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How much colour has your world got? We love adding colour to ours! »

We often talk about life at lingfield, our creative and unique office space and the atmosphere around of neighhbourhood.

But how do we achieve this? Colour plays an important part in achieving a sense of community – just look at the success of Dulux’s global community intitiative – Let’s Colour.  We love the kaliedoscope of colour – you’ll see it around every corner here at Lingfield Point – its a fundemental part of our art strategy but also in the way we design our offices.  Colour provides a subtle statement and the beauty of colour means you can choose the statement you want to make.

The colours used around our creative office space across the 107 acre business park make bold statements – we’re creative; we’re productive & most importantly we’re a community!

Fun with colour and inspirational statements add life to lingfield

 

YARN – our latest office space based in Lingfield House – uses the colour red to the maximum – and is one of the busiest and creative locations in our neighbourhood. Even our corridors around our buildings don’t escape treatment – again YARN painted in a dark grey now feels shorter – a great trick – and with the beautiful white yarn now installed makes a great statement that also pays homage to our historic links with Patons and Baldwins.

Bold colours work well with contrast – YARN at Lingfield Point

Take stroll across to the national award-winning Student Loans  Company where you’ll find great use of the colour green – in every variation- all helping to made this hard-working, pressurised environment feel calm, easy and stable.

Green is an important colour at the award-winning Student Loans Company

Our external areas don’t escape a touch of colour either – take tickle me – a great piece of artwork full of colour but also our most recent poster campaign – bright statements backed up with colour encouraging people to feel proud of the work they do and the environment they work in – all wrapped up in a cheeky statement or two.

Tickle me!

 

They’ve made such a difference to our neighbourhood – watch this space where even more will appear soon.

 

We love colour – it lights up our life here at Lingfield!

If you’re a business wanting more colour in your world – give us a call on 01325 486486 – we can certainly provide a colourful backdrop for your business -  in the shape and size you need from 250sqft.

 

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Bringing life alive at Lingfield – our new social calendar is out now »

Spring has finally arrived – and just in time too as we launch our new events calendar.

Packed with events, promotions and social shindigs – it’s a great way of getting know your colleagues, learning new skills or getting to know our neighbourhood a wee bit better.

We’re proud to be welcome Teesside University as our higher education partner who have programmed a whole range of events helping you to expand your horizons – adding to existing skills or even tasting something new and more creative.  Look out for the digital photography class or the creative writing class to get inspired this Spring.

We’re also welcoming back our happy fit camps – getting fit with a giggle has never been funnier and our new Stash Busting Surgeries from our artist in residence – Becky Sunter from Tabby Textiles – is bound to be a sure-fire hit.  She’ll be showing us how to make your clutter into classic gifts with a bit of inspiration.  So get spring cleaning – clear out your craft clutter – and let’s get out there and have some fun!

For more information on these events, feel free to log onto the events section of www.lingfieldlife.co.uk or

follow us on facebook at lingfieldpoint – a great way of keeping in touch and getting involved.

 

 

 

 

 

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Doing something funny for money at Lingfield Point »

With over 50 businesses and 2,500 staff who love to giggle and enjoy the lighter side of life at Lingfield Point, it seemed appropriate to be supporting Comic Relief’s Red Nose Appeal.

Customers enjoyed taking aim at Joe and Alex from canteen – our specialist caterer and on-site deli cafe operators – with water bombs and sponges – getting them back for the tasty treats on offer around our 107-acre business park.

Joe – enjoying a sponge or two for Red Nose Day.

And a water bomb for Alex….!

We even enjoyed welcoming our little lingfield-ers – our little people from our on-site nursery, Little Lingfields, who surprised us all with the direct hits scored.  They put us all to shame!

Our little lingfielders surprised us all with direct hits!

Well done to all involved, a great day and a good old giggle  – we’re loving life at lingfield!

 

 

 

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Are you al-desco or al-fresco on a Friday? »

With so many of us pinned to the desk during the working week, how many of us dine al-desco or make the effort to dine al-fresco?

Lingfield Point is home to a significant public sector cluster of companies and some of the largest businesses in the North East – all of which enjoy creative and productive workspace.  But did you know that they also enjoy great break space to dine alfresco too? 

