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Towneley Hall recently received high acclaim from the North Museum Development. The North Museum Development recently commissioned for two case studies on this, which…
Clerkenwell Design Week marked its 15th anniversary, and London once again became a meeting point for designers, architects and makers from across the UK and further afield.
Delivering a public sector project on time and on budget requires a clear approach to project management, stakeholder co-ordination, and early planning. It comes…
In July 2025, Grade 1 listed Towneley Hall in Burnley reopened to the public, following a £4.56m repair and restoration project. Burnley Council had appointed BWD Ltd to support the interpretation (telling the story of Towneley Hall) and refurbishment works at the Hall, which has been a museum and gallery since 1903 and houses nationally significant collections of fine and decorative arts.
There is significant investment being made to Blackpool town centre in new hotels and office developments and for the last year, BWD Ltd has been proud to be a part of them. Blackpool Council, with support from UK government, has invested £8.2m in the renovation of Stanley Buildings within Blackpool town centre and the creation of a new business growth hub called The Robinson.
Bev went back to Burnley Crematorium to meet up with Senior Crematorium Technician, Tom, who was a member of the team that we worked with two years ago on the refurbishment project.
At BWD, we know that the best spaces begin with people and end with thoughtful design. That belief guided our work on the recent £8.2 million restoration of Blackpool’s 1930s Art Deco Stanley Buildings, renamed as The Robinson in honour of the original architect.
Inclusion is widely recognised as something to focus on, in order to improve the attraction and increase the retention of people within the engineering sector.
Airports can be stressful places for many people, but by focussing on the customer experience, Liverpool has come out top of the Which? report on UK airports for customer satisfaction.
The recently completed Burnley Crematorium project certainly created memories for BWD Ltd and they believe it will for those attending funeral services too.
It's amazing how a post on Linked In, about taking time out of my day to do something for me, triggered Scott Challinor to get in touch.
It’s been a while since we blogged. Too long in fact. It’s simply down to the fact that we have pushed it down our ‘to do list’ as we have been busy refreshing and refurbishing or client’s projects. Like doing the VAT, we have pushed announcing we have had a website refresh, to the back of the queue. Time to put this right and showcase our site.
Bev is a designer, seasoned entrepreneur and the owner/creative director of BWD LTD. She has held prominent positions in some of the largest organisations…
Like most people we are sick of hearing how damaging the coronavirus is to business. There is no doubt it has impacted pretty much all industries, however, there are moments that bring back faith in the sector we work in – the Creative sector.
Hardwearing wood effect Expona Flow commercial flooring from Polyflor was chosen to give a new lease of life to the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
This month saw the return of the Clerkenwell Design Week and Kristiana, our interior designer, headed to London for day one to ‘walk her socks off’.
Every year we attend the London Design Festival and this year we will be there again. We have the train booked, the accommodation sorted…
As with most industries in the UK, the construction industry still has presented mixed reports on the impact of Brexit. Will it help to…
It was showtime at the University of Lancashire last week and bwd were invited to attend the prize-winning Fashion Show at 53 Degrees in…
What a busy year it has been so far and workloads have been steadily increasing. We are not complaining, far from it, however, it…
Have you finished your shopping yet? We haven’t either! Not wishing to worry you but it is about three weeks to Christmas. We thought, like…
Do your staff have good quality seating that supports their back? Do you have adjustable desking? If your answer is no, then it may be time to think about investing in your office furniture.
Do your staff have good quality seating that supports their back? Do you have adjustable desking? If your answer is no, then it may…
Happy New Year. We hope you have all had a great Christmas break. We closed the studio over the holidays, which we do every…
Happy New Year. We hope you have all had a great Christmas break. We closed the studio over the holidays, which we do every…
Have you finished your shopping yet? We haven’t either! Not wishing to worry you but it is about three weeks to Christmas. We thought,…
They say it’s fairly commonplace to have a ‘seven-year itch’ in your personal life but we are sure it applies to business life too. …
We have all heard the phrase 'you can't have your cake and eat it', well we know you can. We have just completed another…
We are so proud to announce another win for the babes who design. Yes, we did it again! On September 23rd ladies from across…
Our new client, Preston’s College provided us with the opportunity to design and implement a number of enhancements to their new #iSTEM building earlier in the…
“How work-ready and talented students are at the University of Central Lancashire”. Our Creative Director Bev said, when she returned from judging this year’s…
Day 1 What to expect? Where to start? Which exhibits to go to? As a "newbie" in the UK and a little out of…
Day 1 What to expect? Where to start? Which exhibits to go to? As a “newbie” in the UK and a little out of…
“How work-ready and talented students are at the University of Central Lancashire”. Our Creative Director Bev said, when she returned from judging this year’s…
We are so proud to announce another win for the babes who design. Yes, we did it again! On September 23rd ladies from across the North West gathered in the spectacular Winter Gardens in Blackpool to discover the winners of the Enterprise Vision Awards 2016 (EVAS). A highly commended awards ceremony celebrating women entrepreneurialism.
