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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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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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Caring Judith is Finalist for a Top Regional Award »

Here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, as a business park providing office space for over 5o businesses and 2000+ employees, we are truly behind the ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ mentality.

Therefore, we are always thrilled to see local businesses growing in success and individuals performing outstandingly within their job roles.

So, when we heard that local care manager Judith Ayre from Home Instead Senior Care, Darlington, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Great North East Care Awards 2012 we were chuffed to bits!

A Trusted Source of Care in Your Own Home

The awards which are held each year across the UK recognise and pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work.

Home Instead Senior Care specialise in providing care services to older people to help them remain in their own homes across Darlington and surrounding areas. It is for her dedication to caring and her leadership role, training and developing her team of caregivers that she was nominated for the ‘Home Care Registered Manager Award’.

Diane Chandler owner of Home Instead, said, “ We are absolutely delighted that the Great British Care Awards have been so impressed with Judith just as we are. When I first met Judith it was her calm and caring manner that made me want to offer her a job immediately. She goes above and beyond caring for others. She actively cares for clients and supports and trains our caregivers to provide only the best of care.  This is a great honour and we are immensely proud of Judith and wish her the very best of luck and whatever happens, to us she is still the best care manager in the North East!”

Judith will learn if she is a winner at a glitzy awards evening to be held on 24th November at The Hilton Hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne, hosted by TV presenter Alison Hammond.

To contact Home Instead Senior Care in Darlington please

call 01325 467333 or visit www.homeinstead.co.uk/darlington

 

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AMEC Freshers Feel the Love at Lingfield Point! »

Freshers Week came to Lingfield Point this week – but the new kids on the block aren’t students.

All of the exhibitors from the Freshers Fair and Eddie Humphries, Estate Manager, far right.

For the Darlington business park lined up a university-style freshers’ fair with fun stands and sweet treats to celebrate the arrival of the first staff from consultancy, engineering and project management services company AMEC.

More than 500 people are relocating to Lingfield’s impressive Meadow office space, and were introduced to all the lifestyle benefits Lingfield Point staff love at the fair, held yesterday.

Eddie Humphries, Estate Manager, said:

Becky Sunter from Stitching Knitwits, demonstrating knitting skills to some AMEC employees.

“Our stunning office spaces are amazing places to work, but we also offer a whole lot more to enrich the lives of people based here. We call it our business version of the good life – we have parkland, sports facilities, fantastic artworks and even our own beehives. So we decided to lay on a student-style freshers’ fair with stands where AMEC people can find out about all the useful and fun facilities they can use here.”

Staff at Lingfield Point can hire free bikes and use cycle paths from Darlington, or take a dedicated Arriva bus service and leave their cars at home. The Little Lingfield’s nursery provides on-site childcare.

And when chilling out, staff can master the needles at Stitching Knitwit knitting sessions, work out with a smile at Happy Fit Camp and dine in style at Alexander MacMurray’s canteen.

The AMEC staff join top names already based at Lingfield Point including the Student Loan Company, NAAFI, Xentrall, Four Seasons Health Care and NFU Mutual.

Rosie Whelpton offers a tempting treat to AMEC’s Vice President Peter Stalker and Estate Manager Eddie Humphries.

Jo Clapham, AMEC’S Vice President, Human Resources, said: “AMEC is pleased to be on site at Lingfield Point.  Our employees are quickly becoming part of the Lingfield family and are looking forward to exploring all that Lingfield  has to offer at today’s Freshers Fair.”

Eddie said: “We’re delighted at AMEC’s arrival – the company is a further prestigious addition to our thriving business community. And we’re sure AMEC staff will feel right at home here.”

For more information about Life here at Lingfield Point and our fabulous,

regenerated office space give us a bell on 01325 486 486!

 

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Lingfield Life is Alive and Kicking on Facebook! »

Here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, we are keen to get not just our 50+ businesses that have chosen to base themselves in our office space, but anyone and everyone in the know about Lingfield Life and just how good it really is!

Come and Join our Neighbourhood..

