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, 17 May 2013 16:12:33 BST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The first of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. Once fully operati... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:33 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Three new recruits have joined workplace specialists TSK - boosting the workforce at its Salford Quays base to 46 people. The appointments at TSK's North West office follow success in attracting n... Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:58 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The Land & Marine Project Engineering subsidiary of Daniel Contractors has been sold by administrators to Murphy Group, safeguarding 184 jobs. Around 1,000 jobs had already been rescued by deals w... Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:49 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK M2 Global Investments has signed a five year lease for a Victorian building offering 3,952 sq ft of office space in Manchester's Ancoats Urban Village. Spanning three floors, the Blossom Street bu... Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:38 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK A blueprint for the development of up to 4,000 new homes in Preston is being prepared by URS Infrastructure & Environment on behalf of Preston City Council. The masterplan for north west Preston -... Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:25 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Pochin is drawing up proposals for a 47-acre development at Midpoint 18 in Middlewich to contain food producers and rural businesses, farm shops, livestock market, hotel and restaurants. Draft plans f... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:57:28 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Fund managers looking for investment opportunities outside London and the South West favour the North West over anywhere else in the country, according to a Lloyds Bank survey. Twenty two per cent of... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:26 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Deals totalling 3.2m sq ft enabled Cheshire & Warrington to buck the trend of poor take-up across the rest of the region last year, according to the Cheshire & Warrington Property Review 2013.... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:13:12 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Lancashire's Progress Care Housing Association won a national Tenant Participation Advisory Service Award for its work with tenants who have learning disabilities and mental health needs. The hous... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:11:16 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Great Places Housing Group has awarded contracts totalling £10.6m to Seddon Construction for 114 new affordable homes at two sites in Breightmet, Bolton. Seddon will build a £6.6m developmen... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:20:05 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Almost 1,000 jobs look set to be safeguarded at Daniel Contractors after two of its three main customers reached an agreement with administrators to continue using its services. The civil engineering ... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:03:32 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Carl Grannell has been appointed as a director of John McCall Architects in Liverpool. An associate for seven years, he has worked at the practice for 11 years. He joins the board alongside existing d... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:10:13 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Mark Ingham has been appointed as a legal consultant with the Kingsley Associates recruitment company in Liverpool. He will be work across all levels of legal appointments throughout the UK having pre... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:23 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Roy Beckett has been promoted to the position of regional managing partner for the Business Legal Services division at the Manchester office of the Irwin Mitchell law firm. One of the city's most ... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:30:39 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The Department of Communities & Local Government has granted planning consent for Peel Energy's proposed 20MW Barton Renewable Energy Plant in Davyhulme, Manchester. Trafford Council had refus... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:02:52 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Construction has been completed at Lee Court in Hoylake, a housing project designed to meet the needs of disabled young people still living "at home" with elderly parents. The £3.2m Lee... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:05:04 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Two derelict sites in north Liverpool are to be redeveloped after Cobalt Housing received £6.8m from the Homes & Communities Agency to partly fund construction of 97 homes and new community a... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:21:46 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Palatine Private Equity has signed a 10 year lease on 2,500 sq ft of office accommodation at The Zenith building in Spring Gardens, Manchester. The private equity house will move from Bruntwood's ... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:27:17 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The success of the All Star Lanes bowling alley at Capital & Regional's Great Northern development in Manchester has helped to secure one new tenant and attracted firm interest from two furthe... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:04:24 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Altrincham-based Lovell has won places on three major house building and development frameworks in the North West. The company was appointed to the four-year, £120m JV North 2 development framewo... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:56:41 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Bill Dawson and Dan Butters, partners at Deloitte, have been appointed joint administrators to Warrington-based Daniel Contractors and subsidiary Land & Marine Project Engineering. Daniel Contract... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:44:05 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Property Alliance Group has let 22,800 sq ft of industrial space on Alliance Business Park in Penrith to Jeld Wen, a door supplier. The new tenant agreed a lease on three units at £62,765 a year ... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Discount homeware retailer, HomeSense, is to occupy the 12,800 sq ft former Hub unit in Manchester Arndale, opening on Thursday 30 May. The HomeSense store is located next to TK Maxx, also part of TJX... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:22:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Attractive salary offered, subject to experience Vermont Property Services are looking... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:35:34 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Farrans Construction has won a £6.1m contract with United Utilities Water to build a new pipeline in Lancashire aimed at protecting water levels and boosting wildlife in the Brennand and Whitenda... