Hello, we're Marchday, a refreshingly different property company.
We're a team who dare to dream, who work in our own developments, who love design, architecture and art as much as we love doing deals and providing exceptional customer service. That may sound a little eccentric but that’s alright – we aim to be different, do things better and be more involved than most other property companies.
We take the time and trouble to be a little more thoughtful, interested and available to our customers and partners. We get a lot back by putting more in. Our schemes are successful and our customers are happy and that creates a landscape that’s a joy to work in.
Our developments tend to be large in scale and our vision for what’s possible, in regenerative terms, is equally bold. We keep on trying to do things better, greener and happier. It feels good and does good too. We hope you enjoy our site.
"Let go, no, you let go..." John collects the business award on behalf of Lingfield Point and Marchday from Derek Richardson of Openreach BT. Photo; Northern Echo
Marchday were recently recognised for their contribution to business at friday’s ‘Best of Darlington’ awards as a result of their regeneration work and customer service at Lingfield Point. John was delighted to collect the award on behalf of everybody at Lingfield Point and Marchday;
“This award has come as a complete surprise to us and it’s great to feel so valued by the local business community. We’ve really worked hard to give local businesses the workspaces and services they need as these business are the life blood of our company. It’s particularly satisfying to hear that we were nominated for the award by Student Loans Company, one of our customers.”
So, thanks to everybody at Lingfield Point and Marchday for providing such an excellent service. As confidence starts to return to the market it’s more important than ever that we maintain the excellent level of service which gives us an edge over our competitors.
'The Sun'. All is revealed.
This week the third image in the ‘Futurescope’ series was unveiled at Lingfield Point Darlington. ‘The Sun’, a photograph by Thierry Legault was chosen as part of the developing narrative by artists Christian Barnes and John Kennedy of Vista Projects. I’ll let Christian explain:
‘When we proposed Futurescope two years ago we intended to put an image of the sun into it at some stage. We hadn’t really decided what image to use this quarter until a few weeks ago. Our interest was in making a connection between plants/green space and solar energy upon which plant life (and therefore all of us, depend). We were also interested in the idea of placing an image of the sun on a building created to burn coal.’
‘The idea of including an image of the sun is part of the unfolding narrative that links to Beeman and Sunflowers, the previous images to have appeared in Futurescope. It is part of a speculative projection of a future world in which we would not be able to consume energy without dealing with consequences for ourselves that were not understood when this ‘dependency’ was established.
This is a future in which landscape (especially urban and post-industrial landscapes like that at Lingfield Point) would need to be productive without the energy of oil. This is one of a batch of photographs taken by Thierry Legault, showing the transit of the International Space Station across the sun. The first group were taken from the area of Mamers (Normandy, France) on September 17th 2006 and show the solar transit of the International Space Station (ISS) and Space Shuttle Atlantis.’
You can get a better insight into the artists’ thinking by clicking on the blog link below;
http://futurescopedarlington.blogspot.com/
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's the ISS!
Really mine?
That’s my bike. I still can’t believe it. Let me explain.
Road biking, the very thing I’ve been so singularly disinterested in for the whole of my life has suddenly, from nowhere grabbed my imagination. It came out of the blue. Graham, a keen cyclist convinced us that it would be a good idea for Marchday to sign up to the Government’s ‘cycle to work scheme’. A few weeks later I thought ‘why not?’ when invited to join Tim and Graham for a vist to the ‘Iron Horse’ cycle shop in Darlington town centre. An hour later I walked out, my head reeling, the owner of a pedigree racing machine which confusingly I had no intention of riding. But, I reflected, it was a thing of beauty and cycling did offer access to a whole new (slightly bizarre) wardrobe and plethora of gadgets.
That was back in November. Our bikes arrived a month ago and to my amazement I’m hooked. I’m now the proud owner of a Giant Defy 3, lycra padded bib, spd shoes and pedals and the most incomprehensible bike computer known to man. I got a dayglo biking jacket for my birthday and even bought my first copy of Cycling Weekly. Believe me, I’ve got it bad…. but then I always get it bad.
My mentor and cycling guru is Colin, a member of the landscaping team at Lingfield Point but more importantly a member of the Stockton Wheelers. Colin is a sub 3 hour marathon man who left running for cycling following a string of injuries. He’s fast and looks like he could go all day. Like a schoolboy, I watch him closely and imitate his every move in the saddle. He’s my Lance Armstrong but as a traditionalist he probably wouldn’t welcome the comparison.
So, if you happen to visit Lingfield Point on a Tuesday evening you could well see the Marchday juggernaut as it ploughs it’s way around our measured mile with Colin pulling us along. I would never have thought I’d say it but for me, cycling is the new golf – and that’s got to be a good thing.
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The 'Strictly' panel limber up!
Marchday are looking to help exciting new start up businesses in the Tees Valley. With Business and Enterprise North East they are promoting a great competition, ‘Strictly New Business’ which aims to award the best new business start up idea with free office space for a year at Lingfield Point, Darlington along with a basket full of business support – all worth around £7,500. Marchday are inviting entries now. Entry forms are available on line by contacting; christinemcallister@lingfieldpoint.co.uk
Entries will be considered over the next couple of months with 4 finalists being invited to present their ideas to a panel of 4 prominent business people in front of a live audience on 20 April. So, put on your dancing shoes, gird your loins and send us your idea – you could be our next new business customer at Lingfield Point!
John recently took part in the first in a series of public debates around the future identity of Darlington. A Question Time style panel took questions from a lively audience made up of invited business leaders and members of the public. The panel was made up of Pat Richie, Regional Director of the HCA, Alastair McConachie, Chairman of the Darlington Partnership, Alastair Thompson Dean of the Teesside University Business School and John. Topics discussed included the demise of manufacturing in the region, Darlington’s relationship with the rest of the Tees Valley and what makes Darlington special.
You can watch a clip of the debate by clicking the arrow below.
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