Students around the UK are enjoying the very highest standard of accommodation, thanks to the excellent relationship University Partnering Programme (UPP) has had with property maintenance specialist, Novus Property Solutions, for almost a decade. UPP, which oversees more than 30,000… Continue Reading →

Westminister council has approved ambitious plans to redevelop the Whiteleys shopping centre in west London. A joint venture between a Meyer Bergman-advised investment fund and Warrior Group aims to give the once grand Grade II-listed department store in Bayswater a new… Continue Reading →

The Education Funding Agency is drawing up plans to line-up around six specialist modular school builders to deliver up to £150m worth of projects in the next wave of school improvement projects. The Government is aiming to use standardised modular… Continue Reading →

Lancaster University is preparing to start prequalifying firms to redevelop its internationally renowned management school. The university will adopt a two-stage tender process for a complex project that includes refurbishing existing facilities and demolishing existing buildings to make way for… Continue Reading →

British Land and its partner GIC have signed a framework agreement with Sir Robert McAlpine to redevelop the Broadgate development in the City of London. Work is scheduled to start on site next year on the first two schemes under… Continue Reading →

Full refurbishment work can now start on the Hull New Theatre following a funding boost in the Budget. The theatre closed in January and specialists have been working to remove areas of asbestos and undertake technical surveys to provide a… Continue Reading →

A Salford housing association has invested £13.1m in the city’s housing in its first year of operation. This week marks 12 months since Salix Homes launched as a stand-alone housing association after tenants voted to transfer ownership of more than… Continue Reading →

A solar panel specialist has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light in Kent. The worker, from Ashford, fractured his shin and a vertebra in the incident at a home… Continue Reading →