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:02:16 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Transport for Greater Manchester and Manchester City Council will hold a five-week public consultation on plans to transform travel along Oxford Road with priority for buses, pedestrians and cyclists.... Wed, 15 May 2013 10:47:17 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Jones Lang LaSalle has been appointed by Muse Developments to sell the 77 apartments in the next phase of the Smithfield regeneration scheme in Manchester's Northern Quarter. Construction is under... Wed, 15 May 2013 09:34:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Things looked bleak for North West property firms affected by mis-sold interest rat... Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:26 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Interserve Construction has started work on the £21.6m Project Arizona scheme at the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust at University Hospital Aintree. The 125,000 sq ft building will contain cli... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:58:22 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Andrew Jalali has joined Mosaic Town Planning in Manchester as planning consultant, after leaving Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners. Paul Williams, director of Mosaic, said: "An ongoing increase... Wed, 15 May 2013 08:29:55 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Willmott Dixon has been re-appointed as sole contractor on the Scape major works framework for local authority new-builds and refurbishments. The framework, which Willmott Dixon won after a seven-mont... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:51:33 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Two units at Piper Court, Blackpool Business Park have been sold to APC Blackpool, a local courier company, by liquidators at PwC. Robert Pinkus & Co advised PwC on the sale of the 6,400 sq ft pre... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:56:46 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Join Place North West and Bruntwood for a special event at the stunningly refurbished Co... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:46:28 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Air Products has gained outline planning permission for 230 homes to be built on its former works at Acrefair in Wrexham. There will be substantial open space for public use and the works social club ... Tue, 14 May 2013 12:34:20 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Developer-investor Himor has submitted a planning application for the second phase of Barrowcroft, a residential extension to the east of Standish in Wigan. Phase one, a planning application for which... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:25:37 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The 2.7-mile extension to the Metrolink line in South Manchester linking the network with East Didsbury will open to passengers on Thursday 23 May, several months ahead of schedule according to Transp... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:15:11 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK UBS Triton Property Fund, represented by Savills, has agreed new terms for Pets at Home's lease at Grand Junction Retail Park in Crewe. The retailer has taken a new 15-year lease, on a store that ... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:03:47 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Spanish energy giant Duro Felguera is holding a meet-the-buyer event aimed at a wide variety of sub-contractors to service the new Carrington Power Station construction site in Partington, Trafford. ... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:00 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Campaigners opposed to plans by Redrow to build 650 new houses on two farms in Hartford, Cheshire are due to find out if they have won on Monday 15 July. Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, was due t... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:29:11 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine plans to start work on the conversion of a rundown retail and residential building near its current facility into offices as it expands to keep pace with a £... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:09:19 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Surveyor Colliers International and economist Aspinall Verdi have been appointed by Pendle Council to assess market conditions and advise on whether to introduce a Community Infrastructure Levy in the... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:15:33 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Globe Construction has been appointed by MEPC to build the new 35,000 sq ft headquarters for Your Housing Group in Birchwood Park. The £4m project was the second won by Globe at Birchwood Park, f... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:07:12 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Mosley Street Ventures, a special purpose vehicle controlled by Fred and Peter Done, has submitted plans to Manchester City Council for the development of a 162,000 sq ft office building in St Peter&#... Mon, 13 May 2013 11:46:31 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Calico will hold a consultation event later this week to show draft proposals for a £15m retirement development in Rawtenstall, Rossendale. The project off Cherry Tree Crescent was designed by PR... Mon, 13 May 2013 11:19:42 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Liverpool brewer Cains has closed its supermarket own-label brewing and canning operation as it prepares to submit plans for a mixed-use scheme on its land. Cains said its pub operations are unaffecte... Mon, 13 May 2013 11:10:58 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Community group Red Rose Forest is using internet crowd-funding to pay for a green makeover for Manchester's Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter. The organisation has so far raised in excess ... Mon, 13 May 2013 11:01:16 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK The latest restaurant and bar by Living Ventures at Allied London's Spinningfields is due to open towards the end of June. The 12, 000 sq ft venue on the first floor of Tower 12 in Avenue North, f... Mon, 13 May 2013 10:16:23 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK There are more than 70 lots on offer at the next Pugh & Co auction in Manchester. The catalogue is now online with Pugh's usual mix of investment and development opportunities marketed on beha... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:53:08 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Property Alliance Group has started work on a 40,655 sq ft speculative industrial scheme in Bury. The scheme, named Bury South, is on the site of the former Halls site off Dumers Lane. Neil Higson, su... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:26:48 BST http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk?utm_source=rss_place&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_term=NEWSLINK Your Housing Group is to refresh its framework for asbestos removal contractors, planning to spend up to £900,000 a year over three years. The framework will be broken down into four lots by geog... Mon, 13 May 2013 09:08:27 BST