We actively encourage dining away from the desk – staff return fresh, invigorated and clear-headed – with a massive impact on both individual and company productivity.

Life at Lingfield – a healthy balance between work & play

Our 2,500+ customers enjoy the use of 3 café spaces, break out space, and even a vintage snug – breathing life and calm into hard-working souls.  We’ve a busy calendar of taster events and promotions – all helping to stimulate and motivate.  Not forgetting our weekly knitting circle, a cycling group with loan bikes and a fitness trim trail.

Join our artist in residence at her weekly knitting circle

 

Our customers believe that a happy workforce is a productive one and we help them achieve that goal.

We were saddened to learn that in a poll for BBC Breakfast, 54% of those surveyed said that they regularly work through their lunch break, with men saying they are more likely to do so than women. The majority (78%) say that they do not feel under direct pressure to work through their break but that it is a cultural issue for most workplaces.

These people have obviously not experienced Life at Lingfield.

We think its important to strike a balance between a healthy work ethic and a healthy lifestyle when at work. 

So next time you’re thinking what to do for lunch …think about what your lunch can do for you!

 

 

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It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas! »

A HOME-MADE Christmas is on the cards this year – plus a chance to change our lives for the better in the New Year.

We’ve now put together a whole host of events full of Christmas cheer and our 2,500 employees can also relax knowing that we’ve also programmed some events for that post Christmas moment too!

Merry Christmas from Lingfield Point!

 

Lingfield Point, home to over 50 businesses and over 2,500 employees, will enjoy plenty of Christmas cheer making their own felt decorations, weaving bags and even knitting a warm winter scarf to keep the cold out this Christmas. 

 

On 11 December, we’ll be carol singing in Lingfield House as we can browse around our craft specialists and artist in residence – Becky Sunter – learning new skills with gifts galore.   A specialist vintage ‘sweet shope’ will visit the neighbourhood on the December 4 and 12.

Turkey with all the trimmings will be served up at the on-site bistro ‘canteen by Alexander MacMurray’ and as Christmas parties get close, staff will be getting spruced up when the My Little Beauty mobile beauty salon visits.

And in the New Year, Lingfield spread the love and support – trying to help you through your new year resolutions.   Look out for a post-Christmas health check and try out Reiki healing techniques to free up your  energy levels and visits from Teesside University throughout those first few months.

Eddie Humphries, Estate manager, said: “Lingfield Point is all about giving people an enjoyable whole-life experience where leisure, culture and fitness blend seamlessly with work.

“There’s no reason why the dark winter months can’t be fun, and our programme of workshops offers that as well as a bit of new learning for everyone who works here – we’re hoping as many as possible come along and join in.”

For more information on the range events and happenings around Lingfield Point, feel free to log onto www.lingfieldlife.co.uk and look under events or even find us on facebook at lingfieldlife.

No matter how cold the weather get – we’ll soon warm you up with a bit of Lingfield Love!

 

 

 

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Darlington Cares and so do we! »

With over 2500 employees and over 50 businesses based at Lingfield Point, we’re always keen to look at initiatives that strengthen the neighbourhood feel of our business park.

When we heard about an idea to join with other leading employers committed to making Darlington a better place through employee volunteering – we jumped at the chance to become founding members and Darlington Cares – a town-wide initiative – is now alive and ready for action!

We’ve been told that our offices have soul – and this initiative is a perfect way showing this and getting many of our neighbourhood pals involved in an inspiring and practical way.  We think that combining our hands, head and heart (and soul) together with community projects that need support will have a massive impact on their success but business will also reap rewards through connecting with their local community and encouraging a great team working ethic with a morale-boosting bonus!

Darlington Cares will be working with local charities and community projects to build an engaging and coordinated volunteering programme that addresses Darlington’s community needs, particularly in areas of disadvantage.

Darlington Cares with their Secret Santa appeal.

The Darlington campus of Teesside University is hosting the initiative including Programme Manager, Katie Blundell, who is working on the initial programme of activities, including a Secret Santa scheme for the borough’s looked after children in care.

Katie says: ‘we will be rolling out a full programme of activity for 2013, consisting of annual schemes and team challenges. Not only will these activities make a real difference to the local community, but they also offer positive benefits for employers and their employees through skills development and team building opportunities.’

