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 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:12:03 BST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Developer St Modwen has reported a raft of deals totalling 140,000 sq ft across its North West portfolio during June. Seven lettings were recorded at the newly opened Haletop East retail and office de... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:12:03 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Law firm Brabners Chaffe Street LLP has recruited two senior property advisers to its teams in Manchester and Liverpool. Tony Fitzmaurice has joined the firm's Manchester office as a partner after... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:01 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Contractor George Cox & Sons has started work on a £1m makeover of the Newton Heath district centre in east Manchester. Funded by the North West Development Agency and Manchester City Council... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:29:42 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Surveyor Nolan Redshaw has advised on the sale of a 3.5-acre development site in Bromborough to North West Construction on behalf of Time Token. Birkenhead-based North West Construction acquired the l... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:56:37 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Law firm, Hill Dickinson LLP, has reported fee income of £82.0m for the 2008/09 financial year, representing a rise of 12% from last year's revenue of £73.05m. The Manchester office perf... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:51:34 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester City Council has granted planning permission for Manchester Metropolitan University's new campus in Hulme. The campus expansion is expected to add £29m a year and 350 jobs to the l... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:39:40 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester and Liverpool-based consultant Davis Langdon has been appointed by Salford University to project manage the first phase of the university's £575m estates master plan. Salford owns ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:27:49 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A £100,000 feasibility study is to be carried out to see if a tidal energy-harnessing barrage could be built across the Solway Firth between Cumbria and Scotland. The study will be funded jointly... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:19:30 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Midas, the inward investment agency for Manchester, has received an 'excellent' rating in the Global Investment Promotion Benchmarking (GIPB) review of such agencies which is published every t... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:47:29 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Hale-based fund manager Braemar Group today announced that chief executive Marc Duschenes will convert £200,000 of loan notes into equity at a price of 2.75p a share. Duschenes will receive 7,272... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:54:24 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Makan Investments has announced another tenant at its new Lostock Office Park in Bolton. Edwards Limited, a specialist in vacuum processes for industrial and scientific applications, has taken a lease... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:53:13 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Matt Brook, director of Broadway Malyan's Liverpool since it opened in 2007, has been appointed to the Royal Institute of British Architects' National Council on a three-year term. The RIBA Na... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:27:13 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Upmarket hotel specialist Craig Baker is adding three buildings to his Leverhulme Hotel & Spa in Port Sunlight, Wirral. The extensions were designed by locally-based architect Paddock Johnson Part... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:54:25 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Surveyor Lambert Smith Hampton has completed two deals at Barclay House in Manchester city centre on behalf of the landlord, Barclay House Securities, a division of Carlton House Group. Architectural ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:28 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Carlisle is the 'hottest' regional town or city in the UK by house price according to Nationwide building society's latest research. The Cumbrian capital reported a rise in house prices ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:25:35 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Rochdale council will this week publish the tender inviting developers to bid for the chance to deliver a £60m municipal office development in the town centre. The design-and-build new riverside ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:03:17 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Number 10 Mosley Street in Manchester, occupied by building society Bradford & Bingley, has been put up for sale at auction on 9 July through Jones Lang LaSalle with a £1.25m guide price. Ric... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:43:07 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Warrington-based housing maintenance and commercial fit-out specialist Morris & Spottiswood saw turnover and profit dip only slightly in the past financial year despite the recession. The privatel... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:01:25 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Construction firm Kier North West has landed the contract to build a new public sports centre in Heywood, Rochdale. The centre will feature a sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, dance studio, and a c... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:30:55 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A landmark Preston building which stood empty for more than 18 months has been sold to a secret buyer. The University of Central Lancashire will not reveal the buyer of the listed Harris Institute in ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:01:06 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Plans for a £7m revamp of an historic Preston Mill have been scaled down due to the effects of the recession. Owners Carphone Warehouse have scrapped plans for 51 apartments as part of the Grade ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:27:30 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The North West Development Agency today launched a £15m transitional venture capital fund to support businesses in the region between now and next April. The funding will act as a stopgap until d... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:04:24 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Mapeley Estates have appointed King Sturge and Edwards & Co as joint agents for the 18,500 sq ft Boundary House office building in Cheadle. The building was previously home to HM Revenue and Custo... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:22:43 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Old Trafford-based construction group John Sisk & Son has been awarded a £12.9m contract to build a Glasgow hotel by CitizenM. The Manchester contingent, led by Chris Dyer, have been tasked w... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:10:19 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Newton-le-Willows-based property developer Langtree has signed up to a £25m joint venture with regional development agency One North East. New company Onsite North East will encourage renewed pro... