67-610: Galliford Try plc is a British construction company based in Uxbridge , England. It was created through a merger in 2000 of two businesses: Try Group, founded in 1908 in London, and Galliford, founded in 1916. Formerly involved in housebuilding , it sold its housing businesses to Bovis Homes, subsequently renamed Vistry Group , in January 2020, and Galliford Try is today focused on the building, highways and environment markets. Prior to
134-537: A municipal borough . This stood for ten years, followed by incorporation into the new system of London Boroughs, as the London Borough of Hillingdon . Uxbridge gave its name to a parliamentary constituency from 1885 until 2010, when boundary changes led to the creation of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency. The seat is currently held by Danny Beales of the Labour Party . Uxbridge lies at
201-695: A 7th-century Saxon tribe from Lincolnshire who also began to settle in what became Middlesex . Anglo-Saxons began to settle and farm in the area of Uxbridge in the 5th century, clearing dense woodland. Two other places in Middlesex bore the name of the Wixan: Uxendon ("Wixan's Hill"), a name now preserved only in the street names of Uxendon Hill and Crescent in Harrow, and Waxlow ("Wixan's Wood") near Southall . Archaeologists found Bronze Age remains (before 700 BC) and medieval remains during
268-440: A July 2020 trading update, Galliford Try recorded an operating loss of 5% due to the pandemic. In a March 2021 trading update, Hocking forecast Galliford Try would report a full-year profit of around £10 million on revenues between £1.1 billion and £1.3 billion. In October 2021, Galliford Try acquired NMCN's water business for £1 million from NMCN's administrators. In December 2021, the company moved its headquarters from Wolvey to
335-534: A campus of Buckinghamshire New University . A part of the town which has large converted flour mills adjoins Buckinghamshire , the boundary being the River Colne . The 2011 Census recorded a population of 70,560. The name of the town is derived from "Wixan's Bridge", which was sited near the bottom of Oxford Road where a modern road bridge now stands, beside the Swan and Bottle public house. The Wixan were
402-450: A civil engineering business, Galliford & Sons, on 2 April 1952. Galliford became a public company in 1965. It entered the private housing market in 1973 with the acquisition of Crabb Curtis. The housing contribution was subsequently extended through Stamford Homes and, in 1998, the acquisition of Midas Homes, by which time the group was building around 500 houses a year. The merger incurred some one-time costs were largely attributable for
469-461: A larger construction company; a £116 million bid was made during 2003 by Rok plc , but was rejected by Galliford Try. The creation of Galliford Try came amid calls from investors for consolidation within the British construction sector. In response, the company embarked on its first acquisitions less than a year after its formation. Specific acquisitions made during the 2000s were largely focused on
536-527: A mean elevation of 130 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. Like much of the rest of the UK its climate is generally temperate , with few extremes of temperature or weather. The landscape upon which the settlement of Uxbridge was established is largely unchanged from the Mesolithic era. Much of it was covered by oak and elm trees, which were gradually cleared by early settlers. An archaeological excavation by
603-430: A new local church for a newer part of the town traditionally called Hillingdon West. He asked architect Sir George Gilbert Scott "to draw up plans to build a church without unnecessary ornament but in handsome proportions suitable to its position at the entrance to Uxbridge Town..." Scott produced his plans and local Uxbridge builder William Fassnidge was employed to construct the church. On St Peter's Day, 29 June 1864,
670-570: A new site on part of Uxbridge Common on Park Road. The Market Square shopping precinct in the town centre was built in the late 1970s, but its lack of shelter made it unpopular and it did not attract the expected levels of custom. Many buildings along the High Street and Windsor Street had been demolished to make way for the new precinct, which was eventually sold to the Prudential Assurance Company and redeveloped with
737-570: A roof in the early 1980s to become the Pavilions Shopping Centre . The Peacock public house (later renamed The Chequers) in one of the two main squares was built partially underground having two flights of steps down into the pub at either end. It was demolished and replaced with a café named also named The Chequers, which remains. Rayner's pharmacy shop was also demolished during the Market Square development, although
