Burnham’s ‘housing trap’: Why Manchesterism may not travel

Newly created Future Works Infrastructure has said it could deliver a 14-mile dual-carriageway tunnel beneath the Peak District to connect the two major Northern cities for a fraction of what government had priced a similar scheme.

Engineering consultancy, Curtins, has released data for 2025/26, reinforcing its commitment to transparency, collaboration, and accelerating low‑carbon design across the built environment.

Forward-thinking companies ready to build business connections, raise brand profile, and gather market intel on the Midlands, North West, Yorkshire, and North East will find ample opportunities to do so via the 2027 Place Media Group events calendar.

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In a speech in Manchester on Monday, Andy Burnham promised to introduce a Finnish approach to housing, roll out GM-style good growth funds across the country, and give more powers to mayors if he becomes Prime Minister.

The current profit-based model for building housing has not worked, argued the party’s deputy leader Rachel Millward at Housing 2026 in Manchester. Her solution is this: a new approach that focuses on housing as a human right and as public infrastructure.

Lee McLean will begin his new role on 3 August, joining the residential developer from Campus Living Ventures.

The 200-year-old outfit, best known for marketing pubs and hotels, has joined the expanding Graham + Sibbald stable.

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It’s been just under a month since UKREiiF returned to Leeds, which serves as a timely backdrop for reflecting on the continued strength of residential development across the North of England, writes David Sandbrook of Curtins.

11 and 12 Wellington Place in Leeds, 4 Angel Square in Manchester, Trinity Road in Halifax – SES Engineering has been behind some of the greenest office buildings in the North.