A successful Cumbrian leadership consultancy firm has opened a new office in Whitehaven.
The Harrison Network moved into the Bus Station this week to bring together its growing team and its new home was officially opened by Adrienne Kelbie CBE, the independent chair of Nuclear Waste Services and former chief executive of the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Lucy Harrison, director, said: “We’ve grown as a remote team during the last couple of years of lockdown, but it now feels right for us to finally get together in person.
“While I enjoy some parts of working from home, the opportunity to work alongside my colleagues helps us all to be more dynamic, responsive and creative. Those are the traits that are going to be important to us if we’re going to stay ahead and continue to grow.”
It has already been a bumper year for the team. They won Microbusiness of the Year at the Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster awards; Lucy published her book Soft Skills for Tough Jobs and Harrison Network won and delivered a high-profile contract with Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd.
L&D facilitator, Elizabeth Adams said: “I am really enjoying working in a team environment again and am looking forward to having people drop in to visit, as there’s bound to be scope for collaboration and new ideas.”
John McAllister, of Barclays Eagle Labs which runs the co-working and office spaces at The Bus Station in Whitehaven, said: “We are delighted that this office space has been taken up by such a vibrant young company. We are all about growing innovation so share a lot of common ground with everyone involved in the Harrison Network.”