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#1732791712018804-500: A £61.5 million operating loss on its construction activities, with revenues down 18%, affected also by the losses incurred on the AWPR project. On 24 May 2019, Galliford Try's board rejected a £950 million offer from Bovis Homes (led by former CEO Fitzgerald) to purchase its Linden Homes and Partnerships and Regeneration businesses. Two months later, the group was reportedly considering a possible demerger of its construction interests from
871-420: Is mentioned by name, and there are several other references between 1245 and 1247 to the "chapel at Uxbridge". The oldest portion of the existing building is part of the north tower, which was built in the late 14th century. The north aisle, together with the nave and its arcades, dates from the early 15th century, while the south aisle, with its fine hammer-beam roof, was added about 1450. The carved stone font
938-669: Is the original parish church of Uxbridge, and one of the oldest buildings in the town. Located in Windsor Street, it is known to have existed since at least 1245, when a series of hearings took place there in which the Abbot of Bec in Normandy brought an action against the rector of Great Wratting in Suffolk for non-payment of tithes. On parchments kept at St. George's Chapel, Windsor , in connection with this event, St. Margaret's
1005-629: Is what was Randalls , the Art Deco -architecture department store owned by relations of John Randall MP. It is a 1939, remodelled rebuilding of a 1900 building. The building has the initial, mainstream category of listed building since October 2008. The store closed in January 2015. Leading cases in English law Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
1072-537: The Museum of London in the 1990s found evidence of flint items shaped by Mesolithic hunters, as well as various animal bones and traces of charcoal from the remains of campfires. The River Pinn runs through Uxbridge, passing through the former site of RAF Uxbridge and the grounds of Brunel University. It joins the Frays River , which branches off from the River Colne and acts as the boundary between Uxbridge and
1139-835: The Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War took place at a public house there, now the Crown and Treaty . RAF Uxbridge houses the Battle of Britain Bunker , from where the air defence of the south-east of England was coordinated during the Battle of Britain especially from its No. 11 Group Operations Room, also used during the D-Day landings . Today the town serves as a significant retail and commercial centre; it also houses Brunel University London as well as
1206-574: The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 , broader local poor law unions took on the relief role and shifted funds towards workhouses and associated hospitals. Uxbridge was in the first main wave of the new, secular system of civil parishes , gaining a council and territory in 1866, and an Urban District under the Local Government Act 1894 . In 1955 the council successfully petitioned for a charter of incorporation and became
1273-643: The Reformation in the 16th century, there was no official Roman Catholic place of worship in Uxbridge until after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act in the late 19th century. In 1892 Father Michael Aloysius Wren bought a presbytery at 37 Lawn Road, next to which a temporary church of corrugated iron was built, dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes and St Michael. St Mary's School was also founded on Rockingham Road at this time. Fr Wren
1340-602: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Intrepid in 1942, to help towards the ship's costs; Intrepid was lost to enemy action the following year. The town and surrounding areas suffered bombing by the Luftwaffe . V1 flying bombs fell on the town between June 1944 and March 1945. The first recorded bombing using a V1 was on 22 June 1944 at 07:00, when the bomb passed over the top of a bus and hit four houses nearby. Seven people were killed and 25 injured, leaving 46 houses in
1407-473: The "Moderne" or Art Deco style, was officially opened. Before the opening, many residents swam in a section of the Frays River near Harefield Road, and the Colne . The pool, pavilion building, entrance building and both fountains were designated Grade II listed buildings in 1998. Despite the listing, the pool was closed to the public and the buildings became subject to heavy vandalism. Uxbridge open-air pool
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#17327917120181474-538: The 1970s, when Try Homes was formed. Despite completing several acquisitions, the company's housing activities remained on a relatively small scale, peaking at around 200 units per year during the early 1990s. Thomas Galliford established a steamroller hire business in Wolvey , Warwickshire in 1916, but this venture closed during the Second World War after which his sons re-formed the company, incorporated as
1541-477: The 2000s, the housing market was a key sector of activity. During 2004, Galliford Try announced it had set a target to double the number of house sales being made within three years. One year later, further objectives were set, which included the doubling of construction-related turnover and the number of houses being built by 2010. During 2007, it rebranded its housebuilding division as Galliford Try Homes along with four regional brands. The company secured worked under