We’re proud to be associated with this caring and thoughtful initiative but if you want to be involved in Darlington Cares or any charity and community groups who would like to discuss the possibility of a project should contact Katie direct on 01642 738970, email: k.blundell@tees.ac.uk.

 

Lingfield Loves Darlington Cares!

Lingfield Point – offices with soul

Teesside University and its commitment to our local community

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Be a Santa to A Senior this Christmas »

As time moves swiftly towards the festive season, we’re proud to be associated with a heart-warming new initiative in our neighbourhood especially aimed at our much-loved older generation.

Spread some festive cheer

 

The gift-giving scheme, called ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ run by ‘AT HOME’ care company, Home Instead Senior Care, based in Lingfield House, will see gifts distributed to elderly people in the community thanks to Age UK Darlington.

You’ll find Christmas trees in our cafe ‘canteen by Alexander MacMurray’ and on the balcony of its spectacular art deco centrepiece Lingfield House decorated with ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’  gift tags, which have suggestions of the type of gift that would be welcome by older people.

With over 2,500 people using our office space in Darlington – we hope we’ll bring some warmth to a few hearts this winter by purchasing appropriate gifts and then leaving them ‘under the tree’ for collection by the Home Instead team.

Eddie Humphries, Lingfield Point’s Estate Manager, said: “We see ourselves as very much part of the community of Darlington and that is reflected in our ‘Lingfield Life’ culture.

“Lingfield Point is very community focused with great facilities, regular activities and events aimed at bringing people together to enrich their working lives – so it comes naturally to extend that to try to prevent any elderly people from feeling isolated and forgotten at Christmas.”

“We’ll be doing all we can to help make ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ a huge success. The trees and collection boxes are already on display and we are looking forward to receiving donations.”

Diane Chandler, owner of Home Instead, Darlington, said: “We are really excited about the launch of this scheme and are delighted that Lingfield Point has decided to partner with us to allow us to distribute gifts to local people who really need them.

Jeanette from canteen (left) and Diane enjoy collecting presents for Santa to a Senior

“We provide care to older people in their own homes. These people are assured of regular company from their caregivers but we hope that ‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ will allow us to reach out to the many older people who, perhaps, don’t receive as many visitors as our clients and who would really appreciate knowing that local people are thinking about them this Christmas.”

‘Be a Santa to a Senior’ was launched in the United States in 2006 and, to date, the initiative has helped provide 1.2 million gifts to more than 700,000 older people.

For more information, please contact Home Instead Senior Care in Darlington on 01325 467833 or visit www.homeinstead.co.uk/darlington

 

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Wonderful Winter Workshops at Lingfield Point »

We were thrilled to learn that we had managed to bag ourselves a fantastic artist in residence, aka Becky Sunter from Tabby Textiles - our very own keen felter and knitting enthusiast!

Here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, we aim to provide the very best facilities for all of the employees occupying our unique office space so it’s perfect to have Becky on site, cozied up in Unit 21, as part of the Lingfield Life package!

Ensuring culture is woven through everything that goes on at Lingfield Point, Becky runs the popular Knitting Café on Monday evenings and Stitching Knitwits classes every Wednesday lunchtime in canteen alongside providing an occasional yarnbombing explosion.

Getting ready for the season to be jolly, Becky also has some great seasonal and festive workshops up her woolly sleeve for you to get stuck into.

Becky Knitting Away Surrounded by her Woolly Goodies!

The first wintery workshop Tabby Textiles is showcasing is ‘Weave a Winter Scarf in a Day’ on 28 November and 5 December – an ideal introduction to knitting for all you first-time weavers to create a truly unique Christmas pressie for someone special!

On Thursday 29 November make sure you get stuck into the ‘Felt Bag Making Project’, more suited to the intermediate felter, providing an opportunity to perfect your skills by making a seamless felt bag with tradition felt-making skills.

Finally on Thursday 6 December Tabby Textiles will be hosting a ‘Felt Christmas Decoration-Making Class’, suitable for all – no matter what your felting level of expertise! Popping along to this workshop will allow you to create your very own, unique decorations to hang on the Christmas tree as well as gorgeous gift tags and unique gift ideas!

