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Fuse is delighted to reveal its involvement in the successful bid by Global Gaming Ventures (GGV) for the new Large Casino License in Leeds. Leeds City Council made the announcement today that the coveted license would be awarded to GGV after an exhaustive competitive process. The project will involve the creation of a 50,000 sq. ft. entertainment led casino as part of Hammerson’s Victoria Gate development in the city centre. This win maintains Fuse’s 100% record following the earlier success in the license competition in Bath last year.
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The Fusiliers were out in force last night at the Yorkshire Property Awards where Fuse was one of just three firms nominated as Property Consultant of the Year.

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With six weeks to go until handover, here’s a sneak preview of the Fuse designed Lounge Bar within the soon to open Leeds First Direct Arena.

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Yes, despite the freezing conditions last month, certain members of the Fuse team got their kit off in public as part of the Fuse entry for the Westside Chair Photography Competition. The competition, run by office furniture manufacturers Steelcase Solutions, challenged Leeds based architects and designers to photograph the iconic Westside chair in an imaginitive setting. We decided to involve the whole team and we all got to pose with the chair in front of a selection of Leeds landmarks and to keep the poses consistent, we used the world famous picture of Christine Keeler as our inspiration. Unfortunately, some of the guys didn’t just copy Christine’s pose – they also copied her lack of clothing! Click on the photograph for further lurid details….
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In order to re- balance the non-David quota at Fuse (and because he is a really good designer) we are delighted to announce that Paul Henning has become our latest Fusilier. Paul is pictured here during one of Fuse’s latest …
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Want to join a growing, dynamic design businesses that takes its work but not itself too seriously? Then read on… With new projects coming on line within the UK and across Europe, we are still looking for new team members. At …
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The comprehensive refit of the Hard Rock Cafe Barcelona drew to a close last weekend as the final temporary screens were removed to reveal a completely new Fuse-designed interior. The entire, multi-million euro project was carried out with the unit trading throughout. The finishing touches are now being added but the Fuse boys were in Barcelona this week for the handover and managed to take a few photographs.
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…but it helps. To maintain our Pro-David Quota at acceptable levels, we say “Welcome aboard” today to our latest Fusilier, David Hall. David joins as an Architect in our Leeds studio and will hit the ground running working on a series of exciting new projects, in fact his first days “in the office” this week are site visits in Ibiza and Barcelona! Not a bad start to his Fuse days.

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The Hard Rock Cafe in the Placa Catulaunya in Barcelona is soon to be unveiled after a major Fuse-designed refit. This week, journalists were given a sneak preview of the venue and a look at some of the special rock memorabilia which will be on show.

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In a surprising break from tradition Fuse have cast away all previous employment practices and appointed a non-David. Clearly it needed someone special to help us kick our habit and we are pleased to announce that this special person is …
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