UK Firms Launch Global Campaign to Address Housing Crisis Apr 11, 2024 Citygate, a leading social housing provider in the United Kingdom, in partnership with UCEA, a prominent Single Family Office, has announced a global initiative aimed at attracting investment to tackle the pressing housing crisis in the UK. The collaboration is set to initiate a comprehensive capital and awareness-raising campaign across six major financial centres: Zurich, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UK Government Launches New Towns Initiative to Boost Housing and Economic Growth Jul 31, 2024 The UK government has announced a bold initiative to develop a new generation of towns, aimed at stimulating economic growth and addressing the housing shortage. Led by the newly formed New Towns Taskforce, chaired by Sir Michael Lyons with Dame Kate Barker as Deputy Chair, the programme seeks to create large-scale communities of at least […] Posted by: Mya Driver 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
UK Industrial & Logistics take up and investment hits record high in 2021 Dec 16, 2021 Take up of warehouse space in the UK is set to hit a record 66 million sq ft in 2021 (units over 50,000 sq ft), according to preliminary data from Knight Frank. This is 27% higher than 2020’s record take up of 52 million sq ft, reflecting unprecedented demand from occupiers to secure suitable space, […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UK industrial rental growth to continue to outpace other sectors Mar 28, 2022 Rental growth in the UK industrial & logistics sector is set to continue to outpace both the office and retail sectors over the next five years, according to the latest research from global real estate advisor Knight Frank. Knight Frank’s 2022 UK Logistics Market Outlook Report reveals that industrial rents are expected to rise an […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UK PropTech investment climbs to record highs in 2021 Dec 6, 2021 Investment into the UK’s property technology (‘proptech’) sector has reached record levels in 2021 and more than quadrupled since last year, as the growing sector matures. In analysing UK proptech funding round data for 2021, proptech-focused venture capital (VC) firm Pi Labs identified there has been £1.6 billion of investment into the sector so far […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UK Sees Largest Investment Trust Merger with Alliance and Witan Jun 26, 2024 Alliance Trust and Witan Investment have announced their merger, creating a massive £5bn investment trust named Alliance Witan PLC. This merger follows the retirement announcement of Witan CEO Andrew Bell, who served for 14 years. Andrew Ross, Witan’s chairman, discussed the comprehensive review process that led to the merger, noting that the board considered several […] Posted by: David Gilbank Read more
UK towns and cities get £5 million funding boost to help bring disused historic buildings back to life Dec 12, 2023 12 UK towns and cities are to benefit from a new £5 million fund empowering communities to breathe new life into their disused and at-risk historic buildings. Stretching from Aberdeenshire to Cornwall, the money will help social enterprises and charities in some of the country’s most deprived places take over dilapidated high street and town […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UKEF provides £1.1 billion support to the construction sector in 2022 Jul 5, 2023 UK Export Finance (UKEF) has published its annual results for 2022-23, which show the government’s export credit agency provided £1.1bn in new, direct support for UK construction exporters in the last 12 months. This supported up to 5,000 jobs in the sector, a 25% increase on last year’s figures. Overall, UKEF provided £6.5 billion in […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
UKREiiF 2025 Announcement: Save the Date for Leeds May 24, 2024 Following the unprecedented success of UKREiiF 2024, where a record-breaking 13,000+ delegates attended, the organisers are thrilled to announce that the event is already locked in for 2025, and promises to be even bigger and better. With many tickets already sold 12 months in advance, the message is simple: Set your calendars as UKREiiF 2025 […] Posted by: David Gilbank Read more
UKREiiF achieves ISO20121 Event Sustainability Management Accreditation an inaugural event Nov 3, 2022 Built Environment Networking, the organisers behind The UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), has official been given ISO20121 Event Sustainability Management Accreditation – following an onsite audit at the inaugural UKREiiF event in May. The accreditation looks to mitigate the impact events have on resources, society and the environment – whilst also relieving […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer 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
