‘Time Out’ market to anchor Waterloo tunnel revamp Jun 23, 2019 ‘Time Out’ is bringing its food hall concept to London for the first time in currently disused tunnels underneath Waterloo station, our London Property Club event has heard. The company, which began life the publisher of London’s main entertainment listings magazine, operates Time Out Markets in a number of foreign cities, having pioneered the concept […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Network Rail and Kier JV exploring overtrack developments Jun 23, 2019 Kier’s joint venture with Network Rail is “looking seriously” at bringing forward over station developments in London having taken just a weekend to lay the concrete podium for its first such project. Tim Shaw, Head of Solum (the name for the joint venture), outlined the JV’s progress on its revamp of Twickenham station at our […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out regeneration and development opportunities and major plans within Brighton and Sussex Jun 23, 2019 On the 2nd July, prominent business leaders within the construction and property industry will come together for the Brighton & Sussex Development Plans Conference – one of the region’s largest business events of the year within the construction sector. [emaillocker id=”71749″] The event, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s leading […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Video gaming helping to innovate the construction industry Jun 21, 2019 Offsite manufacturers are hiring talent and adopting techniques from the video gaming industry to help design innovative new buildings, the firm behind the delivery of Dublin Airport’s €22m new passenger facility has said. Wayne Yeomans, Head of Business Development at The McAvoy Group, which delivered the new building at Dublin Airport using offsite manufacturing said: […] 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
Airport growth to rely on additional revenue streams Jun 21, 2019 Airports will need to rely more heavily on incomes from developments such as Airport Cities as revenues from flight fees and retail declines the Development Director for Dublin Airport Lorcan Tyrell has said. Speaking at our Airport Cities Development Conference in Manchester, Tyrell said that cuts to passenger landing charges from €9.50 to €7.50 were […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Focus on contracting delivers strong annual performance for Willmott Dixon Jun 20, 2019 Privately-owned construction and fit-out company, Willmott Dixon has recorded positive financial results for the 12 months to 31 December 2018. The company saw turnover rise by £54 million to £1.323 billion, while profit before tax rose by 55% to £37.5 million. These figures were bolstered through the significant levels of activity in the Midlands, with […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
Blackpool Set To Benefit From A Multi-Million Pound IT Investment & 5G Technology Jun 19, 2019 Blackpool will connect to New York in under 0.06 seconds, digitally, via the next generation subsea fibre optic cable network linking the USA with European Financial markets, giving the town faster transatlantic internet connectivity than London. Business leaders hope that the multi-million pound investment by Aqua Comms, an Irish company and worldwide specialist in the […] Posted by: Adil Kotia 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
Official Press Release for the Oxford Cambridge ARC Corridor Jun 13, 2019 Conference to discuss major development and economic growth opportunities surrounding the Oxford Cambridge ARC On the 20th June, prominent business and public sector leaders will come together in Milton Keynes for the Oxford Cambridge ARC Development Conference – one of the country’s largest business conferences of the year. This conference, hosted by Built Environment Networking […] Posted by: Adil Kotia Read more
