Redrow launches West Derby schemes

Brian Laird has joined the Manchester office of planning and development consultancy Peter Brett Associates as a senior associate, with responsibility for leading the North West transport planning team.

Liverpool City Council has approved plans from Vinco Group, for a 664-bed residential scheme on the edge of the city centre.

The flagship cultural venue for the North designed by Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture, has been awarded a £7m lump sum by Arts Council England, and £9m annual revenue from 2018-22.

Communications and public affairs consultancy Remarkable Group has hired Cllr Iain Roberts, the former deputy leader of Stockport Council, to join its Manchester team.

A joint venture between Cordwell Property Group and Peveril Securities has been selected as the preferred development partner for the Royal Arcade site in Crewe town centre.

The new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, Jesse Norman MP, made his first public appearance after eight days in his new role, at Place North West and Transport for the North’s inaugural conference.

The North West construction industry celebrated the achievements of the region's best projects, organisations and individuals at the eleventh annual awards ceremony and dinner, attended by more than 560 guests in Manchester.

A development partner is being sought for the Worsley Mesnes estate in Wigan, where landscape architect and masterplanner Gillespies has presented a regeneration masterplan and delivery strategy for Wigan Council.

Clippers Quay, a £100m 614-home PRS development in Salford, has reached its highest point of construction.

Planning consultant Hourigan Connolly has secured planning permission for Seddon Homes to build 128 houses at the former Greaves Hall hospital site in Banks, West Lancashire.