Invesco relaunches UK Fund with ESG focus Feb 1, 2022 Invecso has relaunched its UK Companies fund as the Sustainable UK Companies Fund to capitalise on the ‘underestimated’ opportunities in the UK market. The fund will continue to be managed by Tim Marshall, and its risk profile and objectives will remain unchanged. It will use a scoring system to identify opportunities in ‘misunderstood and mispriced’ […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UKREiiF poaches Sales Director from MIPIM as interest in inaugural event soars Feb 1, 2022 James Parker has joined UKREiiF ahead of the inaugural event set to take place in Leeds between 17-19 May 2022. James Parker, known for heading up UK Sales for MIPIM, has today been announced as joining Built Environment Networking to work across one of their flagship event – UKREiiF (The UK’s Real Estate Investment and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
600 delegates representing 150 investors and funders already signed up to UKREiiF Jan 31, 2022 The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) has so far secured over 600 C-Suite and senior professionals to attend the event – representing more than 150 investment firms. UKREiiF is a game-changing new event set to take place in Leeds between 17-19th May 2022 which brings together cities and regions to connect with […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
UK healthcare market shows resilience as sector recovers from the pandemic Jan 26, 2022 The UK healthcare property market showed resilience against the impacts of the pandemic, with operators reporting recovering occupancy levels and stronger than expected margins, according to global property adviser Knight Frank. Knight Frank’s latest UK Healthcare Property Market Overview shows that occupancy rates in the elderly care market were down 9.7% year-on-year in 2021, averaging […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Lord McLoughlin confirmed as Chair of Transport for the North Jan 26, 2022 The North’s political and business leaders have approved the appointment of Lord Patrick McLoughlin as the next Chair of the Transport for the North Partnership Board and Board. Lord McLoughlin has had an extensive career in UK politics for more than 30 years, serving as the Member of Parliament for Derbyshire Dales between 1986 and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Sanctuary’s sustainability and climate change lead joins UKREiiF line-up Jan 26, 2022 At the inaugural UKREiiF event in Leeds between 17-19 May 2022, Sanctuary’s Donna Williams will join a discussion focused on the residential green retrofit agenda. Sanctuary, one of the UK’s largest housing associations and landlord to more than 105,000 properties, will be represented at UKREiiF by Donna Williams, Group Director of Sustainability and Climate Change. […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
BP submits Government bids over major clean energy projects Jan 25, 2022 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed news that global energy company bp has today (25 January) submitted bids to government to secure support for two major low carbon energy projects in the region. The bp-operated Net Zero Teesside Power project (NZT Power) and bp’s H2Teesside hydrogen project have submitted bids into Phase 2 of […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Quadreal and Valor to invest additional £2.5bn into logistics assets Jan 25, 2022 UKREiiF attendee QuadReal Property Group (“QuadReal”) and pan-European urban logistics specialist Valor Real Estate Partners (“Valor”) have expanded their partnership with the launch of a second Joint Venture (the “JV”) to invest an additional €3 billion in urban logistics assets located primarily in UK, France and Germany. The new vehicle’s value-add and development strategy will […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Mott MacDonald announced as UKREiiF Main Stage Partner Jan 25, 2022 At the inaugural UKREiiF event in Leeds between 17-19 May 2022, Mott MacDonald will take to the Main Stage as part of the Connecting People to Opportunity Panel. Global engineering, management and development consultants Mott MacDonald has thrown their weight behind the inaugural UKREiiF event by sponsoring the Main Stage Session discussion around Connecting People […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Alpha Real Capital acquires £86m energy portfolio Jan 24, 2022 Real assets investment manager Alpha Real Capital has acquired Innova Energy, which has a solar energy portfolio totalling almost 62MW in the UK. The 17 PV projects, valued at £86m, are located across the UK and include extension and expansion rights. They generate about 540 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year, equivalent to powering 186,000 homes. […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
