http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/ Latest News Headlines from Place North West http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/assets/images/rss/maceandjones.gif http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk en Place North West sport Thu, 17 May 2012 10:54:52 BST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Daresbury-based software company Autology World has secured a £200,000 equity investment from the North West Fund for Digital & Creative, managed by AXM Venture Capital. The North West Fund m... Thu, 17 May 2012 10:52:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Midas, Manchester's inward investment agency, says it exceeded job creation targets across Greater Manchester in 2011/12. The investment agency's end-of-year figures show that 70 successful pr... Thu, 17 May 2012 10:29:53 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Lancashire-based developer-contractor Worthington Properties has started work on a £9m residential and retail scheme in Clifton Drive North, Lytham St Annes. The three-storey building will contai... Thu, 17 May 2012 10:19:18 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Street banners, flags and welcome boards in Liverpool are to be updated with a campaign promoting the city as a 'destination of business and cultural excellence'. The 107 city centre banners, ... Thu, 17 May 2012 10:02:25 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Caddick Developments has sold a 12,000 sq ft industrial unit at Knowsley Business Park to paper merchant, Paper 4 Print, for an undisclosed sum. The unit is in the park's Penrhyn Court phase, to t... Thu, 17 May 2012 09:40:56 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Bolton-based Seddon Construction has appointed Nicola Hodkinson and Carl Wilde to the company's board of directors. Hodkinson joined Seddon in 1999 and is the company's head of customer care a... Thu, 17 May 2012 09:19:35 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Space North West has been granted planning approval for an 18,000 sq ft Ben Dunne Gym at Liverpool Innovation Park on Edge Lane. Work will begin on site in May on the fit-out of the second Ben Dunne G... Wed, 16 May 2012 17:53:14 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Rapid Rhythm, based in the MedTech Centre on Manchester Science Parks, has received a £50,000 investment from the North West Fund for Biomedical, managed by Spark Impact. The funding will be used... Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:23 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester-based architect Stephen Hodder has been confirmed as the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Hodder will become president elect on 1 September 2012 and will take ov... Wed, 16 May 2012 12:11:53 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Planning consultancy DPP has promoted Mark Aylward to planning director and Rachel Edwards to principal planner in Manchester. DPP's managing director, Jill Riley, said: "This is our way of r... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:10:43 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Stockport and Cheshire East Councils will hold events next week to give residents their say on the proposed masterplan for the redevelopment of Woodford Aerodrome. BAE Systems sold the site last year ... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:52:50 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Savills and 5 Plus Architects are advising First Choice Homes Oldham on development of a new £7m headquarters in the town centre. The initial plans are for a 30,000 sq ft headquarters to be built... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:14 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels has recruited hotel specialist Alistair Greenhalgh f... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:09:33 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Capital & Regional has agreed terms with one of its larger retailers at The Mall Blackburn to extend the store. Details of the imminent deal were alluded to but not elaborated on in a trading stat... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:07:31 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Digital advertising agency Great Fridays has taken a 5,000 sq ft office at Tower 12 in Allied London's Manchester development. Great Fridays was founded in Manchester and now has other offices in ... Tue, 15 May 2012 16:49:39 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Kier has been appointed by housing association Places for People to undertake a £2.5m refurbishment of its group support centre in Preston. The project is part of a four-year office refurbishment... Tue, 15 May 2012 13:38:38 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Marmara Grill on Wilmslow Road in Manchester's curry mile has been fined more than £12,000 for dumping rubbish and waste behind its premises. The takeaway was fined £1,500 for each of ei... Tue, 15 May 2012 13:16:43 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Kames Capital has appointed building consultancy Powell Williams to carry out the latest phase of refurbishment of the office building in central Manchester. The five-storey, 28,400 sq ft office block... Tue, 15 May 2012 11:01:16 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Architects Sheppard Robson have been appointed by Kier Property to develop plans for the new development at Siemens 20-acre Princess Road site in Didsbury, South Manchester. Kier Property was selected... Tue, 15 May 2012 09:58:26 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Merseytravel has begun the procurement process to replace the Merseyrail fleet of trains at a cost of up to £300m. Head-hunters have been appointed to draw up a list of candidates for the post of... Tue, 15 May 2012 09:45:49 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Investment activity in the region declined in 2011 as banks again retreated into prime stock, according to the latest DTZ Money into Property report. DTZ presented the findings of its 2012 report to 2... Tue, 15 May 2012 09:38:39 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Lancashire-based commercial law firm Harrison Drury has appointed Karen Piontek as a commercial property lawyer from Lawson Taylor LLP in Burnley where she was head of property. Owen McKenna, commerci... Mon, 14 May 2012 17:19:42 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester-based WHR Property Consultants has recruited John Edwards from DTZ to run its new building services division. Edwards is joined by former colleague, Alan Watson, as senior surveyor. In the ... Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:11 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK North West Ambulance Service's new £2.7m control centre in Parkway Business Park, Manchester has been formally opened by HRH Duke of Gloucester. Staff relocated in April to the business park ... Mon, 14 May 2012 16:19:57 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Engineering group Air Products is marketing its former factory site in Wrexham to housebuilders after securing outline planning permission. The buyer will get consent to build 230 new homes, 25% of wh... Mon, 14 May 2012 15:41:56 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Two North West landbanking companies that sold plots of agricultural land to members of the public have been wound up in the public interest following an investigation by the company investigations de... Mon, 14 May 2012 10:50:52 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Developer Lend Lease has resumed work on an apartment block in Manchester's Green Quarter to bring 215 flats to market in autumn this year. Work on Cypress Place stalled in the recession when the ... Mon, 14 May 2012 10:43:06 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A construction firm has been sentenced for safety failings after a roofer was badly injured in a fall from scaffolding at a house in Trafford. Stephen Cartwright fell approximately three metres from t... Mon, 14 May 2012 09:51:35 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Property consultants Scott Frazer have completed the purchase of Europa Court in Europa Boulevard on behalf of private clients. The three warehouse units totalling 62,323 sq ft, each with integral two... Mon, 14 May 2012 09:42:43 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A parade will be held on Monday afternoon and evening to mark Manchester City FC's historic first Premier League title and first English title for 44 years. There will be an open top bus tour with... Sun, 13 May 2012 20:00:36 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester-based brand consultancy Studio North has won an award for its rebrand of Merseyway in Stockport at the British Council of Shopping Centres Purple Apple Awards. Studio North won a merit in t... Fri, 11 May 2012 15:51:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Savage & Chadwick Architects and planning consultancy Steven Abbott Associates LLP have secured planning consent on behalf of English Lakes Hotels for a new 600-capacity convention centre on the s... Fri, 11 May 2012 13:17:04 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK There is expertise within the region's nuclear industry that should be exported globally but is not currently being promoted to its full potential, energy minister Charles Hendry told 750 guests a... Fri, 11 May 2012 11:26:19 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Jaguar Land Rover is to spend an extra £1bn with UK suppliers and create a 400,000 sq ft logistics park at Highcross's Phoenix warehouse in Ellesmere Port to keep pace with soaring demand for... Fri, 11 May 2012 10:44:11 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Detailed planning permission was granted on Thursday night by Trafford Council for a hotel and leisure complex near Manchester United FC's football ground to be developed by Gary Neville and Old T... Fri, 11 May 2012 10:32:44 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The long-awaited public inquiry into the proposed £150m regeneration of North Liverpool's Great Homer Street by St Modwen and Liverpool City Council will take place in June. A planning inspec... Fri, 11 May 2012 09:52:41 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Hundreds of Liverpool's great and good, past and present turned out to mark the 70th birthday of Barry Owen, chairman of surveyors Mason Owen. [IMG: 6032 width="200" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="... Fri, 11 May 2012 09:36:05 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Auction house Smith & Sons secured sales of over £1.2m at its latest auction, with more than 60% of properties sold on the day. Despite a quieter room than usual at the Village Hotel in Bromb... Thu, 10 May 2012 16:21:42 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Contractor Bowmer & Kirkland and structural engineering company Bingham Davis have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto an apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being ... Thu, 10 May 2012 15:26:38 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester lettings agent and property manager Homes4u has acquired rival firm Chesters for an undisclosed sum. As a result Homes4u will manage 500 more properties, and extend its services to include ... Thu, 10 May 2012 14:16:16 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Lancashire-based architecture and urban design practice Croft Goode Architects has appointed architectural designer Andrew Green from Stanton Andrews. Croft Goode, based in Kirkham, recruited Green as... Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:29 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Warrington-based house builder Arley Homes has appointed Tony Clayton as its first construction director as it prepares for 'further significant site acquisitions in the coming months'. Clayto... Thu, 10 May 2012 11:25:34 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Businesses that target the region's lucrative tourism market are invited to a dedicated one-day conference at Chester Racecourse later this month. The North West alone attracts 30m visitors a year... Thu, 10 May 2012 11:12:51 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Liverpool auctioneer, Venmore, will put 61 lots under the hammer at its next auction at the end of May. The catalogue features a mix of lots including residential, commercial and development opportuni... Thu, 10 May 2012 09:19:02 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester commercial property agency P3 Property Consultants LLP has pulled off a two-property deal to the same tenant at Oldham's Broadway Business Park. In a carefully coordinated transaction a... Thu, 10 May 2012 09:08:38 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A company specialising in quality bespoke catering has been hit with fines of more than £7,000 after mice were found infesting its premises. Kuldip Rajput, trading as Euro Caterers, based on Rail... Wed, 09 May 2012 17:34:33 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Himor Group has appointed Paul Codling from Orbit Developments to handle leasing and tenant liaison in the company's office portfolio. Himor's office stock includes Clarence House, St James&#3... Wed, 09 May 2012 17:25:45 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed by Thornfield Properties Bury as property managers of The Rock, the shopping development, to work alongside asset manager Hammerson. This is the third shoppi... Wed, 09 May 2012 17:05:13 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The Liverpool Commercial District BID is looking for volunteers to take part in a cleaning project in the city centre this Sunday 13 May. The BID is working with the recently established JCI Liverpool... Wed, 09 May 2012 10:49:03 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Industrial director Steve Johnson has resigned from Jones Lang LaSalle to join start-up niche agency B8 Real Estate. B8 was launched a year ago by industrial specialists Howard George, Tom Davis and S... Wed, 09 May 2012 10:40:54 BST