Houlton News

Trinity Market and Hepworth Arcade are throwing a party on Friday 19 October 2019, as they have been shortlisted in in this year’s prestigious Great British High Street (GBHS) Awards in the Champion High Street category.

The category features the best high streets in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

To welcome the judges and celebrate the success of the market and arcade, there will be a live DJ playing music in the Trinity Market food court as well as a magician entertaining shoppers and visitors.

Councillor Daren Hale, portfolio holder for regeneration, said: "Trinity Market and Hepworth Arcade are playing a major role in making this historic part of Hull once again a bustling and thriving part of the city.  They have done brilliantly to be shortlisted for this award.

"The regeneration of the Old Town has been phenomenal, with the incredibly successful Old Town Grant Scheme, which has helped many of the businesses in the market and the arcade, last month being recognised at the APSE Annual Service Awards."

Trinity Market’s refurbishment and the grant scheme were made possible in part by a contribution of £3m for the Repurposing the Old Town programme from the Government’s Northern Powerhouse Local Growth Fund.

This was secured by the Humber LEP through its Growth Deals with government.

A significant milestone was reached today with the opening of the Marketing Suite at The Bellows, a 58 dwelling housing project for Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

After a lot of preparation and planning, the Houlton fun day was a great success!

Houlton were delighted to be involved with the Roots to Roof project again this year. The schools involved were Cavendish Primary School, Buckingham Primary School, Francis Askew Primary School, Appleton Primary School and  Biggin Hill Primary School.

A successful night at the North Yorkshire Building Control Building Excellence Awards saw Houlton pick up the winners award for our project at Riverside Community Special School in Goole. The award was recognition for the works undertaken in Phase 1 of the project.

The 2019 South Yorkshire and Humber LABC awards were held at Forest Pines on the 17th May and Houlton were pleased to be in attendance as two recent schemes were being judged.

February 22nd 2019 saw the annual dinner held in honour of employees with over 25 years service and Houlton pensioners. The event was also attended by Houlton's Executive team. 

The latest change to the management team sees Sean Hunter officially assume the role of Construction Director from the 1st of March 2019.

David joined the Company in 2000 as Senior Contracts Manager in the Construction Division as part of a plan to increase turnover, recognising the need to strengthen production management. This was rapidly achieved as the company increased its presence in public sector works and were appointed to a succession of frameworks, while sustaining Houlton’s traditional commercial and industrial base. Major achievements at this time were the delivery of four consecutive Project Management fast-track contracts for the NHS.