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Steven and Adam get stuck in at St James

As part of our Giving:BEC initiative two team members, Adam Phillips and Steven Parry have been busy supporting St James School. Steven and Adam joined in a day of preparation work in the school garden – cutting hedges and shrubs – ahead of a landscaping project that will improve the grounds for all the children […]

Tasty development at The Buzz Station as Osprey named as food partner

BEC announce contract with local firm to develop artisan food & beverage offering in Cumbria’s flagship digital and creative hub L-R Lucinda Brown Director at Osprey, Craig Lowery Director of Operations at Osprey (Picture courtesy of in-cumbria.com)  6th March 2019: BEC, the property developers behind North Shore, has announced a partnership with local food and […]

Caught on camera! Red squirrels confirmed at Westlakes

Westlakes Science Park has been part of a drive to encourage more red squirrels in our part of the world and it’s now been confirmed that we have at least two resident reds thanks to a recent camera survey. The West Lakes Squirrel initiative set up a covert camera at our squirrel feeder and found […]

Festive Fundraiser – a visit from Howgill Family Centre

As we enter the closing days of January we were proud to hand over a cheque from our Festive Fundraiser to the hard working folks at Howgill Family Centre. The Centre provides education, skills, health, and social care services for children and their families across Copeland and West Cumbria. From practical support to therapeutic intervention, […]

Hurrah! Rugby success for Allerdale

Back in July 2018, our team members gave their cheery support to #BackTheBid as Allerdale threw its hat into the ring to host the Rugby League World Cup 2021. (READ MORE: https://discoverbec.com/rugby-league-world-cup-2021-bec-team-members-backthebid/) This week we were delighted to learn that the bid has been successful. We are supportive of projects that seek to bring more economic […]

Festive Fundraiser – a warm welcome from Calderwood House

Our Community & Energy Officer, Adam, popped over to Calderwood House earlier this month to hand over a lovely big cheque following our festive fundraiser – thanks for the warm welcome Rachel and team, we are very proud to support you. READ MORE: https://discoverbec.com/bec-teams-festive-fundraiser-raises-2450-for-two-local-charities/

Full STEAM ahead at Westlakes Science Park

New outdoor education activity at Westlakes for schools and public to boost understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) subjects. 18th Jan 2019: Local youngsters have a new opportunity to get interactive with a new physical and digital trail at Westlakes Science Park. The trail, opening today, will provide a valuable, curriculum focused […]

BEC team members tackle the plastic scourge on the Whitehaven Coast

Leslie, Andrea, Steven and Rachael use volunteer hours to support the National Trust’s last beach clean of 2018   14th Jan 2018. Keeping Whitehaven’s coast line in tip top shape is no easy job. The National Trust has to organise regular clean ups to protect this beautiful stretch of coast line. At the end of […]

BEC celebrates one year of Grounds Maintenance team

January marks first anniversary of in-house offering     11th January 2019: Local profit for purpose property company, BEC, is celebrating a milestone this month as it’s in house grounds maintenance department turns one. Created following the successful acquisition of local landscaping firm, Greenlands Grounds Maintenance, the creation of the team last year has allowed […]