Planning relief for £500m Oxford life sciences district scheme Mar 24, 2021 Oxford City Council has finally given the go ahead for a £500m life sciences district on the edge of the city. Ten years after it was first mooted, the Oxford North development, which is the brainchild of St John’s College’s development company Thomas White Oxford (TWO), will incorporate new laboratories and workspaces for biomedical science, […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
UK industrial sites prove appealing to Kennedy Wilson Mar 24, 2021 Global asset management company Kennedy Wilson is set to double the value of its UK portfolio in just six months when it completes deals worth £140m in the next few weeks. The purchases will lift the American company’s industrial portfolio value to £440m, across 3.8 million sqft, and it is also targeting further acquisitions in […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Abu Dhabi fund to commit billions to innovative UK projects Mar 24, 2021 The Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund that specialises in innovative companies is reportedly set to invest £4bn in life sciences, technology, clean energy, health and infrastructure in the UK over the next five years. The $232bn Mubadala fund was set up by the oil-rich Emirate’s rulers to diversify its interests and has been increasingly targeting […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
CEG secure deal for hi-tech development in Leeds Mar 23, 2021 Developers CEG has submitted a planning application seeking to revitalise a disused warehouse site in Leeds for Yorkshire-based global diagnostics and drug development company Labcorp. CEG would manage the delivery of the new facility and aims to enable occupation by Summer next year. It would include a 100-bed clinic, pharmacy and Labcorp’s UK office headquarters. […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Historic decisions to be made on Birkenhead Mar 23, 2021 An eight-week consultation on the proposed transformation of Birkenhead begins tomorrow (March 24). The proposals are outlined in a major document called the Birkenhead 2040 Framework and are outlining the most radical changes to Birkenhead since the 1947 Town Plan, making the most of its history and heritage using William Laird’s town grid which he […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Scottish companies encouraged to bid for HS2 contracts Mar 23, 2021 Businesses in Scotland are being encouraged to bid for millions of pounds worth of upcoming contracts supporting the delivery of HS2. The number of businesses north of the border who have so far registered an interest in becoming a potential HS2 supplier is significantly lower than in other parts of the UK. Just 29 Scottish […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
More civil service jobs for Darlington as four regional International Trade hubs unveiled Mar 23, 2021 Darlington has again benefitted from the government’s levelling up agenda following today’s announcement the Department for International Trade (DIT) is setting up four trade investment hubs, one of which is going to be in the North East town. The hubs in Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and a new second major DIT site in Darlington, will be […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
West Midlands CA investment kickstarts eye-catching Digbeth project Mar 22, 2021 A landmark development scheme for Digbeth has been unlocked thanks to a £5m investment from the West Midlands Combined Authority. Stone Yard will deliver 995 homes on 1.37 hectares of brownfield land in the centre of Birmingham with work set to start on site in 2022 and be completed in four years. The deal announced in […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Watford Council focus on finding JV partner for £200m redevelopment plan Mar 22, 2021 Watford Borough Council (WBC) will next month start the search for a joint venture partner for its £200m Town Hall Quarter regeneration project. WBC is looking to convert its Town Hall into an office building and redevelop the Colosseum theatre “to make it more sustainable, financially and environmentally”. There will also be new homes incorporated […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
£7.5bn Affordable Homes programme opens door to new partnerships Mar 19, 2021 Homes England this week began allowing companies and organisations to register as new partners in its £7.5bn Affordable Homes programme, the next phase of which is due to start later this year. The 2021-26 programme aims to build 180,000 homes outside London. A further £4bn has been made available by the government, under the control […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
