Facelift for Stockport Old Town

Stockport Council and Stockport Heritage Trust are celebrating after being awarded £1.8m of National Lottery funding for their ‘Rediscover the Underbanks’ project from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The announcement is
Posted on January 31, 2017

Facebook blow to West End refurb

Great Portland Estates is hoping to start construction work on a major Oxford Street refurbishment job this Autumn despite Facebook deciding not to take up the office element. The internet
Posted on January 31, 2017

Liverpool council building to become hotel

Liverpool City Council is set to sell its former administrative headquarters to a Singapore based developer who plan to turn it into a hotel. The sale of the Municipal Building
Posted on January 31, 2017

Wates wins £40m Grade II revamp

Wates Construction is set to start the redevelopment of the Royal College of Surgeons’ historic London home in the autumn. The redevelopment plans will see the grade II listed front of the
Posted on January 31, 2017

ST. Michael’s development submitted for planning

The planning application for St. Michael’s – a transformational development in the heart of Manchester – has now been submitted Following two public consultations with local residents, businesses and city
Posted on January 27, 2017

Mears wins £86m Manchester repairs contract

Mears has been picked by Manchester city council ALMO Northwards Housing for a 10-year repairs and maintenance contract worth £86m. The firm will carry out the repairs, empty property and servicing work
Posted on January 27, 2017

Liverpool – UK’s first “Heritage role model”

LIVERPOOL has become the UK’s first “Heritage Role Model” – after being chosen to help spearhead Europe’s biggest drive to develop historic city centres. Liverpool is one of ten cities
Posted on January 27, 2017

Overbury completes Royal Albert Hall bar refurbishment

National fit out and refurbishment specialist Overbury has recently completed the refurbishment of the North Circle bar in the Grade I listed Royal Albert Hall, a complex project delivered during
Posted on January 27, 2017

Three left in race for £1bn Tottenham scheme

London’s Haringey Council has narrowed its shortlist to three bidders for the role of longterm development partner for the £1bn High Road West scheme in Tottenham.  A final decision on the winning
Posted on January 24, 2017

Vast Barking shopping mall rebuild approved

Local planners have given the green light for the wholesale redevelopment of the Vicarage Field Shopping Centre site in Barking town centre in east London. A cluster of five high-rise
Posted on January 24, 2017