Tory leadership hopefuls urged to back HS2 Jun 24, 2019 The Conservative party’s leadership candidates have been urged to take HS2 “really seriously” by the Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Presenting the keynote address at this year’s West Yorkshire Development Conference, the authority’s Chair Susan Hinchcliffe emphasised the importance of the high-speed line and Northern Powerhouse Rail for the region’s growth. [emaillocker id=”71749″] […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Brexit and land availability top airport challenges Jun 21, 2019 Business uncertainty due to Brexit remains the biggest challenge to airport growth beside the availability of land, the Chair of Newcastle Airport’s parent company Iain Malcolm has said. Mr Malcolm, who is chair of LA7 Airport Holding Company and Leader of South Tyneside Council, told delegates at our Airport Cities Development Conference that the current […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Planner’s response to “watershed moment” for the north Jun 17, 2019 In response to today’s launch of the UK2070 Commission report – ‘Fairer and Stronger: Rebalancing the UK Economy’ – Claire Kent of planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore shared her thoughts. Barton Willmore is part of the UK2070 Commission and Claire facilitated the ‘Scope and Scale of Sub-national Planning’ workshop at today’s symposium in Leeds. [emaillocker […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
Planning application submitted for landmark Tower Works site Jun 11, 2019 Ask Real Estate – who’re set to speaker at the Leeds City Region Development Plans Conference in September, and their development partner Cedar Maple Oak Ltd, have submitted a planning application to develop the historic Tower Works site on Globe Road in Leeds city centre. The plans were warmly received by the city’s Plans Panel […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
Wakefield Council; Exclusive Q&A – development plans and economic growth Jun 4, 2019 Ahead of the West Yorkshire Development Conference we hear exclusive from Wakefield Council on their need for development and investment partners, how they’ve become one of the UK’s fastest growing cities, information on their proposed Wakefield District Local Plan and more… Wakefield is one of the key city regions within Yorkshire and it will […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out economic growth opportunities and challenges within West Yorkshire Jun 3, 2019 This Wednesday prominent business and public sector leaders will come together at the West Yorkshire Development Conference – the region’s largest business conference of the year. Running for the third consecutive year the conference, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s biggest names in business, politics and local government lead a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
CEG’s £400m Kirkstall Forge scheme in Leeds takes step forward May 23, 2019 The highly-regarded Kirkstall Forge scheme transforming Leeds has taken a step forward with CEG releasing new information on the next phase of delivery. CEG – who’re set to share further details at our HS2 Economic Growth Conference in September – have unveiled new CGI’s showing how the next part of the project will look once […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Yorkshire housebuilder secured funding for further growth May 23, 2019 Conroy Brook, a specialist developer in healthcare, commercial and residential projects across Yorkshire who also trade under the name of Ben Bailey Homes, have secured £10m in funding to support the companies ambitious growth plans over the coming years. The firm, who primarily work across Yorkshire, have exciting plans across the region and the funding […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£10m University of Sheffield project given go-ahead May 23, 2019 The green light has been given for a multi-million pound development by the University of Sheffield – as they continue to become the UK’s leading university for engineering and hi-tech manufacturing. The proposed scheme will see the creation of a new research hub – which will entice global hi-tech and innovative brands to South Yorkshire […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
“We need your help” May 19, 2019 As hosts of the leading built environment networking events, we are always looking at ways we can improve and modernise to ensure we are providing everyone with an outstanding experience. We have recently partnered with Constructing Rainbows to look at ways we can encourage a more diverse audience to our events. We know that by […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