1608-487: The AWPR project, and from Morrison Construction's role on the £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing project. The announcement caused Galliford Try's share price to drop 19%. The company subsequently announced 350 jobs were likely to be cut – mostly in Galliford Try's Scottish infrastructure operations – as the company focused on core strengths in buildings, water and highways. Restructuring the construction business cost
1675-575: The British government's private finance initiative (PFI) model, typically involving the construction of schools and other public works. In the late 2000s, Galliford Try was negatively impacted by the Great Recession . In 2011, all of Galliford Try's individual house building divisions were rebranded as Linden Homes. During July 2014, Galliford Try acquired Miller Construction from Miller Homes in exchange for £16.6 million. One year later, it purchased Shepherd Homes. During 2012, Galliford Try
1742-524: The Gateway House development at Grove Park in Leicester . During May 2024, the company announced that, as a part of its new growth strategy, it was returning to the affordable housing market. Major projects include: Galliford Try plc owns a number of subsidiaries, including: Uxbridge Uxbridge ( / ˈ ʌ k s b r ɪ dʒ / ) is a suburban town in west London , England, and
1809-790: The London Borough, 55.1% of residents travel to the Uxbridge North and Uxbridge South wards to work, and only 8% of residents working there who also live within the wards. The 2001 census measured a total of 6,007 (35.9%) of residents leaving the North ward to go to work. Uxbridge South had a figure of 5,666 (26.5%) of residents leaving the ward to work elsewhere. In 2005 retail footprint research, Uxbridge ranked 9th in terms of retail expenditure in Greater London at £311 million. A terraced landmark with tower on Vine Street
1876-399: The Uxbridge North ward answered that they had a religion, compared with 19.3% who did not and 7.9% who did not answer. Of those who answered, 53% identified as Christian, followed by 6.7% who identified as Muslim and 6.2% as Sikh. The percentage identifying as Hindu was 5.4%. Figures for residents identifying as either Jewish, Buddhist or other unspecified religions were each below 1%. Within
1943-530: The Uxbridge South ward, 69.2% of residents answered that they had a religion, compared with 23.8% who did not and 7% who did not answer. As with Uxbridge North, the majority (46.4%) identified as Christian, followed by 13.4% who identified as Muslim and 5% as Hindu. The percentage identifying as Sikh was 2.3% and those identifying as Buddhist were 1.2%. Figures for residents identifying as either Jewish or other unspecified religions were each below 1%. This
2010-442: The administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon , 15.4 miles (24.8 km) northwest of Charing Cross . Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex . As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century it expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1955, and part of Greater London in 1965. Attempted negotiations between King Charles I and
2077-619: The area uninhabitable. In all the Uxbridge Urban District suffered 79 civilian deaths through enemy action in the war. In 1958 the 199-acre (81 ha) Lowe & Shawyer plant nursery to the west of RAF Uxbridge entered voluntary liquidation. The nursery had stood in Kingston Lane since 1868, and was the largest producer of cut flowers in the country. Demolition work began in 1962, and the construction of Brunel University commenced. Chrysanthemums are included
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2144-475: The brewery, Courage , closed the headquarters in 1964. It was demolished and replaced by a Budgen's supermarket, which in turn was demolished with the construction of The Chimes shopping centre. The brewery building in George Street remained in place until it was demolished in 1967. The office building Harman House was built on the site in 1985, named after the brewery. The main enclosures effected in
2211-680: The building until 1988, when operations moved to a new site in Harefield Road. The building subsequently became the Old Bill public house in 1996, renamed the Fig Tree in 2006. In the early 1900s the Uxbridge and District Electricity Supply Company had been established a power station in Waterloo Road, and much of the town was connected by 1902, although some houses still had gas lighting in 1912. A water tower on Uxbridge Common
2278-518: The coat of arms of the Borough of Uxbridge in memory of the nursery. The Uxbridge (Vine Street) railway branch line , which partly ran alongside the site, was closed in 1964 and in 1966 the university opened, purchasing the land where the railway had run from the local council for £65,000. The Uxbridge Cricket Club moved from Cricketfield Road in 1971 to make way for the new Civic Centre. The club had been at Cricketfield Road since 1858, but moved to
