Three North West authorities to benefit from planning fund

Stobart Rail & Civils is to move its head office to Carlisle Lake District Airport, the infrastructure business has announced.

CBRE's industrial agency team has completed the sale of two industrial parks in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria amounting to more than 133,000 sq ft.

Sellafield, the organisation responsible for decommissioning the former Windscale and Calder Hall nuclear sites in Cumbria, is to hold a bidders day on 28 April as it seeks to appoint four construction partners to deliver key projects over the next 20 years.

Britain’s Energy Coast in west Cumbria has appointed two new members of its leadership team, head of property and development Rob Miller, and head of estates Bill Graham.

A tenanted 14,500 sq ft Victorian office building in city centre Manchester, a Lancashire hotel with planning consent for new homes and a Cumbrian care home are among over 150 lots up for sale in Pugh’s next Manchester property auction, which is expected to generate in excess of £15m.

The Government has announced how the North’s £556m latest Local Growth Fund allocation will be split across 11 Local Enterprise Partnerships, with Greater Manchester receiving the highest award at £130m.

Place North West’s circulation saw a sharp increase in the first half of 2016. The number of unique users rose by 17% to 237,000 readers.

The Birchwood-based developer with a £1.7bn national portfolio posted pre-tax profits of £30m for the half-year to June.