LNT secures £100m firepower to build up to 20 care homes in coming years

Simon Butler has been appointed as managing director – regional building at the multidisciplinary contractor, heading a host of internal promotions.

SES Engineering Services, which partners with Tier One contractors on complex jobs, has embarked on an annual campaign of marketing and business development services with Place North.

The North East’s economy is worth nearly £70bn and only set to grow as the nation focuses on the area’s strong suits of clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and digital defence – add to that a robust list of regeneration projects and you can see why this region is worth paying attention to.

After a busy day of meetings, panel discussions, queuing for coffee, searching for signal, and hot-footing it between Leeds Dock and the city, attendees were able to relax and unwind at Place’s reception drinks at Revolución de Cuba on Call Lane.

Announced at The Great North Summit in Leeds, the funding will be spread across the next 10 years and will support investment in areas crucial to regional growth, such as energy, transport, infrastructure, regeneration, and housing.

UK Sport has been commissioned to carry out an initial strategic assessment of a potential pan-Northern bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Suppliers can now bid for places on the four-year framework, which targets public sector regeneration schemes from councils, housing providers, and NHS Trusts.

Only a handful of tickets remain to join the 150 guests already registered to attend this year’s event on Thursday 30 April at Bridgewater Hall.

Set to accept tenders this summer, the national framework will include region-specific lots for development agreement, joint venture, and strategic partnership work.

The chair of Homes England and the chief executive of the newly launched National Housing Bank sat down with Place to to outline how £16bn of public funding will be mobilised to unlock housing delivery at scale.

City Investment Funds were just the start of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ announcements on Tuesday for reshaping the Northern economy – she also teased additional fiscal devolution measures that would provide mayors with control of some of the national tax income.

Place North caught up with Gordon Hewling, managing director Newcastle, and James Pitt, managing director Leeds and director of development at the international property exhibition to delve into why the North’s infrastructure, energy resilience, and development pipeline are attracting growing investor interest.

Matalan’s Knowsley headquarters, Central Square South in Newcastle, and One City Place in Chester have joined the London-based investment advisor’s newly launched regional office fund.

Embracing digital platforms allows the industry to easily and quickly connect companies with surplus soil with others who need it. MukAway is a construction tech start-up that does just that.

If you sell or let homes or commercial space in the UK, you’re operating in a market where the product is physical, but the first viewing is digital. Buyers, tenants and agents don’t just compare floor plates and EPCs; they compare experiences, writes Daniel Swepson of Next Chapter and Show + Tell.

BTG Eddisons will underline the new brand with an extended campaign of activity with Place North encompassing major events and online commentary.

Seeking to gobble up further market share in the brunch segment, the café group has secured £3m from private equity backer Foresight to support a further 18 sites by 2030.

The government’s regeneration and housing agency has confirmed its attendance at the international real estate show in March, agreeing a partnership with Place North.