Decision to shelve Wylfa nuclear build confirmed

If we truly want to be a global economic powerhouse with connectivity to match, the sub-standard digital infrastructure of all our rural areas needs to be addressed urgently, writes Annette McDonald of Tatton Group.

The business internet services provider has made a series of appointments to its non-executive board from the property and investment world, following on from its recruitment of former Trafford Council leader Sean Anstee earlier this year.

The proportion of visitors to Manchester using Airbnb in 2017 climbed from 3.6% to 5.6% as the online platform accounted for more than 304,700 overnight stays, according to data from Colliers International.

Cuadrilla has finished drilling the second horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road, Lancashire.

If we can be sure of anything right now, it is that the world is experiencing a period of dramatic change – and that applies as much to the UK property industry as anywhere else, writes Ronan Vaspart, director of MIPIM. Many of the issues facing real estate may be global in scale but their impacts are local.

Work will start in earnest next week on The Factory, described as the “most aspirational, ambitious cultural project in the UK for 50 years," while a deal could be close with media production giant Endemol Shine to occupy the ABC Buildings.

Cllr Sean Anstee, the former leader of Trafford Council, has joined Telcom Group to head a new division of the business.

The Future of the Workplace, hosted by DAC Beachcroft and Place North West, explored issues facing developers and businesses as they attempt to futureproof their offices in a fast-moving technological age.