The purchase was made as part of the council’s long-term aim to regenerate the area, and was funded to that end by the Welsh government. The buildings, once redeveloped, are hoped to be able to bring in news jobs and help current businesses grow. 

 

The council has received a £2.5 million grant from the Welsh European Funding Office in order to deliver a redevelopment scheme, so the council is now coming up with site redevelopment ideas.

 

Councillor Hugh Evans OBE, leader of Denbighshire County Council, said:

 

“This is yet another step forward in the regeneration of Rhyl.

 

“This is part of our work on the wider Rhyl Town Centre Masterplan and will bring partially derelict properties in the town centre back into use, provide opportunities for new jobs and business growth, as well as stimulating the private sector to undertake further investment in the town.

 

“This project complements the works in Rhyl with the refurbishment of the newly named Central Car Park (formerly the Underground/Children’s Village Car Park) and the opening of SC2 next month as well as private sector investment which includes new hotels and restaurants.”

 

Councillor Julian Thompson-Hill, the Council’s lead member for Finance, Performance and Strategic Assets, said:

 

“This area is key to the redevelopment of Rhyl town centre and to increase and sustain footfall.

 

“The site also connects the town centre to the new waterfront developments.

 

“The ongoing redevelopment of Rhyl is part of the Council’s corporate priorities to capitalise on Denbighshire’s economic potential.”

 

Source: NewsFromWales

 

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Office developers put a lot of thought into how to make their projects as appealing to potential commercial buyers as possible. What this requires varies between industries but some elements do have wide appeal, such as maximising available floor space and providing car parking spaces. 

 

Some businesses prefer open-plan to closed offices and vice versa, but everyone understands the value of natural light even if they might not always be willing to pay for it. 

 

One element that designers rarely consider at any point in the process is whether or not they should install a time and attendance system in the new premises. 

 

Access control equipment is sometimes remembered in order to separate any public spaces from employee spaces, but the idea that all businesses should have a way to record the comings and goings of their employees is forgotten. 

 

Many people think of clocking in and out as something which only applies to factory and warehouse workers, or only to people who are paid by the hour. While it is vital in those circumstances, ensuring correct payroll at the end of the week or month, at Time and Attendance Wales we believe it has its place in salaried office work, too. 

 

For example, it helps to quantify lateness. Many managers know little more than “this staff member is always late”. This is difficult to act upon, whereas if the employee had to clock in every time, the manager could show the employee a colourful, graphical display using our software which clearly shows when the employee was late. 

 

Our time and attendance software can even be set up to send alerts to the managers once lateness or absences have hit a certain threshold. 

 

We have physical clocking terminals which could be installed during the development of an office, but if you have moved into an already-developed building as a renter, don’t despair! We can offer an online clocking service through our Self Service Module. This can be used either in a browser or as an app on employees’ phones. 

 

A simple click will record the staff as in or out, and the data is sent straight to the central system where managers can view it, export it, or use it to create reports using our Report Wizard. 

 

The mobile version is also useful if you have staff members who visit clients or in other ways might work away from the building, because when they clock in via their mobile the system records their GPS location. This is a useful feature if you are concerned an employee might be entering false clocking information.