PWA promotes Leyland to director

GMI Construction has handed over the 15-storey block, which has already attracted several established brands and aims to take advantage of the wealth of educated talent along Manchester’s Oxford Road corridor to lure more into the space still available.

The move, set out in the devolution bill published yesterday, will give more power to tenants and is aimed at revitalising the high street.

There has been no shortage of announcements during an eventful first year in power for Keir Starmer’s party but the industry, while largely positive about the last 12 months, is awaiting detail about how promises will become reality before passing judgement.

Around 200 guests gathered at Hotel Voco last week for the inaugural Place North West Property Lunch and were treated to a lively and candid panel session reflecting on the first half of 2025 and looking ahead to the next six months.

The social housebuilding consortium, made up of 14 housing association members. has announced the contractors and consultants appointed for the next four years.

The for-profit registered provider has sold 89 shared ownership properties and 45 homes for affordable rent across the North to Onward Homes.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said that 60% of 300,000 affordable homes to be delivered in the £39bn housing programme pledged in last month’s Spending Review will be available through social rent.

VACANCY REF: AK3314387 About the job Kingsley is instructed by a leading national retailer to secure an Estate Surveyor (North) to join its’ national Property department, to cover the North of England, which may suit someone located within the Merseyside / Manchester / Yorkshire / Northeast regions. The client’s national (and growing) portfolio extends to […]

REF: AK3027153 / AK3097009 THE OPPORTUNITY Our client’s Lease Advisory team is looking to build upon continued success by further expansion and recruiting a Lease Consultancy Surveyor – at Senior or Associate level – based out of their Northwest offices. The team provides specialist Lease Advisory services to property owners and occupiers, and these roles […]

Reforms aimed at speeding up the lengthy gateway process that has prevented thousands of high-rise homes starting on site have been announced.

Every salvaged brick, every repurposed beam, is a step towards a more sustainable built environment, writes Michael Pledger of DeSimone Consulting Engineering.

The 1990s warehouse will house the homeware and electrical supplier as it expands its operational footprint into the Dumers Lane site in Bury.

Mike Newman will take over as managing director of the engineering consultancy as founder Rory O’Connor heads into retirement.

Joining from Cityheart, Warren Taylor is to head up the global infrastructure giant’s expansion into the UK and Ireland data centre market, working from its Cheadle office.

Overall Purpose of Job Kingsley has numerous, high profile clients that are looking recruit enthusiastic and suitably experienced MRICS qualified Commercial Valuation Surveyors, (up to Associate level) to join their regional/national teams based out of their Northwest offices offering hybrid working. Opportunities are live across the Northwest – Manchester / Merseyside / Cheshire / Lancashire […]

Primary Health Properties has outbid rival team KKR and Stonepeak with a shares and cash offer valuing the Altrincham-headquartered healthcare property business at £1.79bn.

A facility that would have produced 28MW of power from the gas for industrial use, tying into the HyNet pipeline network, has been effectively shelved after it was not selected for a Low Carbon Hydrogen Agreement.

The Opportunity Kingsley Recruitment is retained by one of the largest independently owned auction houses to source an ambitious and energetic Land & Property Auctions Manager, based out of the Northwest. The purpose of the UK Wide role role is to identify, acquire, and manage the Land & Property auction assets which involves overseeing property […]

Six months on from Richard Rowntree’s arrival as chief executive, the property lender’s executive team has been boosted with three senior appointments, while Marc Goldberg is to retire next year.