A huge shout out to our employee Neil Harrison for completing the York Half Marathon this weekend.

Neil completed the 13.1mile course in 1hr 48minutes and has hit his target and raised £510 for the Lighthouse Construction Charity.

The Lighthouse Charity is dedicated to the emotional, physical & financial wellbeing of construction workers & their families. They provide a range of free pro-active resources to support the industry. Their free & confidential 24/7 Helpline & text HARDHAT service offers a range of information, guidance & support. These services are complemented by their free Self Support App. They receive no public funding so rely on the industry to 'support their own'. Every penny raised helps make a difference to a construction worker in need.

Congratulations Neil.

We are happy to share that Simpson continue to be ranked high among regional business rankings.

Over the last couple of months we were ranked 56 out of 100 in the 'Yorkshire Business Insider for top 100 Family Businesses', 68 out of 100 in the ‘York and North Yorkshire Top 100 Businesses’ and more recently 214 out of 500 in the ‘Yorkshire & Humber Top 500 companies’.

A great night was had last night at the 80's themed Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber awards.

Simpson are thrilled to receive not one but two 'Highly Commended' awards, Delivering Value, for Hull Maritime Museum and Regeneration & Conservation for York Minster (Chapter of York) Centre of Excellence. A big thanks to everyone involved in both projects.

The numbers are in and we are pleased to announce that we have raised an amazing £1,500 for taking part in the York Rotary Dragon Boat Challenge. The money raised will be split between the The Lighthouse Charity and the Rotary's chosen charities Kyra Women's Project and the Big Futures Fund.

A big thank you to everyone involved and donations received, our team mates Biorenewables Development Centre and all the crew aboard the Dunnington Boaters, a great day was had by all.

Simpson has successfully launched a new Sainsburys supermarket in Felixstowe on 1^st May!  

As part of Sainsbury’s new business plan and focus on “New Space” which is the creation of new supermarkets in strategic locations for them.

Sainsbury’s acquired vacant units which required full strip out, demolition and reconfiguration, working within a number of constraints including from the landlord, an existing and continuously trading shopping precinct, asbestos and heritage listings. A £4+million budget and a tight 12 week programme was agreed and our team led by Tim Pocock, Steve Barwick and Vas Simion embraced the challenge.

Simpson delivered this project throughout pre-construction with our own appointed design team. Including architectural, structural and full M&E design driven forward by our own Jack Cannon. This enabled Simpson to be in control and moving at pace to deliver the project as well as react positively and promptly to the inevitable changes and challenges.

The new supermarket is 19,263 sqft and will host 85 new Sainsburys colleagues, supports 188 carpark spaces and means that almost 23,000 more people live within a 10min drive of a Sainsburys Supermarket.

Sainsbury’s construction and retail directors attended the launch with celebration and positive feedback for all involved and everyone involved in the project should be proud of the overall outcome and successes.

Simpson look forward to delivering a number of additional “New Space” projects for Sainsbury’s throughout 2025 and beyond.

It was a great honour to attend the CIVIC TRUST AWARDS with Hugh Broughton Architects and Martin Ashley Architects last month.

With 320 project entries from across the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and the USA and after a rigorous first stage assessment, 111 projects were shortlisted. These projects were then put through a national judging panel and of those shortlisted 22 were given a 'Civic Trust Award', one of which was 'Clifford's Tower.'

As the main contractor on this project, it was great to see and be a part of another triumphant win for this amazing heritage project.