Harworth picks Taylor Wimpey for Moss Nook

The developer who fronted troubled Liverpool schemes including Herculaneum Quay and The Rise has been declared bankrupt in the city's County Court.

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

The community-based housing association has lodged plans for 66 homes on a disused north Liverpool site.

The need to deliver more homes shows no signs of abating and the need to build affordable homes continues to rise as targets for the construction of social housing go unmet, writes Victoria Alderton of Paddock Johnson.

There are always places and sectors that buck trends, even in challenging times, so which parts of the Liverpool city region’s economy are charging ahead, asked a Place North West event.

Supporting the work of Everton in the Community has shown us how social responsibility is more than just a box-ticking exercise, writes Lee Royle of Roylemac10.

Liverpool Football Club has handed over its training ground for the last 70 years to Torus after relocating to a new site in Kirkby, paving the way for the housing group to redevelop the facility into 160 homes. 

The disused plot on New Bird Street in Liverpool's Baltic Triangle has been earmarked for 379 co-living apartments and several ground floor commercial units.