Rotherham council set to announce development plans & are looking for development partners Dec 19, 2017 On the 11th January, prominent business and public-sector leaders will come together at the Sheffield Development Plans conference – one of the region’s largest business events of the year within the property, building and construction industry. The event, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s biggest names in business and local […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Leeds Council Chief Executive reveals conference centre ambition for the City Nov 28, 2017 Leeds will be pushing for its own conference centre in a bid to put the city more firmly on the map, the council’s chief executive has told a Built Environment Networking conference. Tom Riordan told the Leeds & West Yorkshire Development Plans event in the city last Wednesday that the ‘time is right’ to consider […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Variations in construction costs proving to be a barrier in modern construction Oct 19, 2017 Variations in construction costs are a bigger barrier to increased housing delivery than those in land values, the UK’s biggest private landlord told the West Yorkshire economic growth conference. Ed Ellerington, director of PRS at Grainger, “I don’t think land values is the biggest problem. In the majority of cases across the country, you get […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Opportunities for the North as ‘Northshoring’ trend continues Oct 19, 2017 Leeds is not doing enough to attract professional services firms seeking to relocate operations from London, the chairman of one of the world’s leading law firms has told Built Environment Networking’s West Yorkshire Economic Growth conference. Global chairman of Eversheds, Paul Smith, told the keynote session at the event that legal companies were seeking to […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
North of England hub airport a key focus at the West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference Oct 19, 2017 The government’s senior trade official in Yorkshire has expressed disappointment that the north of England has never successfully put forward the case for its own hub airport. Mark Robson, Yorkshire & Humber regional director at the Department of International Trade, said that a shortage of direct air routes to overseas destination was holding back business […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Sheffield Council big to restore Meadowhall as number one Oct 10, 2017 Sheffield council has approved detailed plans for a £300m extension to Meadowhall in a bid to restore the mall’s position as the north of England’s top shopping destination. The local authority’s s chief executive John Mothersole told Built Environment Networking’s Sheffield Development Plans event, which took place in the city last month, that the council […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Network of fast city to city trains proposal to be submitted at the end of the year Oct 10, 2017 Detail is still light on plans for the so-called Crossrail of the North, the Director of the region’s transport quango has admitted. Nigel Foster, director of strategy at Transport for the North, said in a session at the West Yorkshire economic growth conference that the business case for the line to link up the region’s […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Ambition & commitment to elevate West Yorkshire to the international stage Sep 24, 2017 The inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference heard from the region’s key business and political leaders about how West Yorkshire can harness its economic potential to ensure it competes on the international stage. Over 350 delegates heard from Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leader of Bradford Council as she […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
Final line-up of speakers announced for the inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference Sep 18, 2017 Final line-up of speakers announced for the inaugural West Yorkshire Economic Growth Conference Over 300 delegates and 20 exhibitors Dr Aman Puri, Counsul General for India – key note speaker New speakers confirmed including HS2, Transport for the North and Huddersfield Town AFC Over three hundred people are expected to attend the first ever West […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
New plans unveiled for Leeds city centre expansion plan. Aug 23, 2017 Developer CEG is on the verge of submitting an application to regenerate a 6 acre site on Leeds’ South Bank, which forms a key plank of the council’s plans to expand the city centre, delegates at a Built Environment Networking event heard last week. At the West Yorkshire Development Plans event, which was held in […] Posted by: Keith Griffiths Read more
