Nottingham, our second base

A city of 323,000 and a number now swelled by our addition there of Chris O’Neill in our new second base. It seems wholly apt too, as we approach our fifth birthday, to mark expansion with this office base.

Nottingham, as you will know, with just a rudimentary grasp of geography, is not coastal. It is in the East Midlands, with the main water there being the River Trent, its tributaries, but no coastline.

It is however, unlike perhaps our coastal base in Gorleston, Norfolk, supremely well-connected by road, rail and air. The M1 and A1 run close, as does the A52. It is on a busy mainline rail route, and is served by the East Midlands airport, making it an ideal choice for Chris and his many travels.

Nottingham has a long history, too, just like Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. It is often associated with Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John and Friar Tuck, with Sherwood Forest (now a Center Parcs, that we also share at Elveden).

Boots

It is home to the Boot’s empire, established by John Boot (1815 – 1860) whose forebears established the chain from very humble, itinerant beginnings. On John’s death, his wife and children travelled the country collecting herbs and established this UK beauty and pharmacy chain, with his son Jesse Boot leading the way.

Nottingham has strong connections too with music and fashion

  • Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden, was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire
  • Jake Bugg and Ian Paice, of Deep Purple, are also from Nottingham
  • Sir Paul Smith is also from there

In Gorleston, we had the pleasure of Danny Boyle setting “Yesterday” at the Pier Hotel, whilst Nottingham  features Wollaton Hall as the Wayne Manor in “The Dark Knight Rises” movie of 2012.

Both Great Yarmouth and Nottingham have a shared history with markets – Yarmouth has a historic chartered market, whilst Nottingham is associated with lace (not chips) and its annual Goose Fair. It is over 700 years old now.

HP Sauce was also invented in the East Midlands city.

An innovative city

Nottingham is also a place of innovation – not just in terms of Boots, HP Sauce and Goose Fairs. Traffic lights were actually invented by Nottingham High School student, John Peake Knight, who despaired of the high number of road deaths.

Despite 146 miles separating the two bases of HSEQ-360 Limited, with Norwich and Nottingham being 2 hours 30 minutes apart by train, the expansion makes absolute sense to us.

Two bases

Chris O’Neill and Steve Cook and the team now have footholds in two strategic places for offshore energy, with Nottingham, given its central location, making travel nationally and internationally, much more accessible.

Our most recent blog post twinning Yarmouth with Venice with its own Bridge of Sighs, now perhaps needs a revision as Nottingham is firmly associated with our expanding company.

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