Insight

Mayor Andy Burnham and the 10 council leaders hailed their new Trailblazer Deal as the most significant devolution settlement to the city region.

Before pursuing a career in construction, I was a school teacher. People are often surprised about my career change, as there doesn't seem to be any obvious similarities on the face of it.

MIPIM 2023 has come to an end. What's new, what's more of the same and what does it all mean for the future of the built environment?

Across the world, the property industry is preparing to down tools and gather in the south of France.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published its updated Action Plan aimed at reforming the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

The figures are pretty damning. They point to a political regime that is broken, and under which we are unlikely to get any meaningful traction from Whitehall in the housing sector.

Yes, I know that a YouGov poll puts Labour on 50% of the vote, but a number of factors will mean that we shouldn’t expect this to lead to a red tsunami in the region when voters go to the polls this spring.

A large part of public relations is getting third parties to take your message and put it out into the world.

There has been a recent and significant shift in focus towards operational expenditure preservation across portfolios, as clients adjust around sustainability targets.

Branding is a crucial aspect of any successful venture, and an important tool used to tell the story of a product, service, or place.  

We’re in a continued period of change with some very interesting caselaw developments and new legislative requirements on the horizon.

AI is the initialism on everyone’s lips at the moment. Where it was previously the reserve of science fiction writers, it has now hit the mainstream with a slew of market-ready tools for every Tom, Dick and Harry to get their hands on.

Don’t be fooled by some of the headlines from yesterday’s Convention of the North. The real point of agreement was the role that clean energy technologies can play in powering the Northern economy.

We all tell stories about ourselves and our businesses. These stories can be helpful and see you through tough times, or they can create unhelpful definitions that leave you stagnating.

As a cost consultant in a volatile and uncertain market, cost planning and feasibility estimates are already bringing new challenges in how we deal with supply chain issues and increasing prices.

The tsunami of challenges faced by housebuilders has been never-ending, and the headwinds construction has faced since the outbreak of Covid-19 have been severe.

There has been a shortfall of £302m in relief that could have provided a lifeline to struggling businesses, but never found its way into the right hands.

With the right plan, opportunity can be found on the stormiest of seas.

The ‘Tree of Knowledge’ as it has become known, is a Grade II listed relief mural that was created in 1962. Made from water-worn pebbles and historic ceramic fragments found on the site prior to construction, it has long been a landmark feature of Salford. It features an owl representing wisdom overlooking the flowering tree of knowledge.

We’ve been looking at whether the figures adopted by the Valuation Office are supportable.