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A blueprint for success

By Alexandra Kirkwood

Associate

Howes Percival LLP

HOWES Percival LLP is now well and truly settled into the Rushmills area in Northampton following our office move two years ago and we couldn’t be happier with our location.

Rushmills and the adjoining area, The Lakes, are the heart of Northampton’s business and professional community with many of the town’s banks, accountants, surveyors, solicitors and other businesses calling them home. Whilst Rushmills was largely unlet a couple of years ago, the recent letting of Britannia House marks the end of a two-year rejuvenation period, with the area now fully refurbished and occupied. The success of Rushmills and the Lakes, combined with the neighbouring prominent Brackmills industrial estate, has resulted in the creation of the town’s premier commercial, industrial and logistics hub.

Notwithstanding the success of Rushmills, The Lakes and Brackmills, there remains a serious lack of available quality office buildings and industrial and logistical units that are ready for occupation in Northamptonshire. This has inevitably driven up rents and, whilst landlords may be benefiting, this cannot be good for the health of our county’s business community.

More than ever now, there is a real need for land to be made available for commercial, industrial and logistics development if the county is serious about wanting to attract head office type employment that we have seen in other locations, notably Birmingham. The county’s excellent transport links, with its proximity to rail services, the M1 and DIRFT, make it a key location for any business outside of London.

Rushmills, The Lakes and Brackmills have shown that this can be done very successfully and can be used as a blueprint to roll out similar hubs around Northamptonshire to ensure that we remain at the heart of the Midlands commercial, industrial and logistics community.

For more information contact Alexandra Kirkwood by emailing

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