North West Future – Five wishes

What if the North West could be granted five wishes to help it become a useful economic counterweight to London? As Manchester leads the way to greater regional autonomy within the UK, David Thame asks a panel of forward-thinking minds for their ideas on what the region needs next.

Profile: That’s just Capital

The secret to maintaining a successful property company during a downturn is something much puzzled over. Few people would recommend launching new ventures during the tough times, and you’d be called half-mad for suggesting starting up a North West speculative development company in the middle of the global downturn.

Stars in their eyes

Warehouses are becoming the stars of the show as the booming UK film and television industry seeks ever-larger locations.

North West development – From fallow to furrows

Manchester in November can be a bleak place to be as the wind picks up, grey clouds fill the sky and the rain falls even more heavily than usual on the heads of embattled commuters. Yet there is a sense of springtime about the city’s property scene, as a crop of strategic development sites – […]

UK Cities 2014: Manchester

Of all UK regional cities, Manchester is the one most like London. It’s large (2.5m people), wealthy (£46bn gross value added) and its property market is…