Harworth picks Taylor Wimpey for Moss Nook

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

The council is to acquire properties from Sandway Homes, the housing development company it set up in January 2019, as part of a drive to re-enter the social housing market for the first time in almost 15 years.

The volume housebuilder has been granted planning permission to build 227 homes in Prescot, Knowsley.

The national land management charity has signed a collaboration agreement with Knowsley Council that will see it take ownership and manage green infrastructure and drainage network at Halsnead Garden Village.

The developer, part of housebuilder Keepmoat Homes, with regeneration specialist Torus, has acquired a vacant site at Lancots Lane to redevelop into 63 homes.

The need to deliver more homes shows no signs of abating and the need to build affordable homes continues to rise as targets for the construction of social housing go unmet, writes Victoria Alderton of Paddock Johnson.

Elan Homes has started construction of 157 homes on a former factory site in Southport.

The owner of the Runcorn business park has spoken of its confidence in securing investment for its sweeping 57-acre redevelopment after a “mind-blowing” design won a RIBA competition.

There are always places and sectors that buck trends, even in challenging times, so which parts of the Liverpool city region’s economy are charging ahead, asked a Place North West event.