So, we are now up and running on Facebook and we would like to provide you with a few top tips in how to get the best from our page and also a little incentive as to why you might want to ‘like’ us…

As soon as you have hit that ‘LIKE’ button you are immediately welcomed into the world or Lingfield Life. Our Facebook page provides you with more than just some basic information about us as a business park – it allows you to interact with everything we are up to including events, activities, blogs, recent news and much, much more.

You can keep up to date with our regular blogs and tweets, informing all our followers about what is going on in our neighbourhood. Our most recent examples include our newly bagged artist in residence and our celebratory gift to spread the love to all of our customers – spearmint flavoured Lingfield Life rock!

Our Facebook page also provides you with an at-a-glance guide to what is going on including an up to date list of all of the unique events that take place within our community – from Vintage Tea Dances with Naafi or Bike Amnesty to promote one of our ethical endorsements: sustainability.

The Lingfield Life Facebook page also provides you with our recent offers and information about our offices with soul – what we have available that will best suit you and your business’s requirements.

Get Involved and Get Liking!

It is a fantastic way of reaching new customers and demonstrating how we are unique to other office space providers. We don’t just sell office space – well sell a lifestyle. A family friendly, all-inclusive neighbourhood complete with a ‘Little Lingfields’ nursery and canteen run by Alexander MacMurray open to both our customers and the public. If its culture and character you are after – Lingfield Life is the lifestyle for you!

The power is in your hands – literally! Move that mouse and get clicking,

because without your LIKES we cannot spread our love!

 

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Lingfield Rocks! »

In celebration of AMEC’s arrival here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, we decided what better way to spread around some triumphant love than in the shape of delicious spearmint-flavoured rock!

Tah-dah! The finished products..

As unique office space providers in Darlington we are always looking for new exciting customers to welcome into our neighbourhood. Needless to say we were thrilled to seal the deal with the global engineering firm, with the 500+ employees making home in our Meadow.

We pride ourselves on our service standards to all of the 50+ businesses based here at Lingfield Point, Darlington, so we decided a celebratory gift was in order – and who wouldn’t appreciate a rockin’ welcome into Lingfield Life with a delicious stick of seaside rock?!

Not only did we have the chance to add our unique touch by stamping Lingfield Life through the middle of the confectionary, but I was also able to travel down to John Bull Confectioners in Bridlington, to get fully involved in the rock-making process, watching our very own rock being boiled, rolled, wrapped and boxed!

Ready to escape from the rain into the factory!

I spent the morning enjoying the seaside ‘sunshine’ and drinking in local sights, tasting a cheeky bit of ice cream, fluttering my 2ps on the slot machines in the games arcade and – of course – enjoying good old fish and chips for lunch!

Watching the Lingfield Life rock being made was fascinating. Topped with a not-so flattering hair net, I was lucky enough to be allowed inside the factory and get up close to the brilliant rock-making process, lasting around 20-30 minutes from start to finish.

I managed to film sneaky snippets and snap key points of the skilled rock makers working, as they boiled the sugar and glucose in a large copper pan, poured some the mixture onto a cooling slab and coloured it either red, white or Lingfield-Green!

Rock and Rollin'...

The white-coloured candy was stretched, aerated and flavoured with spearmint on a ‘pulling machine’, then used for both the centre of the rock and layered with the red-coloured candy to become to ‘Lingfield Life’ lettering.

Soon the letters, soft white central candy and Lingfield-Green casing are all wrapped together to form a jumbo tube of ‘Lingfield Life’ rock, before being popped into the ‘batch roller’ where they are stretched, thinned out, cut and wrapped.

 All in all, a fascinating day in the bustling

factory, witnessing the creation of little sticks of Lingfield Life.

So look out for how you can get your hands on your very own stick of  Lingfield Life rock to sweeten up your day!

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Laughing and Loving Life at Lingfield »

We realise that an uplifting environment makes the wheels of productivity turn.  A strong and happy employee base creates a special sense of pride – adding  a giggle into this – can certainly make a difference to the bottom line of business.

Businesses choosing Lingfield Point as a their office base in Darlington appreciate our engaging and entertaining environment and service standard.

Laughter at Lingfield Point

Customer service does not just stop at the pleasantries of your surroundings but also about the ability to raise a smile and giggle with your colleagues providing a contented working environment.