2345-605: The company operating it became insolvent. The slope, which had been built in 1977, was left to return to nature. Work began in 2008 to extensively refurbish and extend Uxbridge Lido, and it reopened to the public in February 2010 as the Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex . On 8 September 2010 the 75th anniversary of the first opening of the Lido was celebrated at the pool. Uxbridge is known from tithe assignments to
2412-656: The company's chief executive since 2005, stepped down from his position. In February 2018, following the collapse the previous month of Carillion (Galliford Try's joint venture partner, with Balfour Beatty , on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route , AWPR), Galliford Try stated that it would need to raise £150 million to pay for cost overruns on the project; in November 2018, the company said delays would cost an extra £20 million, taking its total project hit to £143 million. CEO Peter Truscott said
2479-501: The company's construction division would no longer undertake fixed price major projects of this kind. On 27 March 2018, the company confirmed it had successfully raised £158m in a rights issue . Truscott left Galliford Try in March 2019 with Graham Prothero appointed as new CEO. During April 2019, the company announced that it would downsize its construction operation as part of a strategic review undertaken in light of additional costs from
2546-477: The company's first year profit being down 50%, to £4.9m, in spite of an increase in turnover of 25% to £568.5m; In the early 2000s, management opted to respond with a series of redundancies and targets closures of underperforming offices. Early on, Galliford Try opted to maintain its two existing construction brands rather than amalgamate them into one identity. The company's early operations were dogged by speculations that it would be acquired by, or amalgamated with,
2613-565: The construction of The Chimes shopping centre; two miles (3.2 km) away at Denham , Upper Paleolithic remains have been found. Uxbridge is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, but a hundred years later St Margaret's Church , was built. The town appears in records from 1107 as "Woxbrigge", and became part of the Elthorne Hundred with other settlements in the area. The Parliamentary Army garrisoned
2680-468: The expansion of its housebuilding business, such as of Gerald Wood Homes in 2001, Chartdale in 2006, Kendall Cross in 2007, Linden Homes in 2008, and Rosemullion Homes in 2009. Furthermore, the company expanded its construction business via the acquisition of Morrison Construction from AWG plc in 2006. (The remaining Morrison Utilities Services business within AWG plc later formed M Group Services). Throughout
2747-477: The foundation stone was laid at the south end of the chancel arch by the Lord Bishop of London , Archibald Campbell Tait . He returned to consecrate and open the church on the feast day of saints Philip and James, 1 May 1865. The spire was completed the following year. Together with the bells, vestry and organ and other embellishments, the building cost £12,000 (equivalent to £1,450,000 in 2023). After
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2814-567: The group £10m. In July 2019, Galliford Try was suspended from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time. Following improvements in its payment performance, it was restored to the Prompt Payment Code in January 2020. On 11 September 2019, the group reported revenues for the year to June 2019 of £2.863 billion (down 8% from 2018); pre-tax profit was down 27% at £104.7 million. Galliford Try reported
2881-544: The king's stubborn attitude. The town had been chosen as it was located between the Royal headquarters at Oxford and the Parliamentary stronghold of London. The covered market was built in 1788, replacing a building constructed in 1561. In the early 19th century, Uxbridge had an unsavoury reputation; the jurist William Arabin said of its residents "They will steal the very teeth out of your mouth as you walk through
2948-566: The land that stood at the back so that a church could be built. The foundation stone was eventually laid on Low Sunday 1931 by Archbishop Alban Goodier, an English Jesuit who had been Archbishop of Bombay between 1919 and 1926. The new church, in Oxford Road, was designed by the diocesan architect, T. H. B. Scott. It was built of brick in the Romanesque style, seating 350. The church was opened by Cardinal Bourne on 29 September 1931 and
3015-487: The more profitable housing and partnerships business within the following two years. During September 2019, discussions with Bovis Homes about a possible sale were reopened; that same month, a preliminary deal, valued at £1.075bn, was reportedly agreed. Sale of the housing business would permit the recapitalisation of Galliford Try's construction business, which, following restructuring, would employ some 3,400 staff and generate revenues of around £1.4 billion. On 7 November, it
