Hive hires director from Nexus

The consultant has hired David Forshaw as group planning director and has relocated to Kirkham after buying a three-storey head office building for £300,000.

The Lancashire property and construction company is aiming to build up a £100m portfolio, the news coming on the back of three deals that leave it with a portfolio of £64m.

The law firm has added two solicitors to its commercial property team in the Lancaster and South Lakes area.

Machinery supplier Tek-Dry Systems has agreed a 61,000 sq ft pre-let at Frontier Park, the logistics development being advanced by the Issa brothers’ Monte Blackburn vehicle.

An application that includes full consent for a first housing phase of 197 homes at the former Leyland Trucks testing track has been recommended for refusal, with the volume of affordable housing the main sticking point.

Auctioneer Pugh has reported "strong results" at its first property auctions of 2019 in Manchester and Leeds, with more than £14m of sales and 73% of the listed properties sold.

Chorley-based Anwyl Homes Lancashire has added to its management team with the appointment of Andrew Morgan as head of land.

Firth Architects has moved to Jubilee House in Lytham to facilitate its expansion, a process started with the appointment of project manager Rob Haynes.

Lancaster City Council chief executive Susan Parsonage will be taking up a new role at Wokingham Council by mid-March 2019.