There are only limited places so we suggest you snap yours up quickly before they all disappear! Classes range from £45-£55 and run from 10.00am until 3.00pm.

In keeping with our green and sustainable ethos here at Lingfield Point, Tabby Textiles steer clear of machinery techniques and stick to the good old traditional methods using locally farmed wool and other materials and equipment – all of which will be available on the day!

A good old cuppa will also be available but it would be a good idea to being your own lunch – should you get peckish after your morning of hard felting and weaving graft.

So – get seasonal and imaginative with those creative hands! Secure your place in at least one of these wintery workshops by calling Becky on either 01325480370 or 07550002773 or drop her an email on becky.sunter@o2.co.uk.

For more information about the exciting winter events and activities we have lined up

for you this Christmas please visit www.lingfieldpoint.co.uk or like our

Lingfield Life Facebook page for all the up-to-date shenanigans!

 

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Get Sparkling at Star Radio Business Awards 2012! »

We are very excited to announce that we will be getting our glad rags on and dolling up to attend the glamorous Star Radio Business Awards 2012!

As a North-East business park, providing unique, regenerated office space to over 50 businesses,  we truly understand the fabulous diversity that exists within the local businesses in the Darlington area.

We offer a great deal of support to events such as Star Radio Business Awards as they allow every business a chance to be recognised and awarded for all their hard work.

Alongside sipping and socialising, we’re also sponsoring the ‘New Business of the Year Award’ and presenting the award to the worthy winner.

The awards dinner, sponsored by Business Durham, aims to help local businesses raise their profile and enhance their reputation by promoting the great work they are doing and are currently on the search for entrants for the 2012 awards.

If you are lucky enough to bag yourself a sparkling Star Radio Business Award it promises to help your business stand out from the crowd, sending a positive message to current customers and attract plenty of new potential business.

All winners will also share in £20,000 worth of advertising prize money – a definite helping hand in boosting your businesses profile and getting your name out and about! The deadline is just around the corner – so be quick and click on the link below to enter!

Judges umpiring the category that we are sponsoring, ‘Business of the Year Award’, will be deciding which local business has demonstrated great innovation and growth within the last 12 months.

A glamorous night awaits at Star Radio Business Awards

 

Other categories include Business of the Year, Apprentice Award, Customer Service Award, Marketing Award and many more!

You may also enter yourself to be a sponsor for one of the awards to get yourself involved and show your support for all the local businesses.

So – best of luck everyone!

Visit http://www.thisisstar.co.uk/community/businessawards2012.php

and enter your business for the awards category/categories!

 

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Security, Safety & Welcoming Smiles »

Here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, we pride ourselves on providing customer care that’s more than just a smile.

Providing a customer-focussed, fully trained concierge team  providing a warm, safe and secure environment to our customers, partners and visitors is at the heart of our Lingfield Life service standard.

The Lingfield Point Concierge are always here to help!

The satisfaction and comfort from knowing that all our team are regulated and licensed by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) and therefore abide by the laws of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 can not be under-estimated.

Our team also benefit from being employed by the global brand, Securitas – an international security company working in over 50 countries  – ensuring their training, knowledge and skillbase underpins your wellbeing.

All customers, who decide to make a home here, can relax safe in the knowledge that our  team work to the highest degree of professionalism.  The team are entirely focussed on the safety and protection of our customers whether that’s working our state of the art CCTV, biometric access, automatic barriers or the automatic number-plate recognition system (ANPR) and barriers.  Our new roadside screens give a personal welcome and instant call points ensure you and your clients get the welcome they want.

Our Concierge Team Are Regulated and Licensed by the SIA

The Data Protection Act sets rules which our concierge operating the CCTV cameras must follow when gathering, storing and releasing CCTV footage. It is only through police seizure that CCTV footage can be taken out of our hands.

Our unique CCTV system can only be accessed by registered SIA users or when supporting a criminal investigation – this bespoke service operates in the sole interest of our customers – protected by the court of law.

It is safe to say, that although we promote our smiles and service as the main benefit to base your business here, our security and safety is at the core of our care programme.

Feel free to come and say hello and we’ll be delighted to show you the full range

and benefits of becoming a customer here at Lingfield Point

Simply call 01325 486486 and say -  ‘how d’you do?’

 
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