Preston to refuse 30-storey tower 

Manchester saw a 31% rise in the amount of office space signed for last year, up from 800,000 sq ft in 2020 but down on the 1.45m sq ft recorded in 2019.

The local NHS trust is seeking £317m from the government to build a new facility in Warrington town centre and £93m to revamp Halton General Hospital in Runcorn. 

St Helens Council appointed the contractor to construct the link road, which will provide direct access from Junction 22 of the M6 to the former Parkside Colliery site in Newton-le-Willows.

Having sold the 373,000 sq ft first phase of the St Helens industrial complex to Warrington Council for £46.5m in 2019, the developer is drawing up plans for another shed. 

Secretary of state Michael Gove told the House of Commons that his department is in negotiations with the Welsh government regarding creating a freeport.

Pension Insurance Corporation will fund the creation of Wirral Waters One, a 500-home build-to-rent scheme that forms part of Peel L&P and the local council’s £4.5bn regeneration project. 

Kingswood Homes has appointed Gordon More to the role. More was formerly the interim chief executive of Homes England.

Carpenter Investments’ reworked plans to deliver 202 apartments could finally go before Stockport’s planning committee in March.

The investor and developer has hired Tom Lathwood from Colliers’ development team.

Belgian tail lift manufacturer Dhollandia has acquired Wire 81 for around £7m and will use the facility as its UK assembly plant.