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Jennifer and Stephen discuss the redevelopment of a Sheffield landmark, a new cocktail bar and results for a motorcycle retailer.

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00:00The redevelopment of a Sheffield landmark, plans for a new cocktail bar, results for

00:04a motorcycle retailer, featured in today's Business Briefing.

00:13I'm Stephen Fowell.

00:14And I'm Jennifer O'Keefe.

00:16Starting off today, we've got a story that means, or to me, is a Sheffielder.

00:20The ongoing redevelopment of the Park Hill complex.

00:23Now that's pretty familiar to our various Yorkshire viewers, but for those of you who

00:28don't know, Park Hill was built in the early 1960s.

00:31It was one of the UK's first brutalist buildings.

00:34So a major landmark is on a hill above Sheffield's railway station.

00:38So a real part of the skyline there.

00:42It was used in the filming of Doctor Who.

00:44It's been in various documentaries, and it even has its own musical,

00:48Standing at the Sky's Edge, which, should you get the chance, I would recommend.

00:52Now, it was acquired by the developer Urban Splash in 2004.

00:57Since then, the company and its partner, Places for People, have brought forward

01:01a number of phases of development.

01:03So there are now 455 new homes there.

01:06There's student accommodation, and there's workspace.

01:09The latest phase, Phase 5, was approved by the council earlier this week,

01:13and that's going to create 105 additional homes and some space on the ground floor

01:18for independent businesses.

01:20And Urban Splash have said that that will help to further grow the cultural

01:24and economic vitality of Sheffield.

01:27So, yeah, great to see plans going forward there.

01:29Brilliant, yeah.

01:31What's caught your eye this morning?

01:33Well, actually, down in Plymouth, the former nightclub, The Mousetrap,

01:38is set to be transformed into student accommodation.

01:41So the nightclub was located in a building next to the university there,

01:46but it has been vacant since 2019, although it had gained planning permission

01:52since then to be converted into offices.

01:54But now an application has been submitted for the change of use, conversion,

01:59and extension of the building to provide purpose-built student accommodation there.

02:05And Plymouth City Council will be considering the application later today.

02:11Oh, great stuff. Good to see some progress there, then.

02:13Yeah, absolutely.

02:14Well, a story we've got across a few of our newsletters this morning

02:17is the latest results for motorbike retailer Superbike Factory.

02:22Now, that's said to be Europe's largest retailer of used motorcycles,

02:26with about 3,400 bikes on sale.

02:29The company, first of all, acquires bikes, inspects them,

02:33and then sells them both online and through retail outlets in Macclesfield, Bradford,

02:37Bristol, Milton Keynes, and Donington.

02:39So its chief executive was fairly positive about the results,

02:42so it's like a reasonably good year for the company,

02:44and also spoke about its plans for expansion.

02:47That will be supported by investment from private equity firm Endless,

02:51which invested in the company right to the end of the financial year last December,

02:55a deal some of you may remember, a really big deal then.

02:58That investment will go towards opening a new site

03:01and also supporting its apprenticeship academy.

03:04So, yeah, a company to keep an eye on.

03:06Brilliant.

03:07I believe you've got some news from the North East to finish up with.

03:10Yes, some exciting news in the North East.

03:12The cocktail bar Mother Mercy has announced the opening of its newest bar

03:17in the luxury department store Fenwick Castle in Newcastle.

03:22So Mother Mercy launched back in 2019,

03:25and it has been voted as one of the top 50 cocktail bars in the UK.

03:30So it has four venues across the North East,

03:32including its newest one in Fenwick.

03:35It has its original basement bar on Cloth Market,

03:40Cafe Mercy, then on Grey Street,

03:43and Sheepfold Stables in Sunderland.

03:47So the bar is quite well known for its use of innovative cocktails

03:52and will be offering a bespoke selection from its menu

03:56that will be exclusive only to the shoppers at Fenwick Castle.

04:00So that will no doubt enhance the shopping experience for them.

04:05And have you got a cocktail of choice?

04:08Yes, probably a strawberry daiquiri would be mine.

04:10And what about yourself?

04:12I like an espresso martini personally,

04:14but yes, one or two I think is the limit there.

04:16Yes, of course.

04:18Well, for more on those stories, you can visit insidermedia.com.

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04:24and find out about some of our events.

04:26Thank you for watching. We'll see you again soon.

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