An interesting article on Bdaily Business Network highlighted that the most effective workplace relationship builder is in fact with your boss: http://bdaily.co.uk/news/lifestyle/09-07-2012/employees-want-a-laugh-with-bosses/

Research from www.officebroker.com showed that employees really want their employer to have a good sense of humour with more than 150 out of 600 employees choosing a ‘sense of humour’ as the top boss trait.

Enjoying Lingfield Life with Al Fresco Dining!

A spokesman from officebroker.com commented: “As workers are pushed to do more demanding and time-consuming roles it’s becoming increasingly important that they can share a joke with their boss in a bid to increase their enjoyment of the working day.”

We believe that surrounding yourself with humorous, light-hearted fun can lift your mood and conquer most stresses a working day can throw at you.

Fun and laughter are two big aspects of Lingfield Life as we firmly believe providing a relaxed but focused working environment can boost employee motivation and therefore achieve the best results and meet targets.

 

So come on bosses (and employees) ….

step out from behind your desk for a moment and get giggling!

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Growing support in our wider community »

Our allotment project ‘Gro-zone’ run in conjunction with Friends of the Earth (Darlington) is really starting to take shape.  Over 2000 people now enjoy office space at Lingfield Point and this initiative is a great way meeting colleagues and trying to grown your own vegetables in a stimulating and supportive environment.

Getting ready for growing again at Lingfield Point

Kendra Ullyart, organiser of this unique partnership said: ” We want to make it easy for people to take up an allotment. We know that allotments in general have a high drop out rate in the first year because people panic when they realise how much work they involve but thats why we have created smaller raised beds to let people just come in and start growing.

“We are trying to provide everything they need to make it as simple as possible.”

The initial 24 plots at the site have been filled, including a number taken over by community groups such as the Red Hall Fishing Group, which works with young people on the estate.

Garry Donald, 19, a youth worker, said: “I’ve signed up about ten kids to come and work over here and I know someone else had about eight coming over. It’s a good place for them to come and get a bit of exercise and away from the streets with all the messing about that goes on. Its a brilliant idea.”

Anyone who would like to sign up for an allotment at the GroZone can email kendraullyart@talktalk.net

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Meeting your neighbours around Lingfield Point, @ YARN on 14 March »

You might have noticed that we love a good old shindig here at Lingfield Point.  We represent a significant amount of office space in Darlington – we also represent over 50 businesses that translate to over 2000 local people. 

This all adds up to one of the most productive, yet personal places to work in the North East of England.

We think we know what’s really important – people & productivity.  Add a good old giggle into the mix and you’ve a very buoyant workplace.

Over 50 companies now operate their business from Lingfield Point and we love organising events that help our customers get to know each other and often throw in a giggle or two.  We’ve just held a great regional event in conjunction with the NECC where our businesses could network with companies outside of the area – but its now time for a wee bit of neighbourhood spirit – and a wee bit of wine sipping too!

We love our neighbourhood

Mintronics – one of YARN’s latest customers have now set up a free networking event here at Lingfield Point on 14 March from 3.45pm. This free networking event provides a great way of getting to know your neighbour and looking at ways we can all work together. Tailored exclusively to our customers, each company will be given the opportunity to present their products and services to the gathered audience in the form of a 5 minute informal pitch.

We’ve not created ‘selling’ pitches – it’s a relaxed, social discussion on how you work and what you do….. Whether it’s an opportunity to share ideas; experiences or even present a summary of your most successful product or team to date.

The team from Mintronics will kick-start the presentations with their own 5-minute round-up of their growing business. The software reseller is a classic story of a recessionary start-up with the skill and determination to battle and win-through even the most challenging of economic climates. Mintronics are a partner and authorized reseller for several leading developers of business critical software.

The event will take place next Thursday in YARN Break Out Space (click here to see some amazing shots of our space!) – free of charge and includes complimentary refreshments and a few tasty titbits from canteen by alexander macmurray.

The only thing we ask is if your a customer or even a friend – register in advance to allow for programming of discussions at business@mintronics.co.uk.

You can also register your attendance at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/2946492037

Looking forward to seeing you all at one of our first social events of Spring!