits for themselves. “Using MediMusic could also reduce the use of drugs in treating anxiety and pain in patients by up to a quarter, thereby saving money for the NHS. “We passionately believe dispensing music as medicine is going to revolutionise the treatment of people in pain and stress, and we’re honoured that Abbey Road Red will help us on this journey.”450 jobs at risk as Bakkavor announces closure of Lincolnshire site
Some 450 jobs are at risk in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, as Bakkavor announces closure of its Lincolnshire factory.
The company is proposing to close Bakkavor Salads in Sutton Bridge, due, it says, to the ‘macro-economic backdrop and in particular consumer sentiment in the UK, which remains very challenging.’
In a press statement the company states: “As reported in our Half Year Results announcement in September, the significant level of inflation and consumer headwinds we are continuing to face are expected to persist into next year.
“Recent investments across our UK operations to enhance our capacity and capabilities provide us with a strong platform on which to further leverage our scale and flexibility. Therefore, as we seek to protect our business, we have undertaken a detailed review of our UK footprint. We are proposing to close two sites; Bakkavor Salads in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire and Bakkavor Desserts in Leicester. Our other UK sites have the capacity and capabilities to continue to fully service our customers should these proposals go ahead.
“As a business that invests in the development of its people, rewards long service and invests in the local communities in which we operate, it is with great sadness that this difficult but necessary business decision may impact a number of our colleagues. Across the two sites, we employ over 900 colleagues.
“We will shortly be commencing a 45-day consultation period with affected colleagues and their representatives at both sites. If the proposals go ahead, we will do everything we can to support our colleagues and try to minimise job losses. We are committed to offering our weekly paid colleagues comparable roles at a different Bakkavor site, and for those where this is not possible, we will be working on several initiatives to help colleagues secure alternative employment opportunities in their local area.”
Mike Edwards, CEO, commented:“As with businesses all over the UK, we are having to take decisive action to adapt to the challenging macro-economic backdrop. The decision to close any site is never taken lightly, and we do not underestimate the impact of this announcement on our colleagues and the local communities within which we operate. We remain committed to both protecting our business and doing everything we can to support our people through this difficult time.”
Ground breaking environmental project at Lincolnshire Academy aims to save £21k pa
A Lincolnshire Academy is investing in a ground-breaking environmental scheme which will slash energy bills and reduce its carbon footprint.
A heat pump, thought to be the first of its kind in northern Lincolnshire, will replace the 31-year-old system to help provide the heating and hot water in a £520,000 scheme.
Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust has secured the funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as part of its Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, delivered by Salix Finance.
The scheme aims to put the public sector at the forefront of decarbonising buildings in the UK.
The school has also installed 359 solar panels at the site and swopped out all internal lights to LED.
The project is expected to save more than 3,000 tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide being emitted into the earth’s atmosphere over its 25-year lifespan.
Trust Chief Executive Officer Martin Brown said unpredictable and increasing costs of oil, together with the opportunity of funding, prompted the move.
“Somercotes is our only Academy where heating is provided by oil,” he said.
“We’re proud to be installing energy efficient, air source heat pump technology and showing our students we are reducing our environmental impact, something as young people they feel very strongly about.
“The scheme will also help with rising energy costs. Oil for the old boiler system costs around £20,000 annually, expected to rise to between £25,000 and £30,000 this winter.”
The air source heat pump is estimated to save almost £9,000 a year and the solar panels more than £12,000 through on-site generation.
“With all the improvements, we’re anticipating a cost saving of £21,000 annually, money which can be used to benefit students elsewhere in the Academy,” said Mr Brown.
Salix Finance delivers funding on behalf of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and also offers support and expertise to the public sector to decarbonise, improve energy efficiency and lower bills.
The project was driven by Rob Middleton, Facilities Officer at LGAT. He and Facilities Manager Mark Shadbolt watched as the £200,000, 7.5-tonne heat pump, was dropped into its position using a 75-tonne crane.
He said: “I saw the scheme through doing some research last October and we heard of our successful bid in February, so it’s been a long road to this point.
“It’s going to have a dramatic impact on our carbon emissions. The heat pump will reduce the carbon dioxide produced every year by 69%, preventing 98 tonnes going into the atmosphere annually. The solar panels will account for a further 26 tonnes and changing to LED lights 25 tonnes.”
Mr Shadbolt said: “Seeing it in situ is a big relief. Rob’s put in a huge amount of work to get it to this point and we’re just looking forward to progressing with the scheme.”
The switch from oil to the heat pump is scheduled to be completed in the February half term.
The solar panels across three rooftops have been installed and are already generating up to 50% of the school’s required energy. The heat pump will make up the shortfall.
Smart metering and a building energy management system will provide data to ensure the system is operating effectively.
Fouad Amuni, client support officer at Salix Finance, said: “Working on the Trust’s decarbonisation project has been really exciting and inspiring.
“They got rid of a 31-year-old fossil heating system and are replacing it with clean, energy efficient heat pumps.
“They’re also adding solar panels and Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS).
“They’re making a really positive environmental impact by saving over 3,000 of tonnes of carbon over the next 25 years and at the same time educating future generations about the importance of renewable and sustainable energy.”
