The Transport and Connectivity Roundtable Group at the Insider Property Forum has delivered a clear message to Manchester as the process of the transfer of power to the Greater Manchester Region, known as “Devo Manc” gains momentum. Manchester’s transport links within the region, outside the region and internationally will play a key part in establishing…
The Cheshire and Warrington Growth Deal, announced last July, has been signed. The Growth Deal will help the LEP deliver: 1. Transport improvements in the Warrington area delivering a new bridge crossing, motorway improvements and traffic easing measures and to the Chester area delivering junction improvements and a new bus interchange. These critical improvements will…
The blog is delighted to report that Trowers are taking a big step forward in the strategy of promoting and developing the regional offices by taking a 10 year lease of 17,271 sqft of space over two floors at 55 Princess Street. Prominent and high quality, 55 Princess Street offers excellent client facing facilities and…
You wait for years for something interesting to write about Lincoln (only joking) and then two things come along at once! Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post about Willmott Dixon’s UTC and Transport Hub successes, the Lincolnshire Echo is reporting on the plans to develop the city’s Cornhill Quarter as part of a broader…
Teaming up with Solihull, Coventry, The Black Country and Greater London (the South Midlands??) Birmingham has announced its team for MIPIM 2015. Speakers include Andy Street, chairman of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Argent project director Rob Groves and Tom Westley, leader of the Black Country LEP. More at Insider Media,…
WD do seem to like working in Lincoln. They are in the middle of delivering a UTC development and have now been awarded a contract for a £25m transport hub in the city. More here: http://tinyurl.com/pc5spbc
On Friday, we are almost certain to hear that, in line with the election of the Manchester Mayor in 2017, Manchester City Council and the 10 AGMA Authorities will take control of the NHS Budget for the Greater Manchester area. The health provision and budget is to be amalgamated with the social care provision and…
In its report, Demystifying Green Infrastructure, the UK Green Building Council concludes that introducing green infrastructure into the built environment offers a number of business opportunities (including a potential increase in the value of land and property) in addition to social and environmental benefits. More here at the ever excellent Click Green: http://tinyurl.com/p7mdabu
Readers of the Blog will know that one of our favourite memes is UK Cities as the engines of economic growth. This is ever more relevant as we move into a period of improved (albeit not massively strong) economic outlook. What is it, though, which drives the Cities themselves? One view – widely held –…
Last Friday BUILT was told by an electrician (with a very straight face) that economic conditions were such that he could no longer charge for jobs on an hourly basis. The local skills shortage in his trade are such that he has to charge on a daily basis for practically any job (so that he…
