IN FOCUS | Leaders bemoan Labour’s plan to increase housing targets

Collaboration and partnership were reoccurring themes as local authorities, developers, architects, planners and more gathered to learn more about Place’s plans for the global property conference in March.

Place North is excited to welcome Sally Gibson, editor for Yorkshire and North East, and Sean O’Connor, commercial director of Yorkshire and North East.

Enabling SMEs to deliver more homes may be the answer to our housing problem, according to Phil Cooper of Hope Architects and Anna Relph of Turley.

Mark Gibson has worked in the construction industry for more than 30 years and has spent the last 11 years at Sir Robert McAlpine. He will take up his appointment at BAM UK & Ireland later on this year.

Leaders in politics and business from across the region will gather to discuss and debate the future of the North during this thought-provoking and interactive evening event starting at 6pm on 5 November.

Muse’s James Pitt muses on how the developer is working alongside local authorities, Homes England, and residential providers to address the housing crisis – and why the private sector has a key role to play in solving the problem.

After a massive write-up during the pandemic, and hasty write-down after, are Northern sheds about to prove their real value? Plus: we level with you on business rates and supermarkets.

Does a big Sheffield office investment, and a clutch of Manchester office requirements, mean it’s now a bull market? Plus: good news for BTR and bad news for office fit-outs.

Asia-Pacific money is going to be big news in the North in the second half of 2023. Plus: a look at what the UK could learn from the USA.