Sector: Retail, Leisure & Hospitality

Although a relatively new sector for the practice, Wellwood Leslie have gained a wealth of experience in the Retail, Leisure & Hospitality sector working with a number of clients across Scotland.

The variety of projects undertaken across the sector including food retail (restaurants, café’s, and bars, etc.), food and beverage production (breweries, distilleries, food preparation) and hospitality (hotels and bed & breakfast accommodation)

Sector Leaders

The sector is led by partner, Stephen McPhail, based in our Dundee office who has around 18 years of experience working on a variety of leisure and hospitality projects.

Stephen’s previous experience working with Forbes of Kingennie on the development of their leisure estate starting in 2006 with a mutli-use development for the alteration and extension to their reception centre, provision of new holiday lodges, creation of Kingennie Court, and construction of a new maze and 9-hole golf course.

In recent years Stephen has added to this leisure experience having completed the Angus Historical Park project at House of Dun for the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and a wedding and performance venue, Rossie on the Earn, near Forgandenny, in rural Perthshire.

Stephen has also worked on various catering facilities including at Carnoustie Golf Links on The Rookery, a 150-seater bar and restaurant as part of Links House development project, Brassica, a 150-seater bar and restaurant for Tayone Ltd, and Annies Café, a new catering facility for the University of Abertay.

David Urquhart brings additional support to the sector having worked on several projects in the last few years. David was project architect on the redevelopment of both the World Golf Museum and The Niblick restaurant in St Andrews on behalf of The R&A. Prior to this David was also working on Old Parkhill Brewery in Newburgh and Brassica restaurant in Dundee.

Completing the team is Caroline Sutherland, Interior Lead at Wellwood Leslie who is based in our Glasgow office. Caroline has worked extensively in the hospitality and leisure sector and will support both Stephen and David in the development of projects within the sector.