Did you know that Blackpool Transport has a 125 year history? Blackpool has the oldest electric street tramway in the world, dating back to…
Did you know that Blackpool Transport has a 125 year history? Blackpool has the oldest electric street tramway in the world, dating back to 1884. You can imagine how proud we were to be invited by Blackpool Transport to design their new Customer Centre travel hub, on Market Street.
Apologies to all of our bwd blog followers for our lapse in posts over the last month. The reason is simply that we have…
The first month back after Christmas has certainly been a hectic one! We have received some really interesting approaches, have been working flat out…
Hello and welcome to 2016 bwd friends. Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. It’s hard to believe we are already…
Where has 2015 gone? We can't believe it's only 36 days to Christmas.....not that we are trying to panic you. At bwd we are getting super…
We have really exciting news, our doggy spa is open! Great timing too for all you pet owners who want to get your pets spruced-up…
Wow we did it again! We are so proud to have won another Enterprise Vision Award (EVAS). Last year we won Creative Industry Of The…
On Wednesday 23rd September, Ria took a trip to London to visit 100% Design. The exhibition takes place each year and is one of our favourites…
As a designer who lived and worked in London during the 1980’s, you can imagine what a surprise and honour it was for Bev…
Wow! We have done it again. https://vine.co/v/edhgaVlt1Th The bwd team are Small Business of the Year finalists in the prestigious Enterprise Vision Awards (#EVAS).…
We are happy to announce that Bev is now on the Board of Creative Lancashire. The invitation to join the Board is in recognition of her support…
The #DS15 fashion show was fab! If you missed this invite only UCLan event don’t worry, we've snapped a few photos and videos for…
In the home of the famous Blackpool Illuminations, Tower and Pleasure Beach we would like to introduce our re-planned and re-designed Tourist Information Centre. Next time…
Best of Britannia is now over and what an amazing event. The bwd team had a fantastic time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIQKFUpwQg] Hosted by the Best of Britannia…
It's official, the babes will be attending Best of Britannia 2015 in Preston. This is a huge privilege for us as exhibitors are carefully…
Are you looking at a blue sky idea or do you want to develop an existing one? Do you want to see the end result…
You may remember our blog post "Painting History" which profiled our work with Crown Paints and Preston's College students, well we are proud to announce that…
365 days, a tonne of blog posts (yes a 100 of them), another babe who designs and some amazing projects undertaken in 2014; what…
How time flies. We can't believe it is almost a year since we completed our Mighty Makeover project in Lancaster. This cost effective revamp of an…
We really love Christmas. It's the time of the year when we appreciate how fortunate we are. We will enjoy the pleasure of opening presents from…
What happens when you combine Level 3 Art and Design Students with one of the North West's biggest manufacturers and a leading Lancashire design…
Our bwd followers will remember that about this time last year Bev was a judge at the #LTA13 (Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013). Well we are…
We are very pleased to announce that we won "Creative Industry Of The Year" at the EVA Awards 2014! It is an honour to…
You will have no doubt noticed the latest viral craze that has been sweeping Facebook and other social channels #IceBucketChallenge. If you haven't been…
How good would it be to turn your humble shed into a themed bar or an all American diner! Well some have done just that.…
We love getting involved with our local community and were really flattered to be asked by Jim Leak, Chairman of Lytham In Bloom Trust…
As you may have read in our last blog post, we have been expanding our team. Now we are pleased to announce that we…
bwd would like to introduce our new #babewhodesigns Becky Worgan joins us from University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) after graduating this year with a…
We’ve been getting organised at bwd and have created a yearly events calendar so we don’t miss any of the creative shows around the…
This June the Fylde coast welcomes back the Lytham Arts Festival, a fantastic week of exhibitions, music and dancing. The festival starts in Clifton…
As we said in the last post our very talented designer Ria was attending the May Design Series and Clerkenwell Design Week. Here are…
If you are one of the estimated eight million people in London on Tuesday 20th May, you might see our very own design supremo Ria who…
The Winckley Weekend was a really creative event with a vintage twist. Only on for two days, we popped along on Saturday 3rd May to…
Have you heard about the Winckley Weekend in Preston? It starts this Friday 1st May at 11am and runs until 10pm. We're going on…