3082-531: The neighbouring county of Buckinghamshire . Uxbridge is centred 15.4 miles (24.8 km) from Charing Cross in Central London; 3 miles (4.8 km) from Hayes ; 3.1 miles (5.0 km) from Ruislip ; 4.7 miles (7.6 km) from Northolt ; 5.4 miles (8.7 km) from Slough ; and 12.8 miles (20.6 km) from High Wycombe . The table below shows housing data for Uxbridge, broadly defined, and its neighbourhoods. The population of Uxbridge North
3149-563: The new development; built in the 19th century, they now house a Pizza Express restaurant. Preserved timber from earlier demolished buildings in Uxbridge was used in the construction of a new building beside the former offices of Fassnidge, designed to resemble a much older structure. In 2002 the dry ski slope near Park Road and the Uxbridge Lido was closed and the remaining buildings and structures removed. The Hillingdon Ski Centre had been subject to several arson attacks during 2001 and
3216-654: The opening of the Great Western Railway in 1838, which passed through West Drayton . A branch line to Uxbridge was opened in 1856, but it was the opening of the Metropolitan Line in 1904 which restarted Uxbridge's growth by giving the town its first direct link to London. Harman's Brewery was established in Uxbridge by George Harman in 1763, and moved into its new headquarters in Uxbridge High Street in 1875. The eventual owners of
3283-430: The parish of Hillingdon, by statute in 1819, saw the reduction of Uxbridge Common, which at its largest had been 4 miles (6.4 km) in circumference. It originally straddled Park Road, north of the town centre, but now covers 15 acres (6.1 ha). In 1871 the town's first purpose-built police station was built in Windsor Street. The building included three cells and stables. The Metropolitan Police continued to use
3350-405: The sale of its housing arm, it was ranked fifth largest by turnover among UK construction companies in 2019. The company was created in 2000 through the merger of Try Group plc, founded in 1908 in London, and Galliford plc, founded in 1916. Try was founded by the carpenter William S. Try during 1908 in Uxbridge , west London. W. S. Try Ltd operated as a general contractor until the beginning of
3417-467: The shopfront was saved by the Museum of London and is held in storage. The Chimes shopping centre was built beside Uxbridge station in 2001, incorporating many of the existing buildings into the new structure. The centre was originally to be named St George's Centre in plans dating back to the early 1990s, though this name was eventually taken by another shopping centre in Harrow . Instead, The Chimes
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#17327917120183484-580: The streets. I know it from experience." For about 200 years most of London's flour was produced in the Uxbridge area. The Grand Junction Canal opened in 1794, linking Uxbridge with Birmingham and the River Thames at Brentford . By 1800 Uxbridge had become one of the most important market towns in Middlesex , helped by its status as the first stopping point for stagecoaches travelling from London to Oxford. The development of Uxbridge declined after
3551-567: The time of the 2011 UK Census , the population of Uxbridge had reached 12,048 in Uxbridge North and 13,979 in Uxbridge South. The most common ethnic group in Uxbridge North was White British (69.8%), followed by Asian or Asian British (19.5%) and Black or Black British (4.1%). The remaining percentage was made up of mixed-race and other unspecified ethnic groups. White British was also the largest ethnic group in Uxbridge South, at 62.1%, followed by Asian or Asian British (22.6%), Black or Black British (7.3%) and mixed-race (4.3%). The remaining percentage
3618-563: The town centre is pedestrianised. Just off the High Street is Windsor Street, a short street with older shops. The town centre consists of retail outlets and office buildings, including the main UK and European offices of international companies such as Coca-Cola European Partners , Cadbury , Xerox , General Mills , F. Hinds , PAREXEL , Arri , Bristol-Myers Squibb , Monster Energy, APL , Herbalife Europe. Other employers include NetApp , Anixter International , PricewaterhouseCoopers , WMS Gaming , IBB Solicitors and Nexen . Within
3685-652: The town upon the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642 and established their headquarters there in June 1647 on a line from Staines to Watford , although the king passed through Uxbridge in April 1646, resting at the Red Lion public house for several hours. Charles I met with representatives of Parliament at the Crown Inn in Uxbridge in 1645, but negotiations for the end of hostilities were unsuccessful due in part to
3752-545: The vicar of Hillingdon in 1281 and hundreds of later documents as a chapelry in the large parish of Hillingdon ; the town core was upgraded to a full parish (and thus its large chapel to a church) in 1827. Eleven years later a parish of Saint John was added in Uxbridge Moor, Hillingdon. A parish of Saint Andrew, Uxbridge, was added in 1865. From Tudor times, parishes had a select or elect vestry which determined much local maintenance, including poor relief, but under
