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We recently completed a project at Wrexham Ambulance and Fire Services Resource Centre (AFSRC) to add comfort cooling to the office space.

The lower floors of the building, which opened in 2016, house the emergency vehicles, whilst the upper floors are laid out as an open plan call centre along with general offices and meeting rooms. Completion of the build…

This is one of those jobs that plays to the strengths of the Kimpton team. It’s a project to replace a 40,000 gallon (180m3) cold water tank on an industrial site. Our aim was to minimise disruption to the production plant it supplies, by working to agreed hours, with scheduled mini-shutdowns.

The old tank was fibreglass and the integrity of…

Kimpton have been successful in their application to join the Fusion21 Heating & Renewables Framework. The framework delivers a range of heating and renewable technology works.

Fusion21 serves a group of over 500 members across public and social sectors to deliver efficiency savings on the procurement of goods and services for property, construction and the built…

We are delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Merseytravel to deliver a £3m upgrade and replacement of the gravity pumped drainage pipework for the Kingsway Tunnel. It’s part of a detailed planned and preventative maintenance and upgrade programme put in place when the first Kingsway tunnel opened in 1971. Our team will complete the work in…

Brian Cashmore has joined the Kimpton team from Opus Building Services in Newcastle as Estimating Manager.

Originally from Birmingham, Brian remains a committed Villa fan despite being surrounded by Newcastle and Sunderland fans in his previous role and now in an office full of Liverpool and Everton fans. He’s expecting to get some stick from his colleagues.

Outside of work, he’s…

What happens to your office waste when it leaves the office is not something many people would worry too much about, but for us, it’s part of our social responsibility to ensure we minimise our environmental impact.

Working with our waste partners B&M, we ensure that NONE of our office waste goes into landfill. This is a big step…

Christmas is over, the decorations are down and we’re all back to work with a bump. But for two of the Kimpton team, just taking their tree to the tip wasn’t enough. They joined a team, made up of 15 other businesses, to collect those used and unwanted Christmas trees, to raise money for the wonderful more >

After a concerted effort by all of the team involved in the run-up to Christmas, the Carden Park Spa opened for business, as promised, on Monday 6th January.

And it looks fabulous.

It’s set in the heart of the Cheshire countryside and offers spa experiences that range from an hour to a full weekend.

What is unusual about…

At Christmas time, the Kimpton team pull all the stops out to give a little back to the communities in which we live and work. This year, the level of support and generosity has reached a new high, with different initiatives from all over the business. Here’s a round-up of just some of the things we’ve done as…

The year is nearly up and it’s time for us to take a break, rest reflect and prepare for another new year ahead.

2019 has been a milestone year for us with interesting projects, big and small, throughout the north-west and the rest of the UK. We took our completed student bedroom count to well over 10,000 with…