Place North’s festive trio – don’t miss your chance to book tickets

The RIBA award-winning Stoller Hall swapped out live music for an intriguing Place North Question Time event, where political leaders, investors, and industry figures took to a panel to take questions from Place North’s editorial team and members of the audience.

While undoubtedly necessary, stricter rules around the safety of buildings could stymie the delivery of new homes in Northern cities if lengthy delays obtaining regulator sign-off go unchecked, according to industry figures across the North.

Managing the energy usage, visitor access, and lockers is just the start of what technology in smart buildings can do. Smart Spaces’ Dan Drogman and MEPC’s Dan Hyde delved into the future of the office and its relationship with technology.

At the start of 2025, Brian McArdle will be leaving his role as regional managing director for the North at the global property and construction consultancy behind as his remit goes national.

Despite the odds, the office market not only survived Brexit woes and Covid concerns – it positively thrived. But has Labour’s employer NI hike just spelt the end for the high-end office market? Plus: Peel ducks out at MediaCity and co-living picks up pace in Leeds.

Pension Insurance Corporation, Muse, and Homes England have formed a £54m joint venture, tasked with bringing forward 3,000 low-carbon, low-energy affordable homes for rent.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget included much-needed finances to address the critical repairs backlog for the NHS’s estate – but with the total backlog cost set at £13.8bn nationwide, is it enough?

The points that seem to have most resonated with the industry are those affecting housing, addressing the skills shortage, transport and – one of the certainties in life – taxes.

Housing, hospitals, and schools were all winners in Rachel Reeves’s first Budget as she reiterated her desire for more public investment and announced tax rises of £40bn.

Curious about what the Budget means for the North? Want to debate procurement, devolution, transportation, and planning reform? Place North Question Time is bringing together senior leaders from the political and property world to discuss it all.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner confirmed that the Budget will include funds to enable the delivery of up to 5,000 social homes, with further plans in place to reduce Right to Buy discounts and craft a five-year social housing rent settlement.

The global consulting firm will shine a light on its Northern projects at the international property convention, showcasing the schemes that are set to transform the region.

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Next year, Place North is doing MIPIM differently and will run the show’s first-ever exhibition stand dedicated to the North of England. Get a snapshot of what this could mean for you by listening to this podcast.

After a successful MIPIM in 2024, the lender has upgraded its package for next year’s edition of the global property expo.

Improving the economic health of the UK’s large urban centres is the key to moving the national dial on growth and should take precedence over plans to revive towns, according to Andrew Carter, chief executive of think tank Centre for Cities.

Ollie Cook and Katie Fletcher have left Salford Archaeology to head up Civic Heritage.

Collaboration and partnership were reoccurring themes as local authorities, developers, architects, planners, and more gathered to learn more about Place’s plans for the global property conference in March.

Enabling SMEs to deliver more homes may be the answer to our housing problem, according to Phil Cooper of Hope Architects and Anna Relph of Turley.