3819-480: Was appointed CEO of Galliford Try Holdings. The sale of the housing arm left the remaining business able to focus on the general construction, highways and environment markets. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Galliford Try furloughed staff and suspended a previously announced dividend. It said it could not quantify the pandemic's impacts on its operations and supply chain, and on its financial performance. In
3886-598: Was appointed by Estura on a construction project at the Salcombe Harbour Hotel in Devon, in which the customer failed to submit a payment notice on time in accordance with the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 , leading to the court case of Galliford Try Building Ltd v Estura Ltd., one of the leading cases on construction payment law in the UK. During 2015, Greg Fitzgerald ,
3953-611: Was built in 1906, resembling a church tower, to improve the supply to the town. Wood panelling from a room in the Crown & Treaty public house was sold in 1924 to an American businessman, who installed it in his office in the Empire State Building in New York. It was returned in 1953 as a gift to the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II and returned to the house, although the monarch retained ownership. On 31 August 1935 Uxbridge Lido, an outdoor swimming pool built in
4020-484: Was estimated in 2009 by the Office for National Statistics as 11,812, and 11,887 for Uxbridge South. Around 85% of residents of Uxbridge North are White , 6% more than both the borough average and Uxbridge South. Other residents are mixed-race, Asian or Asian British , Black or Black British , and Chinese or other ethnic groups. Uxbridge South has more Black and Chinese residents than any other Hillingdon ward. By
4087-546: Was fully refurbished during 2009 and re-opened in May 2010. Added to the site, now named Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex, is a 50 m indoor competition pool, a leisure pool, a 100-station gym, a wide range of exercise classes, an athletics stadium and track, 3G floodlit pitches, a sports hall, a café and a crèche. The Grade II listed buildings are still standing. During the Second World War Uxbridge adopted
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#17327917120184154-403: Was helped by his nephew John, who acted as his assistant priest. They covered an extensive area, including the modern Catholic parishes of Ruislip and Hillingdon. The mission grew and by 1907 the congregation numbered 150, with school attendance at 60. In time plans were made for a larger, more permanent church. This was led by Father Thomas Moloney, who bought the current presbytery and acquired
4221-405: Was made up of other unspecified ethnic groups. Uxbridge North's largest sector of employment, according to the 2001 and 2011 censuses, was management. The life expectancy for men was estimated at 77 years in Uxbridge North, compared with 74 years in Uxbridge South. The figures for women are 83 years in Uxbridge North and 81 years in Uxbridge South. In the 2011 census, 72.8% of residents in
4288-493: Was officially consecrated on 14 May 1936, after its debts were cleared. The Redeemed Christian Church of God is based at 2 Harefield Road, worship is in the Kate Fasnidge Hall, it is contemporary and Pentecostal. As of 2012, Uxbridge had 112,175 square metres (1,207,440 sq ft) of town centre floorspace. Uxbridge has two shopping centres, The Pavilions and The Chimes (formerly Intu Uxbridge). Much of
4355-595: Was placed in the church soon afterwards, dating from about 1480. For most of its history, St Margaret's served as a chapel-of-ease to St John the Baptist's Church in Hillingdon; it was not until 1827 that it was given its own parish. By the 1850s the population of both Hillingdon and Uxbridge was beginning to rise. With new housing being built between the two centres the then Vicar of Hillingdon, Rev. Richard Croft (served 1856–69) gained permission to build
4422-438: Was reported that Bovis Homes had agreed a share and cash deal that valued Galliford Try's housing business at £1.1 billion. The sale of Galliford Try's housing interests to Bovis Homes, later renamed Vistry Group, was completed on 3 January 2020. Galliford Try received shares plus £300 million in the deal, making it a well-capitalised standalone contractor. As expected, Bill Hocking, formerly head of Galliford Try's construction arm,
4489-442: Was said to refer to the sound of the bells from the nearby market house on the High Street. An Odeon cinema opened as a major part of the centre, with the smaller cinema at the opposite end of the High Street closing. Some houses on Chippendale Way and the St George's car park were demolished to allow for the construction of the new shopping centre car park. The offices of the local building company Fassnidge were also included in
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