Cribbs Causeway Business Centre
The team at Centonex were thrilled to discover an article in 13th July’s Bristol Evening Post by Michael Ribbeck, all about us and our new business venture, the beautiful Cribbs Causeway Business Centre. We have all been rather excited about taking over the operations of this beautiful Georgian building for quite some time, a lot of planning and hard work had to go into the preparations for the take over and at points it started to seem as if the day we would be handed the keys would never come. But all that hard work has paid off and we are ecstatic to present Cribbs Causeway Business Centre to the world.
The Article reads as follows
Agency has investment plans for mansion business centre
A Marketing agency has taken over the running of a historical building once owned by a pioneering businessman.
Centonex, a Bristol based creative marketing agency, has taken over the running of a business centre in a Georgian mansion once owned by the family of Sir George White.
Sir George was one ofBristol’s most prominent businessmen in the city and is acknowledged as the founder ofBristol’s aircraft and aerospace industry. The new operators say they will immediately be spending around £50,000 on repainting the exterior ofHollywoodTowerswhich is close to Cribbs Causeway shopping centre inSouth Gloucestershire. And there are also long-term renovations of the building being planned.
“We shall also be looking at long-term plans for improving the centre,” said Matthew Wofinden, a director of Centonex. Mr Wofinden founded the firm, which is currently based in the centre ofBristol, nine years ago. It has since become one of the leading firms of its kind in the city and in the South West. He Said: “To take on the running of Cribbs Causeway Business Centre during the aftermath of a recession is a fantastic opportunity for us as a firm. Not only do we want to attract already established firms to the centre but also people who have been made redundant and are starting their own business.”
HollywoodTowersstands in 135 acres of open parkland and it is currently owned by Bristol Zoo which has earmarked the land for a wildlife park.
“The Business Centre is ideally placed for road and rail communications,” says Jessica Spavins, co-director of Centonex. “We are close to the M4 and M5 motorway interchange, the M32 running intoBristoland Parkway station. I think it would be difficult to find another building with so much history and in a wonderful rural environment.”
Ms Spavins said the centre could provide offices to accommodate between one and 15 people, and support services such as secretarial, mailing and photo-copying.
Added to this there are also modern kitchen facilities and on-site professional catering for business meetings. There are also meeting and conference rooms at the business centre which can hold up to 50 people.
“We also provide a virtual office which gives businesses a prestigious address and mail handling services,” said Ms Spavins.
HollywoodTowerswas built in the early part of the 18th century and at one time was the family home of John Davis, a governor ofHong Kong. The estate was later bought by Sir George White, who started theBristol and Colonial Aeroplane Company at Filton in 1911 and also ran the tramway system in the city. HeBoughtHollywoodTowers for his son George, later Sir, Stanley White as a wedding gift. After his death in 1964 it was bought by Bristol Zoo. The ambitious plans for a zoo on the estate have been in place for several years but were delayed by the onset of the recession.
Cribbs Causeway Business Centre really is a fantastic and beautiful home for any business. You really have to see it to believe it. It also provides an ideal location and a stunning setting for any type of meeting, training seminar or event.
For more information about Cribbs Causeway Business Centre please visit the website www.cribbscausewaybusinesscentre.com
or contact the Centonex team directly on 0808 131 2862 or team@centonex.com
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