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		<title>Paragon Insurance</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>An additional floor in the City, brought back within budget after a third-party design came in well over, without losing what made the design worth having.</p>
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<p class="bi-lead wp-block-paragraph">An additional floor in the City, brought back within budget after a third-party design came in well over, without losing what made the design worth having.</p>



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<p class="bi-dt wp-block-paragraph">Client</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Paragon Insurance</p>
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<p class="bi-dt wp-block-paragraph">Location</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Leadenhall Street, City of London</p>
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<p class="bi-dt wp-block-paragraph">Sector</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Insurance</p>
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<p class="bi-dt wp-block-paragraph">Scope</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Design review, furniture and cost consultancy</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading bi-cs-h has-x-large-font-size">The brief</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">When Paragon Insurance took an additional floor at its offices on Leadenhall Street in the City of London, a third-party design had already come in well over budget. Paragon asked us to examine the design and specification and see what could be done within budget, while keeping the integrity of the design wherever possible.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading bi-cs-h has-x-large-font-size">What we did</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We examined every item of furniture, every design detail and every quantity, to make sure each one was the best value for money.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image alignwide size-full bi-cs-photo"><picture class="wp-picture-7109" style="display: contents;"><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-jpg.avif 1620w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-300x200-jpg.avif 300w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-1024x683-jpg.avif 1024w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-768x512-jpg.avif 768w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-1536x1024-jpg.avif 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px"><img data-wp-picture-wrapped fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1620" height="1080" src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment.jpg" alt="Breakout area with a bar, cream sofas, a red column and a purple wall patterned with the Paragon logo" class="wp-image-7109" srcset="https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment.jpg 1620w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.businessinteriors.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/paragon-insurance-leadenhall-street-office-design-interiors-refurbishment-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px" /></picture><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The breakout bar and lounge.</figcaption></figure>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading bi-cs-h has-x-large-font-size">The result</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We achieved a significant saving and met Paragon’s budget, while the design itself remained intact or was enhanced.</p>



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