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Sept 2022
Last Updated: 05/09/2022
Business Breakfast: Harrogate Italian restaurant expands
Harrogate Italian restaurant Pranzo leases the property next door and a specialist consultancy firm is to expand its role in the re-development of Ripon Spa Hotel.
Business Breakfast is sponsored by Harrogate law firm Truth Legal.
Italian restaurant Pranzo is to expand its premises on Cold Bath Road in Harrogate. The company has taken a lease on the former hairdressers next door.
The new larger restaurant will see an extra 25 covers inside, a private dining area and double its capacity outside. Work to convert the building is expected to take a couple of months.
The Harrogate restaurant is the second Pranzo - the first was opened in Ilkley and the company plans to open a third in Horsforth outside Leeds in the near future.
Stephen Peace, operations manager, told the Stray Ferret that despite the gloomy economic outlook the business was resilient:
"I think hospitality is always going to be a struggle however, because of our business model where we make and produce all our own pasta daily, it has allowed us to remain competitive.
"We have a small intimate venue and are always fully booked.
The former hairdressers which will be converted into the larger Pranzo restaurant
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Consultancy firm expands role in Ripon Spa Hotel redevelopment
Silverstone Building Consultancy is to project manage the transformation of the Ripon Spa Hotel, in a multi-million-pound construction contract.
The 43-bedroom Edwardian hotel was acquired by The Inn Collection Group in 2021 and is due to re-open in the spring of next year.
Silverstone Building Consultancy, is a specialist firm of chartered building surveyors and project managers, with offices in Newcastle and Leeds.
Ben Rennocks, director at the Leeds office of Silverstone Building Consultancy, said:
“We have a long-standing relationship with The Inn Collection Group and we were initially brought in to act as project manager when it came to preparing pre-tender estimates, managing the necessary planning permission and appointing both a contractor and design team on behalf of the client.
“As well as the project management appointment our role, has now developed into a contract administrator. The work has started on site with the main contractor, STP Construction appointed, following a competitive tendering process.
“This is a 40-week construction programme which will see the hotel undergo extensive internal and external works."
Louise Stewart, property director at The Inn Collection Group, said:
“We’re excited to be working with Silverstone Building Consultancy again for this project. We have worked together on numerous projects and look forward to continuing our ‘eat, drink, sleep, explore’ brand with its help.
Its team shares our commitment to reaching the highest of standards and has a proven track record of producing fantastic refurbishment projects.”
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