Peter Crowther - Bruntwood

Bruntwood is a privately owned commercial property company offering office space, serviced offices, virtual offices, retail space and meeting rooms.

Bruntwood has over 30 year’s commercial property experience, and has a portfolio of 90 buildings across four cities (one being Birmingham). It caters for businesses who occupy entire buildings to those who require one desk and everything in between. Bruntwood first came to Birmingham in 1995 when it acquired the Cornwall Buildings on Newhall Street in the heart of the business district. It is now fully refurbishing the McLaren building in the heart of the city’s Masshouse regeneration zone.

Peter Crowther is Development Director at Bruntwood.

For me, the key advantages of doing business in Birmingham centre around two key points. First off there’s the workforce – Birmingham offers a strong and diverse labour pool, and with such fabulous universities in the city it is also a well qualified workforce as well. Then there are the continually improving transport links which allow access both nationally and internationally. The business community is also a key asset in Birmingham. It is easy to network here and meeting the right people with whom to do business is easy. For a commercial property business such as Bruntwood, Birmingham offers a great stock of available buildings. There are a number of properties that offer large floor plates and this is really important when offering efficiencies and flexibility in property.