A young life – well-travelled (Life&Style – Spring 2019)
Blake Bromley, who is a resident at Farthings Court, Shropshire, certainly fitted more than most into the first ten years of his life. Travelling across three strikingly different countries and…
Digital confidence isn’t something you have, it is something you Do!
Grant Guhlke, FirstPort’s Digital Eagles Lead, talks about digital confidence and how he has gained confidence by finding the zone and taking the plunge... I’m sitting here writing my first…
Alleviating loneliness on our retirement developments
Loneliness is believed to affect nine million UK residents. While it is increasingly recognised amongst the young, it remains, as it long has been, a major issue in later life.…
The value of the outside environment
What is a beautiful and accessible outside environment worth to retirees? While we’re all clear that location is key for home buyers of all hues, what actually is it that those…
The value of wellness. Perspectives on health and wellbeing from commercial and residential property
Wellness, a combination of physical, mental, and social wellbeing, is a concept that has come to the fore in various sectors. It affects all of us – as individuals, businesses,…
Retired residents get their groove on!
They say music brings people together, and that’s certainly the case at a number of our retirement developments where residents are using a newly launched ‘Movers and Groovers’ class to…
Cinemas, gyms and bee-keeping clubs: FirstPort reveal why it’s good business to ‘create communities’ on developments
There’s a change afoot in our cities say FirstPort, which is set to transform apartment living, with larger, more complex developments now far more common, developers and property managers need…
