Kingsgate jobs warning as Palace Theatre flats conversion is approved

Simmy Sekhon (centre) celebrates Palace Theatre planning permissionJOBS are at risk after councillors backed a development near the Kingsgate Centre, a leading Huddersfield businessman warned last night. Shopping centre boss Peter Everest was speaking moments after planners approved the proposal to convert the Palace Theatre into student flats. But developer Simmy Sekhon, welcomed Kirklees Council’s […]

New start for the Huddersfield Hotel

IT’S heartening to learn that The Huddersfield Hotel has been bought by a family that has already shown a commitment to the town. Simmy Sekhon, his brother and father employ 150 people in West Yorkshire and he already owns other high profile properties in Huddersfield including Britannia Buildings and the Palace Theatre which he wants […]

New owners of the Huddersfield Hotel aim to bring it back to life after refurbishment

A SOLICITOR has bought the Huddersfield Hotel and today revealed his grand plans to re-open it. Simmy Sekhon, a former Huddersfield University law student, completed the deal to acquire the hotel over the weekend. Mr Sekhon spoke to the Examiner about his plans for the Huddersfield Hotel, which is at the bottom of Kirkgate. He […]

Office plan for historic landmark

One of Bradford’s most historic buildings is to be converted into offices. The former Masonic Lodge of the Connaught Rooms in Manningham has been bought by Nirmal Singh Properties for an undisclosed figure after an unsuccessful auction where it had a £1.5 million guide price. Nirmal Singh already owns the Commercial House development on Manningham […]

Ruhanga Development Nursery & Primary School

In 2007 Denis & Ann opened a Volunteer Guest House and in the same year after being asked by the village women we opened a Nursery School in an old chicken house. This developed each year and thanks to one-off or regular monthly donations from volunteers and other friends we now have 12 classrooms, 6 […]

Champion School Visit

Simmy Sekhon was invited to St Bedes and St Joseph’s Catholic College through Bradford City Councils Champion School visit. Fatimah Hussain, Business Support Officer for the Education Partnership Team for the Schools Standards & Performance had the following feedback. “Hi Simmy, I hope you are well. I hear the visit at St Bedes and St […]

William Merritt centre 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner

As the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Asghar Khan was welcomed as a patron of the William Merritt centre 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner in the Banqueting Hall, Civic Hall. Raising funds for a mobile toy library that will give disabled children across the city the opportunity to have fun, play and learn. Sekhon Group donated £250 […]

Sekhon Group ‘bails’ out the Lord Mayor of Leeds

A BRADFORD business has ‘bailed’ out the Lord Mayor of Leeds and raised £999 for the NHS following a successful fundraising initiative. Nirmal Sekhon Group, which has an office in Little Germany and in Pudsey, helped Lord Mayor of Leeds Councillor Asghar Khan “break free” from his chambers at Leeds Civic Hall earlier this week, […]

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