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
North Lanarkshire commits £500m to long-term towns improvement programme Mar 22, 2021 North Lanarkshire Council has agreed a five-year £500m capital investment programme which it hopes will begin the process of transforming eight of its major town centres. The plan will combine with planned housing investment and City Deal funding to deliver £1.2bn for ambitious regeneration proposals in Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Motherwell, Shotts and Wishaw. […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Council approves radical regeneration of Manchester hospitals Mar 22, 2021 Manchester City Council’s Executive has endorsed radical plans to transform hospital sites in North Manchester and Wythenshawe. The Strategic Regeneration Frameworks (SRF) for North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH) and Wythenshawe Hospital contain an ambitious vision to create two new sustainable health campuses located at the heart of their communities. Alongside connected health and social care […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Commonwealth Games reveals £350m legacy procurement budget Mar 22, 2021 The organisers of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have unveiled details of their legacy plan which involves creating 1,400 new homes and a procurement budget of £350m. The event is due to take place in July/August next year with the redeveloped Alexander Athletics Stadium the focal point for the event. That, along with the Sandwell […] 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
Swindon’s cultural quarter set for £80m renaissance Mar 19, 2021 Swindon Borough Council has released plans for a £80m reboot of its cultural quarter, including an ambitious proposal for a new 1,200-capacity theatre. Earlier this month the council was given £19.5m via the government’s Towns Fund and it also hopes to receive £20m from the Levelling Up fund to facilitate the redevelopment, which includes a […] 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
Plan to extend revolutionary Cambridge transport system to Peterborough Mar 19, 2021 Extending the proposed £2bn Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro transport system to Peterborough and Chatteris is being considered ahead of the business case phase, which starts next month. Earlier this week the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) released details of conceptual designs which are being used as a starting point for how the new transport system […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Help us shape UKREiiF to make it ‘as perfect as it deserves to be’ Mar 19, 2021 Thames Estuary Growth Board chair Kate Willard OBE supports UKREiiF’s desire to hear from lots of different voices during the planning phase of its three-day networking, exhibition and conferencing event in Leeds next year to ensure it will be a positive experience for all who work in the industry. Speaking at the launch seminar this […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