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:50:08 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The ownership of Manchester investment and development agency MIDAS has been switched to help boost the city region's external appeal. MIDAS is now formally owned by the Association of Greater Man... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:46:40 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Manchester-based developer Property Alliance Group has bought a 350,000 sq ft former engineering complex, renamed Ecclesfield 35, in Sheffield. Alliance will refurbish the site, located close to Junc... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:11 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK St Modwen has signed supermarket giant Sainsbury's as anchor tenant at its £150m Project Jennifer development in Liverpool a year after losing Tesco. Sainsbury's will now operate the 115,... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:49:20 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Plans for Morgan Sindall Investments and Hochtief PPP Solutions UK's leisure and public services joint venture in Wigan have finally been agreed. Financial close has been reached on the £187m... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:16:35 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Construction company Mayfield has won the contract to build a £1.4m, 40,000 sq ft warehouse for Morning Foods in Kirkby. Mayfield will construct the 40,000 sq ft high-bay distribution warehouse, ... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:37:07 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Restoration specialist Maysand has been appointed to rebuild part of Chester's city walls. The Royton-based company, which has previously worked on regeneration projects such as the Port of Liverp... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:12:30 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Plans to rebuild three further education colleges in the region are under question after a blunder by government quango the Learning and Skills Council. Approval in principle had been given to a total... Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:44:43 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Cousins Furniture has sublet a 14,091 sq ft warehouse unit on Sharston Industrial Estate in Wythenshawe to Yusen Air & Sea on a 10-year lease. Tristan Wooller of Cushman & Wakefield, advising ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:52:50 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Burnley council has approved plans for a distribution park to be built next to Junction 9 of the M65. The 70-acre Burnley Bridge Business Park, being developed by Leeds-based Eshton Group, will be loc... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:34:10 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Colliers CRE's Midsummer Retail Report says High Street and shopping centre landlords are doing heavily discounted deals with retailers rather than suffer the even more financially damaging prospe... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:30:37 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Business advisor KPMG and Midas, the inward investment agency for Manchester, are to co-host a free seminar for foreign-owned businesses on carbon reduction law. The breakfast meeting from 8am to 10am... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:14:19 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Peel Holdings today confirmed it will sponsor the Liverpool Pavilion at the World Expo 2010. The property and transport giant, owner of the Port of Liverpool, Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manches... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:08:34 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Cheshire-based developer Metier has signed another tenant at its Maple Court office scheme in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Greenhailgh Solicitors has taken 2,000 sq ft on a five-year lease. Quoting rents... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:47:19 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A group of social housing providers led by Eccles-based City West Housing Trust and including Liverpool Mutual Homes is setting up a framework for construction consultancy and architectural services. ... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:18:25 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Parkway Trading Estate in Trafford Park has been sold by Royal London Asset Management to local private investor, Jolivet Investments, for £4.7m. Royal London's adviser, CB Richard Ellis, sai... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:06:07 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Liverpool-based interior designer Elaine Cunningham is to open a store at Rumford Investments' 20 Chapel Street in the city centre. Cunningham's franchised Bo Concept store will occupy 5,000 s... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:08:45 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Local developer GP Investments is nearing completion of its £2.5m cluster of small offices in the Northern Quarter, Manchester. Hilton Square, designed by Q2, will comprise 11 units on Hilton, Ta... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:34:30 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Kuehne & Nagel has become the latest maritime company to reaffirm its presence in Liverpool, relocating from India Buildings to a bigger office in Downing's Port of Liverpool Building. The Swi... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:25:31 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Nearly 300 visitors attended an event organised by the Homes & Communities Agency on Monday aimed at making house buying as simple as possible. The Key Event in Urbis, Manchester brought together ... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:47:23 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Design agency Finch has relocated from Covent Garden to take 2,600 sq ft at Rumford Investments' 20 Chapel Street in Liverpool city centre. Finch, founded 23 years ago, designed the brand for the ... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:03:45 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Hyde-based Envirolab will officially open its new £1m laboratory next month. The expansion of Envirolab forms a key part of a strategy by its Helsby-based parent company, RSK Group, to become the... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:17:39 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Affinity Scheme Insurance has expanded its occupancy at Bruntwood's Orleans House in Liverpool from 1,150 to 2,740 sq ft. The insurance underwriters has also expanded and set up another office in ... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:47:31 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A development agreement has been signed between Manchester City Council and King David Schools in Crumpsall, giving the school the green light for work to commence on its £20m redevelopment. Manc... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:49 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Businesses of all sizes based in north Lancashire and Barrow-in-Furness are being invited to take part in a defence and security workshop next month. Real Help Now is a joint venture between Furness E... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:08:37 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The final stage of works to improve the Edge Lane gateway into Liverpool city centre has taken a step nearer as four contractors have been selected to move to the next stage of submitting a formal ten... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:27:02 BST