REACTing to STEAM
Our Westlakes STEAM trail had a visit from REACT Engineering’s youth group REACTioneers one evening this week – together with their parents. Thanks for visiting REACTioneers!! To plan your visit with a group or as a family, head to http://steamwestlakes.com/
BEC offers up £25k to Cumbria Community Foundation’s #iwill fund
BEC offers up £25k to Cumbria Community Foundation’s #iwill fund Giving:BEC contribution forms part of £100k pot for youth social action projects 16th July 2019: Profit-for-Purpose property firm BEC has donated £25k to the #iwill campaign run by Cumbria Community Foundation (CCF), taking the total funds for Cumbria to £100k. The national #iwill campaign aims […]
STEAM Trail visit: Friends Of Chernobyl’s Children.
25th June 2019: Our Westlakes STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts & Maths) hosted a fun visit for 11 Belarusian children last week, organised by Friends Of Chernobyl’s Children. They learned all about STEAM subjects and the weather was perfect for them. The Westlakes STEAM trail blends outdoor education with digital learning. The curriculum focused destination […]
BEC’s North Shore development wins prestigious International Green Apple Built Environment Award
Cumbrian property company scoop win in Built Environment category for Sustainable Development. 26th June 2019: BEC’s transformational North Shore scheme has won an International Green Apple Built Environment award. The scheme ‘recognises, rewards and promotes environmental best practice all over the world’, aiming to improve environmental performance and encourage more efficient use of resources. It […]
Construction to start on Buzz Station and Watershed as Thomas Armstrong appointed as lead contractor
Local firm will bring 200-year history to Whitehaven’s boldest modern development 22nd May 2019: Thomas Armstrong have been appointed as lead contractor to BEC’s North Shore Buzz Station & Watershed sites following a competitive tender. Thomas Armstrong will lead an internal and external team of skilled craftspeople to turn the derelict site into Cumbria’s premier […]
Bella & Marty smash the Mini Great Manchester Run to raise money for Hospice at Home West Cumbria
Well couldn’t we just BURST with pride as young Bella & Marty smashed the Mini Great Manchester Run on Sunday 19th May to raise money for Hospice at Home West Cumbria. We were delighted to support them with training t-shirts this year. You can still sponsor them and support this wonderful local charity that does […]
Buzz Station’s bold little sister: Whitehaven to get powerful new business incubator
Sellafield Ltd and BEC collaboration will bring dynamic new space and support for fledgling firms 13th May 2019: Whitehaven is soon to have a business incubator to rival the UK’s biggest cities. Thanks to a bold collaboration between Sellafield Ltd and local profit-for-purpose developer BEC, plans have been created for a new facility that will […]
BEC places at 31 in the Cumbria Hot 100
This month saw the first Hot 100 list of Cumbria firms in In Cumbria Magazine. We were proud to place at 31 in the list of incredible companies across a huge rage on industries. Check out the full list here: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=ba446f2b-56a6-4459-99ed-5f6f582371ab&pnum=1
Lillyhall site shortlisted to host Heathrow logistics hub
We were delighted to act as “site sponsor” for the former Alcan site at Lillyhall in the bid to make it one of four Healthrow logistics hubs. It is one of 18 to make the shortlist out of 121 expressions of interest to host. The bid was led by Sellafield Ltd with BEC as site […]
BEC’s North Shore shortlisted for two Planning Awards
BEC’s North Shore shortlisted for two Planning Awards The national Planning Awards have revealed BEC to be shortlisted for awards in the ‘Plan Making’ and the ‘Planning Permission of the Year’ categories 19th March 2019: BEC’s transformational North Shore scheme has been shortlisted for two categories in the national Planning Awards. Today’s shortlist named BEC’s […]