To all the bwd fans we would like to say "Croeso i Gymru" Welcome to Wales. You may remember our blog post 'Croeso' that…
BWD have been working with Ollerton Engineering Services in Samlesbury for over ten years working on various street furniture ranges. Ollerton have recently partnered with…
Previewing ideas before they become reality is something we do as part of our design process and we have become extremely skilled at visualising. …
Croeso bwd followers. That's right this week we are getting into the Welsh spirit as we are on site in Llandudno to fit out…
Spring is around the corner and with the brighter weather comes the new season's colour trends so we thought we would share with you…
The babes at bwd are excited to reveal the completion of another amazing commercial interiors project: Mighty House Residential and Lettings Agents in Lancaster.…
We have been doing lots of fast turn-around jobs recently which has been keeping us very busy. Whilst driving back from a client site…
Last week we were rushed off our feet; literally! We were briefed by the Head of Marketing, Manchester Arndale, to come up with an…
365 days, 32 blog posts, a new full-time team member and plenty of exciting projects lined up for 2014; we are very proud What…
We are feeling the Christmas Spirit this week so we are taking part in Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 13th December. This day is…
On the eve of our 5th year in business we wanted to do something special with this year's Christmas card so we decided to…
When we think of the seats and benches we sit on out in the street we usually find we are sitting on something nondescript,…
This week Bev has been looking for a quirky napkin holder to add a bit of flair to her table, when she has the…
It's all about judging this month as we have been invited, firstly, to be on the panel for the Lancashire Tourism Awards and secondly…
Your office is the hub of your business and the staff are your spokes. It is where most tasks, relating to running your business…
Time for our team to take a bow as another fab project comes to a close and have loads of photos to show you!…
We love creative and inspirational local events and as such we couldn't leave this event unreported. Coming to an end this week - have…
You may have heard of pop-up shops and you must have at least seen a pop-up card or book? Have you ever seen a…
Window shopping just became a little more collective. From playing space invaders to displays that monitor and respond to your movement. When was the…
"Champagne at the proms? Why not?" and with Roger Moore no less. It’s not every day you have the pleasure of working with a…
Have you heard? Rita Ora is in town as well as Russell Watson, Conor Maynard, Stooshe, Jason Donovan, Heaven 17 and Sonia! It’s the…
With the UK's weather being so glorious we thought we would treat you to a little refreshment. With pleasure we bring you Custom House…
We join you this week with not just one piece of good news but two! Firstly, we have photographs of our Brockhole Play and…
Fantastic news from bwd this week as we find our Ria has been shortlisted for a top UK award. We cannot wait to attend…
Here at bwd we love following up on previous posts so this week we could not help but share some of our photos from…
As an experienced design agency we know inspiration can come from many sources. We often find a great way to inspire our creativity it…
We can’t believe we are already half way through 2013, were has the time gone? Well we have had a great year so far…
The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) looks after one of England’s most popular visitor destination. Their aim ‘to encourage people to enjoy and…
Making a positive difference to how spaces are used is one of the driving forces here at bwd. We also like to share our…
After a most exciting trip to London our Managing Director, Beverley Wood, returned with lots of photos we just had to show you. Below…
Here at bwd, we are definitely material babes. In fact our Creative Director, Beverley Wood, is going to the Institute of Making in London…
The British summer would not be complete without a good ice-cream. They bring back memories of being with the family and make any visit…
You might remember our post last year, around the May Bank Holiday, when we told you about our designs for Manchester Arndale for their…
What’s red, green, blue, yellow and purple? Why it’s the iconic tower just down the coast from us in Blackpool and this is no…
An office object that is so simple and functional we have all used them at some point. A thin piece of wire commonly comprising…
[caption id="attachment_318" align="alignleft" width="300"] "Welcome to Fancy! Discover amazing stuff, collect the things you love, buy it all in one place." www.thefancy.com[/caption] After a…
For us, our best result from our clients is their happiness with what we have created for them, so we love that there are…
As a design company, we understand how difficult it can be to remain creative and different from the rest. Inspiration and influence can come…
