A Newcastle bar and hospitality interior design company has set its sights on international work that could bring new jobs to the city.
Collaborative Design, whose managing director Chris Sutton is behind the look of prominent nightclubs such as Tup Tup Palace, expects to grow its workforce of designers, marketers and architects from 11 to 20 by the end of the year. The firm says that, via sister company Bilateral Design Limited, it is currently negotiating a contract on a large hotel resort off the coast of Africa, which could be worth more than £48m ($60m).
If successful, Collaborative Design says it will carry out the majority of the work which could take up to four years and provide capital to fuel the firm's expansion at home and abroad. And building on work to deliver pop-up venues such as the Newcastle Central Station-based Lazy Bear, Urban Garden and Jesmond Beach Box, the firm is also eyeing expansion in the UK festival market.
