Sustainable engineering company Hive Group moving to the Bee House at Oxfordshire's Milton Park

Hive Group, the sustainability-focused engineering group, has moved to a new 580 sq ft head office in the Bee House at Milton Park in Oxfordshire in a bid to cement its position in the 'Golden Triangle' cluster of Oxford, London and Cambridge.

Milton Park is a 214 acre science and tech hub hosting 3 million sq ft (278,709 sq m) of offices, laboratories, warehouses.

Anthony Mulraney, director at Hive Group, who will head up the new office, said: "The move has put us in a prime position to support clients across a range of sectors committed to improving asset sustainability.

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"The synergies between Hive Group’s new home at Milton Park’s Bee House go beyond simply our names. Just like Hive Group, the Bee House has robust sustainability credentials, while the location and the vibrancy of the workspace creates a commercial advantage for recruiting and prospecting future clients, which played a large factor in choosing where to expand.

"Milton Park - and Oxfordshire more widely - is a microcosm of extremely innovative businesses and I'm looking forward to benefitting from the wider ecosystem across the Park and the opportunity the Golden Triangle presents."

The move by Hive Group is expected to also create around 20 jobs across various levels, including senior and intermediate mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineers. The team also wants to bolster its sustainability skills with hires in net zero design and building physics and fabric analysis.

It also plans to support emerging talent across the region with the launch of graduate recruitment initiatives.

Hive’s recent projects include the installation of a sustainable heating system as part of decarbonising Hamleys’ Regent Street store.

The company also achieved a WELL Platinum certificate - a global rating system that recognises buildings designed to support the health and wellbeing of occupants - for LandSec’s 120,000 sq ft Myo Liverpool Street project.

And it is predicting a busy few years ahead as current and prospective clients need to upgrade the EPC ratings of their commercial buildings to C by 2027 – a new legal standard - in a bid to decarbonise assets.

Philip Campbell, commercial director at MEPC Milton Park, said: "We’re thrilled to welcome the Hive Group to the Milton Park community. The team will be in good company, joining other likeminded businesses at the Park, helping to push boundaries in research and development."