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A well-planned bar design is essential for both customers and staff, and can make a real difference to both your takings and the overall experience. Thames Contracts carry out high-end bar and club refurbishment for many businesses and organisations in London and Hertfordshire. Here we look at...

Borehamwood is also known as the ‘British Hollywood’ because it is home to the Elstree film studios, but it is also a thriving town in its own right. Here Thames Contracts, who provide high-end office design in Borehamwood and the surrounding area, look at the town’s past, present and future....

Businesses based in or near the historic city of St Albans not only have the advantages of a strong local economy – with excellent transport links to London – but also the proximity of Thames Contracts. We carry out high-end office design projects in St Albans and across Hertfordshire, as well...

Restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs across the country are slowly getting used to the post-pandemic world as business returns to something approaching normality. However, in some cases, features that started as a temporary measure during covid have now become permanent as the hospitality...

The modern shopper enjoys both bricks and clicks – the physical experience of buying something in-store (the ‘bricks’), as well as the convenience of buying items online (‘the clicks’). But what will this mean for retail design in 2023? Here Thames Contracts, who...

Figures suggest that despite the many changes to working practices, demand for offices in and around London has now recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Global property advisor CBRE estimates that there has been a 150% increase in the take-up of office space in Central London between mid-June 2021...