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==Head office from 2014==
In 2013 the Holdings Board announce announced the proposed relocation of the Company Offices to Comberton Place in Kidderminster. Reasons for the proposal included:<ref>SVR News 183</ref>
*Bewdley station was essentially a domestic dwelling building with steep stairs and limited fire exits
*The building was too small to accommodate staff on a daily basis, resulting in the need to work from a room in the old life-expired buffet building, from home or ‘desk hopping’.
==Renovation==
A focus of the refurbishment was to reduce running costs and energy consumption; prior to that time the building had single-glazed metal framed windows, almost no insulation and a poor heating system.<ref name=SVR185>'Creating new offices for the Railway, Chris Bond, SVR News 185</ref> Following tender, contractors Ryan Chance undertook works including on the roof structure and windows. A complete internal fit out took place with including new electrical systems, sanitary ware and messing facilities. A volunteer-led IT/Telecoms project saw the installation of data and IT communicationsincluding some 10km of cables. A <ref name=SVR185/> The mixture of volunteers and contractors refitted the building at a projected cost of £149,300. WFDC allowed two years of non-national domestic rate relief on the SVR’s rates with an SVR undertaking to spend this relief contribution on the refurbishment. This relief provided £144,500 towards the cost.
The SVR occupied the building in from 25 April 2014<ref>[https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/business/11245979.severn-valley-railway-chuffed-about-new-office-move-to-kidderminster/ ‘Severn Valley Railway chuffed about new office move to Kidderminster’, Worcester News, 30 May 2014] (Retrieved 10 February 2020)</ref>.
==See also==