Although the north west is home to team bwd, Bev's career began in the capital city, so London still remains close to our hearts.…
September has rolled in and Autumn has only just begun, and we are stocking up on khaki green and metallic shades, but as always…
A little trip down memory lane for many of us will take us back to school where we watched our teachers spend hours scrawling…
We came across this article by Mary Griffin and we fell in love with the idea! "In the heart of Coventry city centre tomato,…
I recently read a great blog post by Robin Fisher Roffer "Research proves that 65% of all communication is visual. What are your clothes…
Click HERE to listen to our very own Beverley Wood being interviewed by Brett Davison on BBC Radio Lancashire [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="336"] Brett…
We have had a few requests from current and future prospective clients asking bwd if we have or use video during our designing and…
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! bwd has been featured in one of our local newspapers, the Blackpool Gazette, in their report on The…
The moment has arrived, and we could not be more happy with what the fantastic team have created for The Pollinations flower event in…
Our home of Lytham St. Annes has been drowning in all things golf related this week, as The Open Championship has come to town!…
Our latest project is coming along fantastically, and we are very excited to be working on it, although we do feel it is a…
We are proud to announce that the new Chester Cathedral gift shop is now open! [caption id="attachment_228" align="aligncenter" width="529"] brand new gift shop at…
After months of hard work designing and project managing, we have finally reached the end of our latest project for Chester Cathedral! The Lord…
Last week, Team bwd were invited for a first look at the University of Salford's Degree Show for their School of Art and Design…
We're well underway with our project over at Chester Cathedral and its been a great challenge for us. The Cathedral is full of history,…
While you're there, put down that bag of crisps! We've something we're dying to try, and you're going to want to try it too!…
Keeping with the theme of the Diamond Jubilee, we have come across these fantastic little treasures by Lydia Leith. [caption id="attachment_194" align="aligncenter" width="529"] Lydia…
It is now near impossible to ignore the fact that the entire country will soon be celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee with an…
The innovative team at Kohler have taken the two most used rooms of our homes and have turned them on their head to transform…
As a designer, it is your job to be creative and let your imagination run wild, and one of the hardest things is reining…
Up the road from bwd HQ, not-so-sunny-Blackpool is home to one of the funniest floors we have seen in a long time - the…
Bank Holiday Monday was well recieved this year, giving us a chance to put our feet up and rest after our busy weeking of…
We had a great day in Manchester Arndale Centre! Everything came together, and our designs looked fantastic! It is so incredibly rewarding to see…
An hour to go before kick off! The event is looking great so far! And we can finally tell you about it!!! Head down…
A recent trend in the interior design world, for both home and commercial spaces, is bringing inside inspiration from outside! Whether its realistic and…
My youngest daughter is attending a fancy dress day at her school and has chosen to dress as her favourite adventure character, little miss…
We are about to come to the end of one of our projects, with 1 day to go before the event launches! Many different…
According to their website, Preston Guild is a historic celebration dating back to 1179. "It is the only Guild still celebrated in the UK…
During a trip to Manchester I found a gorgeous pink window display in the Mulberry store. When you have a huge budget and a…
bwd is a design consultancy specialising in commercial interiors, and "commercial interiors" means a wide variety of things these days. A really exciting project…
We are busy busy busy at team BWD but we're working on some really exciting projects, and one of them is about to drop…
We came across this gem in the middle of Manchester! Forget ice cream vans, we are loving the bacon sandwich van by Pork on…
We came across these fantastic colourful fixtures by Etobic and fell in love! These Iglum are great to look at, and give fantastic storage…
Even when I'm taking a holiday, I can't stop finding inspiration, and interesting little things that grab my attention! While on a trip in…
The Darwin Centre is a great example of how combining simple, contemporary design ideas with the museums historical aspects can be really fun and…
This project from 2011 was completely different to our Cheshire Oaks 2010 project, as the audience for the space was completely different. It was…
Back in February 2010, we had a great time working on Cheshire Oaks Visitor Centre. The design was simple but affective, and we got…