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Office solutions provider Fusion Business Systems has expanded from its Congresbury base into new eco-offices in the Grange Office Park at Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare.

The company was formed 14 years ago and for the past four years has been a supplier of Sharp Electronics photocopiers, colour printers and document management systems. With the business going well and its lease in Congresbury due to expire the company began a search for iconic and distinctive office and showroom premises.

Managing director Howard Eagland chose a converted barn at the Grange Office Park - six sustainable office units in four buildings in the middle of the Somerset countryside,  The office complex totals 9456sq ft (878 sq m), and is available in units from 610 to 6,460 sq ft in size.  They are designed to be carbon neutral in operation and with fuel bills a fraction of traditional offices of similar size.

Farming brothers Chris and Simon Redding have invested £900,000 in converting disused cowsheds and barns, using the latest thinking in sustainable construction.  All the offices use a geothermal heating and cooling system which draws heat from the surrounding fields during the winter and puts it back in the summer. Rainwater is used to supply the toilets on site, which drain to a bio-digestor sewerage plant on the site.  The treated water is clean enough to be drained into the river.

Howard Eagland said: “The big appeal of these offices is their environmentally-friendly design and construction, which strikes a chord with the way we operate our company. All the toners we sell for photocopiers and printers are recyclable for instance.

“Also, displaying the very latest technology from an old stone barn is proving very appealing to our customers.”

Fusion staff have also found the air conditions system “invaluable” during the recent hot spell.

Fusion has taken a five year lease on the 700 sq ft office unit.  Burston Cook acted for the landlords Chris and Simon Redding.

“It’s a superb peaceful location, with masses of car parking, too,” said Howard Eagland. “We hope to be able to expand into one of the larger units here in a few years time.”

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