The North East’s largest law firm has moved into its new home in Newcastle city centre after taking up prime space in new landmark office The Spark.
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has relocated 420 staff to the prominent building at Newcastle Helix, having spent more than 20 years on the Quayside. The firm received £4m in funding from HSBC UK to support its move into the city, where it has created a sustainable workplace of the future to inspire its workforce.
Set over four floors of the buildings and designed to deliver an ‘activity-based’ working concept, the firm’s new base has soundproof booths, open group working areas, quiet working zones, traditional desks and office space as well as audio-visual kits to support hybrid and flexible working. The office layout has also been created to encourage walking between floors rather than taking the lift, and sustainable travel is a big factor in its central location, with workers being encouraged to cycle, walk, or run to their offices, which have secure storage, showers and lockers.
