Sigma adds to PRS team

Travelodge wants to open seven more hotels in Greater Manchester, the hotel chain said as it opened its latest at Orbit Developments' Citygate on Cross Street in Sale.

The contractor, taken private by US investor Cathexis earlier this year, aims to double earnings in the North of England and Scotland within five years, according to regional boss Andy McLinden.

Network Space has submitted a planning application to Knowsley Council for 270,000 sq ft of additional warehouse units and offices on a 20-acre plot next to its Alchemy Industrial Estate.

Publication of the draft Greater Manchester Spatial Framework has been delayed for a month as officers and politicians finalise key elements of the 20-year planning blueprint for the city region.

Construction has started on global offshore wind giant Dong Energy’s £5.5m operations and maintenance facility at Kings Wharf, Seacombe.

The architecture practice will now produce a final proposal for the University of Central Lancashire’s £60m civic square and student support centre, which is due to complete in 2019.

Trafford Housing Trust has announced its latest incarnation as it expands into the private market – a joint venture with Wates Living Space Homes, with the abandoned Bayer industrial site in West Timperley its first project.

Arriva, Stagecoach and Merseytravel have signed a partnership agreement to govern bus services in Liverpool city region.