It was a pleasure for Simpson to be invited to Sainsbury’s Annual ‘Property Strategic Partner Event’ last week, where our Andy Gatenby, Russ Allerton and Charley Knight were in attendance.

The conference held in Birmingham brought together key vendors to discuss Sainsbury's long-term growth plans, featuring keynote speeches from CEO Simon Roberts and senior leaders.

The evening concluded with an Awards Ceremony, and we are delighted and immensely proud to see Charley Knight recognised with the ‘Be Human’ award. This is awarded to “the individual who exemplifies Sainsbury’s value of “be Human” by walking in the shoes of their colleagues and customers and showing care and respect to everyone”.

This award reflects Charley’s outstanding ability to deliver projects with genuine consideration for what matters most to store teams, the wider retail operation, FM, and construction colleagues. A truly well‑deserved achievement.

As a company, we deeply value our partnership with Sainsbury’s and look forward to continuing our collaborative work together.

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We recently had the pleasure of helping out the Clifton (York) Sea Scouts, who reached out for assistance with repairs to the main door of their Hut. On inspection, our team decided the best solution was to replace the entire door and fit it for them, ensuring a lasting improvement.

A big thank you to our joiners shop for their craftsmanship. The Sea Scouts were delighted with the result and grateful for the support.

“The 1^st Clifton (York) Sea Scouts are truly appreciative of these new doors.  These replaced rotten door/frames from a 50+ year-old hut and without your help we would have found it very difficult to maintain the safety and security of our premises.” Matthew Sharman, Volunteer Leader

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Our Amanda Davidson attended the York College Speed Interviewing session this week, where local employers were on hand to offer 65 construction students the opportunity to gain valuable interviewing experience.

The students were engaged, prepared and genuiely impressive. Huge credit to the college team for arranging such a well-managed and meaningful event. Its inspiring to see young people stepping confidently toward their future career.

The RIBA Yorkshire Awards 2026 took place this week, and we’re proud to share that both the Heritage Quad and Technology projects came home with multiple wins:

• RIBA Yorkshire 2026 Award
• RIBA Yorkshire Client of the Year 2026
• RIBA Yorkshire Building of the Year 2026
• RIBA Yorkshire Sustainability Award 2026

A huge congratulations to everyone involved in delivering such an exceptional project.

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Last year, with the support of one of our suppliers, we were able to donate timber to Hassacarr Nature Reserve.That timber has now been transformed into a beautiful new footbridge for visitors to enjoy. It’s fantastic to see how a simple contribution can help enhance a much‑loved local space, and we’re proud to have played a small part in improving access to the reserve for the whole community.

Simpson are proud to see the new Sainsbury's store in Sutton Coldfield officially open its doors yesterday — and what a transformation it is. By no means, a straight forward fit-out. The former Homebase unit was in a heavily dilapidated condition, requiring extensive demolition and major infrastructure upgrade works all delivered within a challenging 16-week programme. Yesterday’s opening proved exactly what the team at Simpson are capable of. The finished store is a complete transformation, with all who have been on this journey genuinely impressed with what’s been achieved. A big thank you to Sainsbury’s for their continued trust and collaboration, and to all Simpson subcontractors and partners who played a key role in delivering this project..A huge credit to everyone involved.