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Simon Edwards has left William Fishwick & Son after more than 18 years, joining the investment firm’s co-founders Chris Lloyd and Richard Rees.

Axis-RE and Marco Living have been given the go-ahead to knock down several buildings, including a former warehouse and bus depot, on their three-acre Canal Quarter plot off Brewery Lane, clearing the path to delivery.

Historic England will be giving one of Manchester’s oldest buildings away to the Heritage Trust for the North West – enabling the group to focus its funds on repairing the derelict manor.

Developer United Living New Homes wants to build the Carlisle scheme off Raisbeck Close before handing the properties over to Castles & Coasts Housing Association.

Coastway Developments and Headlands have each had their respective applications approved by the local authority, allowing for the demolition and redevelopment of two sites into 92 apartments.

Applicant ILM Group will need to try again to convince Westmorland and Furness’s councillors to accept its proposal after they decided the scheme would have a detrimental impact on surrounding wildlife.

As strategic property adviser, the consultancy will provide office agency, development, valuation, and landlord and tenant services to the academic institute, which is in the midst of an aggressive programme to become one of the top 100 ranked universities worldwide.

Specialist freezers are the first round of equipment to be installed in preparation for the summer arrival of the biomedical research company at Bruntwoood SciTech’s £60m Greenheys Building in Manchester Science Park.

Steven Gregory, area director for Morgan Sindall Construction North West, said it was “an easy decision” to continue the contractor’s long-term relationship with Place North West.

Following a tender process, a group of contractors, including Story, Cubby, and Eric Wright has been awarded four-year contracts to undertake construction projects across the local authority, with an individual project budget of up to £6m.

Having taken steps to soften the impact of the £96m scheme on the local highway network, GB Europe is hopeful of securing consent for the redevelopment of the 50-acre former Prinovis site next week.

With devolution and squabbling about local government reorganisation taking up so much of the public sector’s bandwidth, how can the private sector plot a course to delivery and profitability against an uncertain backdrop?

Robertson Construction is delivering an electrical substation – a project that will ultimately power Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s proposed net zero hospital.

The builder has handed over the keys to the 77,200 sq ft Wirral distribution centre to Timpson Group, which acquired the photo printing business in 2008.

Seeking to bolster its infrastructure business – which grew 36% during the year ending 6 April 2025 – Cheshire-headquartered RSK has purchased the £322m turnover civil engineer from Sullivan Street Partners.

Story Homes and Taylor Wimpey have acquired Hazelhurst Farm and plan to deliver 330 homes on the site between them.

Cheshire East Council has been recommended to approve the addition of £9.7m to the scheme’s budget as well as accept the final £23m slug of Department for Transport grant funding.

After five years of pursuing and then abandoning different proposals for the trading hall, the council has decided to move vendors into the former TJ Hughes site and vacant units at The Grange shopping centre, and to demolish the market’s 48-year home.

The next generation of property leaders and development decision-makers gathered for an evening of networking in Manchester last week.