Wykeland is currently delivering a number of key regeneration projects in the city including the Burton House transformation
Dominic Gibbons with Liam Knaggs, Natalia Rudd, Matt Clarkson and Tom Watson outside Burton House.(Image: Wykeland Group)
The company behind a number of prime Hull regeneration schemes has announced a string of promotions to boost its senior team. Commercial property developer and regeneration specialist Wykeland Group – which is leading the restoration of Burton House in the city centre – has promoted team members Tom Watson, Matt Clarkson, Natalia Rudd and Liam Knaggs, to reward their contributions to the business.
The firm said the new roles for the talented quartet will help Wykeland to single out and deliver more regeneration opportunities across the area, as well as invest in managing facilities and supporting tenants. Tom Watson has been promoted to head of regeneration.
He has worked at Wykeland for 12 years and has been heavily involved in the regeneration of the Fruit Market urban village in Hull. He will continue to oversee the area’s growth, as well as other regeneration projects and city centre assets.
Matt Clarkson has been promoted to head of facilities management. With more than six years of service with Wykeland, Matt is now responsible for the management of facilities across the whole Wykeland portfolio, which now amounts to almost two million square feet of space.
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Natalia Rudd has been appointed as head of marketing, having joined Wykeland in 2021. She previously worked at FTSE 100 speciality chemicals manufacturer Croda and Hull-based baker Jacksons. In her new role, Natalia will oversee all marketing, communications and social media activity, as well as operational income, including car park revenues.
Liam Knaggs is now Wykeland’s head of business space. He joined the business last year from electric vehicle network provider Milence and is now responsible for overseeing Wykeland’s out-of-town offices and industrial assets.
Managing director Dominic Gibbons said: “These key appointments demonstrate the very strong focus we have on developing and rewarding talent within the business. They also further strengthen our team as we put in place a new structure reinforcing our focus on key areas of the business and supporting our strategic objectives going forward.
“I’d like to congratulate the four colleagues on their promotions, which are well deserved, and look forward to seeing them make important contributions to Wykeland’s continued growth in the years ahead.”
Wykeland is currently delivering a number of key regeneration projects in the city, including completion of the restoration of historic Burton House and the redevelopment of Castle Buildings, close to the Connexin Live arena.
Its portfolio includes many of Hull and the Humber’s premier business parks, including the flagship Bridgehead site in Hessle, Hull’s @TheDock tech campus in the Fruit Market, and the fast-growing Melton West business park in East Yorkshire.
In Lincolnshire, Wykeland owns and operates the leading business park on the south bank of the Humber, Europarc in Grimsby, and is joint venture owner of the Waterside retail and leisure destination centre in Lincoln, with Lincolnshire Co-op.
Wykeland has also played a vital role in many of the region’s biggest investments in recent years, having worked with Smith+Nephew to secure planning approval for its manufacturing facility, currently under construction, and with Amazon to develop a £550m retail logistics fulfilment centre, both at Melton West.
In Goole, Wykeland is working closely with Finnish inward investor Metsä Tissue to bring forward a three million square feet manufacturing facility. This would involve an investment of hundreds of millions of pounds to create the UK’s largest tissue paper mill.
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