We’ve had strong interest from a range of occupiers, from well-known food production companies to local creatives. Many are attracted by the area’s excellent connectivity, local industry and the building’s heritage features. It is truly unique in a populous urban centre. A successful planning application established use as commercial and industrial accommodation. We then started extensive restoration and refurbishment to create a flexible, creative campus for modern occupiers.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and named ‘one of the greatest novels of all time’ by the Observer, this riveting novel shows Beryl Bainbridge at her darkly comic bestKnjiga je kancer. Sve suprotno od onoga što je obećano. Radnja je neinventivna, dosadna, glavni likovi (ličkinje, likuše, likenjke?) su dve toliko stereotipno kliše žene, da je bilo bolno čitati. Uvek je jedna neodlučna i mutava mommy issues od muža pobegulja, a druga kamenjarka koja samo što ne počne da bije sve oko sebe kao Boda Tajson, ali joj feminizam bude ubijen u pojam čim vidi mačo Italijana. S druge strane nalazi se milion likova Italijana i jedan Irac koji su - pogađate - MASNO PROKLETO STEREOTIPNO KARAKTERIZOVANI. Da, Beril, svi su Italijani strastveni, svi zalizuju kosu. A najbitniji među njima - lepi maniri, brčići, macho look, obrazovan, još samo fali da drži spojene prste kad objašnjava. Irac - taman posla da ne bude narandžaste kose i kože tako da "svetli u mraku". Taman posla da se ne potkači "on je Irac, kako sme da ne zna katoličke običaje". Karakterizacija likova - minus hiljadu. Ja ne pamtim da sam neku ovako kratku knjigu sa ovolikim proredom čitao duže. U sinopsisu piše - komedija, ali je kraj tužan. Od komedije ovde nema ni K, Kursadžije su izmislile komediju za ovo. Od tužnog kraja - jok, možda patetika, i to pod slabo razjašnjenim okolnostima. S v a š t a. The masterful restraint of Beryl Bainbridge’s sentences reveals an author in complete control of her artistry’ Guardian Their day of freedom fails to live up to all their expectations. It's starts with the non appearance of the van they'd booked as transport and gets steadily worse because instead of a wine-fuelled picnic in the grounds of a stately home, they have to enjoy their repast on a patch of grass near the road. It all ends in in tragedy.

Two words come to mind: absurd and squalid. At the end of the novel, one can appreciate its tight construction, so wonderfully bookended and foreshadowed, but it’s one of the least predictable books I’ve ever read. The Bottle Factory Outing is listed in The Guardian's "1000 novels everyone must read," and the premise caught my interest: two mismatched roommates who work at a small wine bottling factory go on a company picnic that irrevocably alters their lives and the lives of their co-workers.

You should be terribly keen,’ said Freda. ‘All that fresh air and the green grass blowing. You should be beside yourself at the prospect.’ Jordison, Sam (18 October 2013). "The Bottle Factory Outing's unsettling brilliance is short but barbed". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 January 2023. Provides two print areas for your artwork/logo; a band of 19.2cm x 1.2cm around the top of the bottle and a main print area of 19.2cm x 5.0cm. This book came my way courtesy of an Abacus Books 50th Anniversary gift box, and a few details made me reach for it first: the Camden (London) setting; a new Introduction by Amanda Craig; and the beguiling strangeness of Bainbridge herself. The Bottle Factory Outing is a novel inspired by Bainbridge's own experience of working in a bottling plant. At times offbeat, the humour is mingled with moments of poignancy particularly in the final scenes as the workers gather at a bizarre party in the factory attic.