Park Life - Business Park Hampshire

Chineham Park, MEPC's business park located in Hampshire has recently launched a new extranet site offering their customers/tenants news and information on all the latest events and happenings on the basingstoke business park.
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Little red men disappearance

PEOPLE were left scratching their heads after about 120 little red men disappeared from a Chineham roundabout.

Rather than an unscrupulous kidnapping, the disappearance of the metallic men – part of an art installation on the Crockford Lane roundabout since 1999 – was a lot less suspicious.

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Basingstoke Wins Best Office Award

Basingstoke’s newest office building, Central 40 at Chineham Park, has been announced as the winner of the Commercial Workplace Award in the British Council for Offices (BCO) South West and South Wales category.

Established in 1990, the British Council for Offices is Britain's leading forum for the discussion and debate of issues affecting the office sector and their awards scheme is recognised as the pre-eminent benchmark for measuring excellence in workplaces. The awards programme also acknowledges innovation and focuses external attention on examples of best practice.

MEPC Chineham Park’s Central 40 beat a record number of entries with the judges commenting that the winning building embraced sustainable practices 'as standard', alongside delivering an exceptionally high occupier experience.

Patrick Morrisey, BCO Judging Chair for the South West and South Wales, added: "Our winner embodies the emergence of two particularly important patterns in best practice building design and development. Firstly, it illustrates that sustainability is now firmly embedded at the core of the vast majority of building briefs. This is evidence of the fact that environmentally friendly properties are now well established in almost all property sectors and geographies in the UK, which is hugely encouraging. Secondly, the winner has demonstrated how the design and finished building can have a great and beneficial impact on the end user occupier experience.”

Rupert Batho, managing director for MEPC Chineham Park, said; “” This is an outstanding result for us as it confirms MEPC Chineham Park’s position as a leader in our field. The Corporate and Social Responsibility agenda is growing, and Central 40 is now recognised as a building that combines functional quality with society’s increasing important environmental requirements. The building is designed to be occupied by one or more companies. Therefore organisations employing between 40 and 400 staff have the opportunity to benefit from the associated cost saving and environmental features of this office’s design. It is a great honour that Central 40 is now officially recognised as the best office space in the region.”

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MEPC wins award from the British Council for Offices

MEPC is delighted to have been awarded the Regional Commercial Workplace for South West England and South Wales from the British Council for Offices!

James Dipple, MEPC Development Director comments 'This is a fantastic result for MEPC and confirms our position as a leader in our field as we continue to focus on providing quality and excellence for our customers'

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A message from the MEPC chief executive: Rick de Blaby

Chineham Business Park gives workers what they want

Office workers are increasingly looking to build exercise into their daily routines. Those who adopt active lifestyles are now demanding more from their office environments. One of the most popular requirements is for proper shower facilities to enable people to freshen up after cycling to work or jogging at lunchtime.

Equipped with a shower on every floor and cycle racks located directly outside the back door, the design of Central 40 at Chineham Park has created an environment suited to the requirements of today’s office worker. The facilities are also of benefit to those who wish to use their lunch break to go for a run around the woodland surrounding Chineham Park, as they are now able to freshen up on their return to the office.

Rupert Batho, managing director of Chineham Park, said; “When planning the design specifications for this new building, we wanted to ensure it would give future occupiers the facilities they need and want for a comfortable working environment. The provision of showers and cycle racks at Central 40 will allow the occupier a hassle-free workplace as all the facilities they need are on hand.”

Knight Frank and Hollis Hockley are MEPC Chineham Park’s appointed letting agents.

Chineham Park bus service weathers the snow storm

Heathrow Airport was closed, the M1 motorway was shut and businesses across the South East were complaining about the transport chaos. Chineham Park, however, still had a full bus service running every day as normal throughout the bad weather that has seen a large proportion of the UK’s workforce grind to a halt. Both complimentary buses kept to their timetables and offered a hassle-free option for workers at Chineham Park.

Wendy Fletcher, Travel Coordinator for MEPC Chineham Park explains, “Our bus service has been applauded for its environmental impact but in weather such as we all experienced this week, it shows that the bus service can be more reliable than most other transport links. Thanks to the dedication of our drivers our bus service kept Chineham Park open for business through the worst snow storms for two decades. We had masses of calls on Monday to ask if the service was running and we were able to assure all our occupiers and their employees that there was a safe and dependable transport option.”

The service operates every 15 minutes during peak times throughout the day between 07h15 and 18h30, shuttling people working on the Park to and from Basingstoke Train Station, undertaking 160,000 passenger trips in 2008.