North to benefit from civil service shake-up

Building on the success of the 2025 edition of the global property expo, where Place led a Northern delegation of public and private sector organisations to the South of France, the foundations for next year’s plan have now been put into place early to allow your business as much time as possible to get organised.

The pan-Northern media and events business has added Lianne Reid and Dana Beidas as client services director and event producer respectively to serve a growing client base.

Delays caused by the Building Safety Act, as well as the volatile economic climate, are contributing to a slowdown in starts for build-to-rent projects, according to a report.

With almost a third of 2025 already in the rear-view mirror and a new financial year underway, it is time to take a look at sponsorship and promotion opportunities that remain across the rest of this year.

What ‘Liberation Day’ means for Northern property. Plus: The rise and fall and rise again of Brendan Flood.

Land owned by Network Rail and the Ministry of Defence will be redeveloped as part of Labour’s crusade to “beat the blockers” and ramp up housing delivery.

Retrofitting buildings and spaces has a vitally important role to play in a wider placemaking context and is crucial for reducing embodied carbon in the built environment, writes Richard Dowdall of Civic Engineers.

The Office for Budget Responsibility said Labour’s planning reforms could provide a £15.1bn boost to the economy over the next 10 years and deliver 1.3m homes by the end of the parliament, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Westchurch Homes, Bury Council, and Keepmoat are among the latest to support Mind the Gap, which aims to spur the government into providing meaningful grant support to unlock stalled projects and get the North building.

Over breakfast on the final day of MIPIM 2025, Place North’s managing partner & head of commercial, Dino Moutsopoulos, joined deputy editor Dan Whelan to reflect on a standout year for the North of England at the world’s leading real estate conference.

As the dust settles on another MIPIM, Place North brings you a rundown of the themes that crept up time and time again throughout the week.

With the end of the convention in sight, Muse’s managing director, Phil Mayall, Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash, and igloo regeneration’s senior development manager, Insiyah Khushnood gave their final reflections on the big week.

From data centres in Blackpool to space centres in Newcastle, a panel of Northern leaders set out their investment propositions on the global stage and discussed how the North can work together to make them a reality.

WSP’s head of digital innovation, Dale Sinclair, sat down with Place North’s Sally Gibson at MIPIM to discuss how the company’s kit-of-parts approach is improving construction productivity and efficiency.

Positive steps taken towards reinvigorating housebuilding by the government nine months into its term are not to be sniffed at – but does the ambition match the reality on the ground? Place North’s MIPIM breakfast conference focused on this topic with a panel of private and public sector experts.

Eamonn Boylan is hoping to restructure the way the organisation works from within and leave a lasting legacy that will provide a springboard for delivery when he vacates his post for the next permanent chief executive of the government’s housing and regeneration agency.

An innovative approach to resident engagement is making the process of delivering dense housing schemes in the capital smoother, but could it be rolled out and scaled up to break through planning barriers elsewhere?

Small and medium sized housebuilders are uniquely placed to play a starring role in addressing the UK’s housing crisis and contribute to the government’s ambitious homes target, according to Andrew Evans and John Wybar of VM Finance.

What will happen if planning can no longer be blamed for the lack of viability in housing schemes? Plus: Greater Manchester’s game of Cluedo and office-to-resi pivots