{"id":101614,"date":"2021-11-09T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=101614"},"modified":"2021-11-09T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:14:33","slug":"merger-with-west-hart-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/merger-with-west-hart-partnership\/101614\/","title":{"rendered":"New merger with West Hart Partnership and Corstorphine &#038; Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Corstorphine &amp; Wright Architecture has announced a new merger with West Hart Partnership (WHP), making this its tenth studio in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>Formed in 1999,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> West Hart Partnership (WHP)<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/riba-immigration-reform-architecture\/50900\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RIBA chartered architectural practice<\/a> and has extensive experience\u00a0in the Health Care Sector.<\/p>\n<p>It is formed of a talented team of architects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/architect-innovator\/80446\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">architectural technologists<\/a>, interior designers and administration support.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of October, WHP joined forces with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corstorphine-wright.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corstorphine &amp; Wright Group<\/a>, bringing its number of employees to over 200, from just 12.<\/p>\n<p>The merger will strengthen Corstorphine &amp; Wright\u2019s portfolio of projects and widen the expertise available to its clients.<\/p>\n<p>It will also enhance Corstorphine &amp; Wright\u2019s presence in the Midlands area making it one of the largest practices in the region, with studios already in Birmingham, Stourbridge and Warwick.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Excellent service &amp; deep expertise&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Jim Hart, one of the founders of WHP, commented: &#8220;West Hart Partnership has steadily grown over its 22 years. We have been blessed with incredibly loyal staff and clients alike. We are extremely excited by this announcement and the opportunities the merger will provide in terms of greater capabilities for decision making and design solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Corstorphine &amp; Wright shares the same values we do, which means combined, we can continue our tradition for excellent service, deep expertise and a top-level environment that our clients want to be a part of. By becoming part of Corstorphine &amp; Wright, we can offer clients an even greater service, and I look forward to becoming part of the broader Corstorphine &amp; Wright family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Corstorphine &amp; Wright\u2019s Paul Turner said: &#8220;Corstorphine &amp; Wright prides itself on its commitment to internal development and is excited to extend this to our 12 newest members, as our teams share their experience and knowledge, further developing the practice\u2019s talents and growing our capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a time to celebrate, the team we have welcomed from WHP is incredibly strong, and to align that talent with the team we already have is going to present some exciting opportunities, both in what we can deliver and how we can expand our client services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corstorphine &#038; Wright Architecture has announced a new merger with West Hart Partnership (WHP), making this its tenth studio in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[702,661,592],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-101614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hr-skills-news","7":"tag-architecture","8":"tag-hr","9":"tag-skills"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New merger with West Hart Partnership and Corstorphine &amp; 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