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Feb 2021
£280,000 upgrade of Ripon business park begins
A £280,000 upgrade of Harrogate Borough Council-owned Phoenix Business Park in Ripon has begun.
The funding will help to create more space, refurbish the three units and install new electric vehicle charging points.
The council awarded Dalebuild Limited, a Harrogate-based construction firm, the contract for the work after a tender process.
This project follows a similar £500,000 investment at the council-owned Conyngham Hall business centre in Knaresborough, which was completed in October last year.
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The council believes, even with the shift to more home working, there continue to be demand for office spaces in the Harrogate district.
Councillor Graham Swift, the council's deputy leader and cabinet member for resources, enterprise and economic development, said:
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