Stockport in stand-off with Stagecoach over land for £350m regen scheme

The Chester-headquartered engineering firm has formalised a new board of five directors, each promoted from within the business.

A significant residential development is being planned on land south of the A58 that was previously occupied by the Angel Meadows estate.

With approval secured and £17m of Good Growth Fund cash committed for the first phase of the Bolton industrial scheme, the developer is readying plans for another 215,000 sq ft of sheds.

In a familiar theme for football-linked planning bids this summer, Merseytravel’s expansion of facilities at the closest station to Everton’s Hill Dickinson stadium has been pushed back, pending a site visit.

The procurement specialist has launched a national construction services framework, providing public sector bodies with a compliant route to market over a four-year period.

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The Liverpool-based furniture retailer is returning to the town within the 8,000 sq ft former Formby Cycles unit on Altcar Road.

The former Hippodrome site, Henblas Street, and Chester Street are in line for an overhaul backed by Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob Mac, as the City of Culture 2029 bid takes shape.

The site of the former St Matthew’s Church off Worsley Road in Winton is to be transformed into 40 affordable homes under plans from Lancet Homes.

The real estate group has stepped up its acquisition campaign following the latter’s rejection of its buyout offer earlier this month, arguing that the regeneration specialist’s current strategy is becoming ‘increasingly less sustainable’.

Housing association chief executives have welcomed £9bn of allocations from the government’s Social and Affordable Homes Programme, saying the funding would help tackle housing waiting lists across England.

The Liverpool-based firm headed up by Max Meadows and Alan Robson has joined the private equity-backed group of compliance businesses as it embarks on its next chapter of growth.

Partnering with MCI Developments, the investor’s affordable housing arm will acquire the £40m Trub Farm development in Rochdale.

The global business travel arm of American Express has signed for around 5,400 sq ft at the Peter Street office building.

The household cleaning products company has signed a 10-year lease on the eighth floor of Britannia Invest’s Bridgewater House.

The contractor has achieved practical completion on a 102,000 sq ft industrial & logistics unit for Hillwood UK at the Wigan development.

Torus62, Great Places Housing Group, and Onward Homes are among the 33 partner organisations to get a share of £9bn earmarked to support delivery of 70,000 homes as part of the initial phase.

Reworked this year, the community sports plan features on a docket that also includes a recommendation to refuse the expansion of a mental health facility.

The club wants to double the number of full-capacity live music events and other shows at the £500m stadium in a bid to increase revenues.