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Robyn and Laurence discuss a new rooftop restaurant in Leeds, the redevelopment of a shopping centre site in Bristol and investment at Bank of Ireland UK.

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00:00A new rooftop restaurant in Leeds, a redevelopment of a shopping centre in Bristol, and news

00:07of how an investment was paid off for a music studio in Stockport.

00:11That's all coming up in today's Business Briefing, sponsored by Surebook.

00:20My name is Lawrence Gleganon.

00:21And I'm Robin Hewson.

00:22Well, morning, Robin.

00:23Good morning.

00:24Perhaps we can start with news from God's own county.

00:27Hello.

00:28You're always keen on news from, well, particularly Sheffield, but this is Leeds.

00:32So there's an exciting new sort of restaurant.

00:34Yeah.

00:35And I went to uni in Leeds.

00:36So there's always a little connection there as well.

00:37Same here.

00:38So we can reminisce.

00:39Oh, brilliant.

00:40Yeah.

00:41Well, I mean, it's changed a lot since our uni days, I imagine.

00:43But the latest development is Sovereign Square.

00:46And it's had a hotel that's been set to open there.

00:48And the latest addition is a Latin American restaurant as well.

00:51Lovely.

00:52So Azatea is going to be taking influencers from 33 countries across South America.

00:57So it sounds really exciting.

00:58They've got everything from Mexico to Brazil and everywhere in between, really.

01:01It sounds very exciting.

01:02Yeah, a great addition.

01:03I mean, City Centre, I did used to go there, but it's changed so dramatically when I see

01:08pictures from, well, the 90s.

01:11So it's no surprise, really, as it's 30 years ago.

01:13But yeah, the changes have been superb because perhaps people were more drawn to the suburbs

01:18back in those days.

01:19But there's so much to go on in the City Centre now.

01:21Yeah, I think it really is coming alive.

01:22I think I've been back a few times for the UK Reef Conference.

01:25Oh, yes.

01:27So even just going a few years after I left uni, you can see the difference in the City

01:29Centre now.

01:30There's Wellington Place, there's a lot of development around there as well.

01:33And you can't beat a new rooftop restaurant.

01:35Exactly, yeah.

01:36So where is that?

01:37It's up in Skirts, where?

01:38Near the station, I believe.

01:39Yeah.

01:40Okay.

01:41So yeah, very central.

01:42And it's also got Hyatt Place and Hyatt House opening the hotels.

01:46And they're delivering over 200 rooms.

01:47So some are for people to stay and some are for people to eat.

01:50Fantastic.

01:51So it's lovely for the Leeds tourists.

01:52Sounds really good.

01:53So sticking with investment, news today about a new development in Bristol, where the Gallery

02:00Shopping Centre has been lined up to be demolished.

02:04And if that's approved, it will make way for a mixed-use development featuring student

02:09accommodation-led.

02:10I mean, often that's the case, isn't it?

02:12When people put forward these plans, student accommodation is key.

02:15And of course, Bristol's got a huge student population, or often it's built to rent or

02:20a combination of the two.

02:21But this is a student accommodation-led scheme.

02:25But there are also going to be space for leisure uses, including potentially a nightclub.

02:29Oh, wow.

02:30Well, that'll go down well with the students.

02:31Yes, it will.

02:32Absolutely superb.

02:33A nightclub in the bottom of the building, that'll be good.

02:36Very risky as well.

02:38Anyhow, you've apparently got news from the North West about a music studio.

02:42Absolutely, yeah.

02:43So it's South City Studios, which is the only pre-production room available in the North

02:48of England for music artists.

02:50And they were one of the first, I believe, to get some of the MPIFF funding, so Northern

02:53Powerhouse Investment Fund.

02:55Great.

02:56So this is one that they've had the funding and it's paid off, so to speak.

02:59Yeah, I think they're a great success story, really, for this funding.

03:02So it's allowed them to actually double the size of their facility over in Stockport.

03:07And they're now servicing loads of really big music artists.

03:10Any names for us, Robbie?

03:11Yes.

03:12Well, you'll know Johnny Marr.

03:13Oh, yes.

03:14Fantastic.

03:15From the Smiths.

03:16Yeah.

03:17And the Kaiser Chiefs, Sam Smith and Elbow.

03:18Right.

03:19Yeah.

03:20That is great names.

03:21Over in Stockport.

03:22I imagine when you're an up-and-coming artist, you'd like to know who's been there before

03:24and those names really do sort of roll off the tongue.

03:27Absolutely.

03:28Yeah.

03:29So really exciting for South City Studios.

03:30And I think Stockport's got quite a music legacy going on anyway.

03:33It has.

03:34In fact, didn't you see Blossoms when they were supporting Rick Astley?

03:37I did, yeah.

03:38Covering Smith's songs.

03:39Absolutely.

03:40Yeah, over at Glastonbury.

03:41So yeah, Stockport all the way over there was fantastic to see.

03:45Good stuff.

03:46Well, we've got news of the Bank of Ireland UK is investing £100 million in its operations

03:51over the next three years.

03:53That's been announced at the same time as they're celebrating their 200th anniversary

03:56in Northern Ireland.

03:57Wow.

03:58And the investment is going to go in their sort of everyday banking and into also their

04:01lending, mortgage and broker offerings.

04:04So a very exciting investment over in Northern Ireland.

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