Garness Jones, which has overseen property deals and supported landlords and tenants across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire for more than 20 years, says the number of completed property transactions since March of this year, when the country first went into full lockdown, all but matched the same period a year earlier. Paul White (left), agency director at the business, says this was achieved despite...

The works will breathe new life into Minster House, which forms part of Beverley’s Flemingate centre, and make it a prime office location in the thriving market town. Wykeland has appointed Hull-based contractor Stubbs Brothers to carry out the sensitive modernisation of the building to provide a total of 10,000 sq ft of refurbished office accommodation over three floors. More than £550,000 is...

Planning permission to convert the Grade II listed Kings Buildings, in South Church Side, into 24 apartments was approved by councilors earlier this year. However, when the country went into lockdown in March, the project fell through and funders walked away from the deal. Now, city businessman Paul Luen (pictured above right, with Paul White of Garness Jones, left) has stepped in, paying in...

Hosted by Dr Elena Kuvshinova as part of Marketing Humber’s Waterline Summit, the workshop will feature contributions from a range of academic and industry experts, and introduce SMEs to the business possibilities and challenges of this rapidly growing sector as well as showing them how they can play their part in improving flood resilience across the nation’s communities. With climate change...

Matthew Procter, 22, and Toby Nieuwkerk, 20, have been taken under the wing of experienced chartered surveyors within the firm to help them learn on the job, dealing with clients and contracts on a day to day basis. Matthew has been handed the full-time role of graduate surveyor, starting what will hopefully be a three-year road to becoming a fully qualified chartered surveyor, working under the...