Why marketing campaigns work (and why winging it doesn’t)

Denton station, visited by just 54 people last year, is part of the underused Stockport to Stalybridge line, which is being considered as a potential extension of Greater Manchester’s light rail network.

A new rival to the likes of Mackie Mayor and Society has been given the go-ahead.

Vistry has started work on the specialist housing provider’s £18.5m, 80-flat extra care scheme off Pasture Road in Moreton, part of a wider 124-home project that also features properties from Magenta Living.

Keys, pints, and rivalries.

Announced to much fanfare last week, the GM Good Growth Fund, which will support an initial 30 projects to the tune of £400m, has been backed by all 10 of the city region’s council leaders.

The budget for the project, which the city council claims is the “largest and most complex heritage project undertaken in living memory anywhere in the UK”, will increase to £524.8m. Completion is now not expected until spring 2027.

Liverpool jobs including the 656-apartment The Gateway and the regeneration of Heaps Mill have helped Legacie Contracts towards a 19.6% income increase year on year.

Bolton Council has launched a consultation on the draft SPD documents, which outline a plan to develop the 456-acre plot within the NorthFold growth corridor into a regional employment hub.

Arterior Solutions has completed the transformation of the 5,500 sq ft ground floor of the Liverpool office.

Proposals for 500 homes in Chester city centre and Northwich town centre have taken a step closer to reality after the local council inked agreements with VINCI UK Developments and ION Property Developments.

The joint venture wants to build the affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments at Academy Way in the heart of Warrington.

Blacklight Capital Partners has appointed AC1 Construction to deliver the £19m scheme, the first win for the firm’s new major projects division.

Rossendale Council has appointed the contractor for the redevelopment project, which is central to its masterplan for the town.

Amenity provision in the 232-apartment build-to-rent scheme in Manchester is getting a refresh, despite the scheme completing just six years ago.

The 280-bed Portland Street hotel will become the first Lyf branded hotel in the UK following an extensive refurbishment.

Join WSP, Stantec, LK Group, Freeths, BondBryan:Fairhursts, and more at our annual December get-together in Manchester.

Charles Street Car Park will be demolished to pave the way for the 1,000-room project, the first residential development within the £1.7bn Sister masterplan.

Sarah Smith, currently executive director of health and social care at Knowsley Council, is set to replace interim chief executive Steve Park in early 2026, subject to full council approval on 1 December.

The hospitality firm is hoping for planning permission from Cumberland Council to build a five-storey, 104-key hotel off an arterial route into the city centre and its railway station.