WORK on York’s new Peasholme Centre is now progressing “very well”, officials say.

The new building, next door to the Masons Arms pub in Fishergate, had been hit by a series of problems, but City of York Council say work is now back on track.

A spokeswoman said: “The Peasholme Centre is progressing very well and we have a finishing date of late August. Expectations are that, subject to normal risks, the building will be completed within budget.”

The building’s design was controversial, and work was delayed last year by trouble with the foundations and the original builder going bust.