SP Energy Networks launch £3.2bn investment plan

SP Energy Networks has launched a draft of its £3bn-plus investment roadmap to increase capacity to meet UK’s net zero ambitions. The £3.2bn RIIO-ED2 business plan draft details the networks’ proposed upgrades in anticipation of increased demand from over 670,000 electric vehicles and 370,000 domestic heat pumps, expected to come online in the next decade […]

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Hull and the Humber to exhibit at UKREiiF

UKREiiF – the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum – whose Advisory Group is Chaired by Lord Kerslake, brings together the public and private sectors to support the ambition for the UK to Build Back Better. The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, better known as UKREiiF, has secured Hull and the Humber […]

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Sypro expands team with dedicated leads for risk management solution

Leading management and compliance software company Sypro has seen recent demand for its Total Risk Manager (TRM) solution rise to levels that require internal expansion. In response, the Hull-headquartered business has appointed dedicated sales leads, including new head of sales Josh Mitchell. TRM is a comprehensive suite of risk management modules designed to help organisations […]

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Foot Anstey Q&A: Opportunities in the commercial space sector

The UK is aiming to be heavily involved in the ever-growing space sector – and we’ve been speaking to Foot Anstey’s Legal Director John Catchpole following their involvement in our recent virtual event on the topic… Q. Foot Anstey is one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms and has a significant national presence, what […]

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CPC delivers latest UK life sciences building in Oxford

Project managers, CPC Project Services, have overseen the delivery of the final phase of the University of Oxford’s BioChemistry building, a department at the cutting edge of life sciences in the UK. The £74m development comprises 13,500 sq. m of science & education space over four above-ground levels and two basement levels.  The complex design […]

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Sustainable repurposing is a win win for Government, developers and consumers

One of the country’s most innovative commercial property companies is calling on the government to radically rethink how underused retail units in struggling town centres can be transformed into homes. Sebastian Macdonald-Hall, director of Evolve Estates, part of the LCP group of managed companies, said the government should be more interventionist and help to bridge […]

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Australian bank Macquarie launches £1bn UK investment business

Australian bank Macquarie is betting on the UK rental housing market with the creation of its new business that is planning to invest over £1bn, according to reports. The bank’s asset management arm is eyeing London to buy, develop and operate multi-family housing complexes, as well as other cities across the country, it said in a […]

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Urban Logistics looks to raise £108m as firm eyes expansion

Retail investors will have the opportunity to take part in a share placing in the booming UK warehouse sector, through a fundraising by Urban Logistics. The landlord, which counts Amazon and a number of third-party logistics firms among its tenant base, has seen high demand for space during the pandemic, as many businesses reacted to […]

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