Are Manchester-based businesses setting up the most forward-thinking offices? While there is a steady flow of second-generation start-ups opening creative workspaces for their first HQs in the city, global corporate occupiers are also trialling innovative office designs there
Businesses that base themselves in Manchester rather than London enjoy cheaper rents, easier transport and access to a highly skilled workforce that can take advantage of more affordable housing
Greater Manchester Andy Burnham on how property can deliver “inclusive growth”
Manchester, Leeds, Belfast and Birmingham see record levels of construction activity, according to the latest Deloitte Real Estate Regional Crane Survey
EG talks to the directors of Canada-based agency Avison Young, which has bought North West agency WHR and has its sights set on UK expansion
A new twist in the saga of Ask, as Carillion offloaded its two-thirds share in the developer to the Midlands-based Richardson family for £13.8m
Michelle Rothwell is not the sort of person you say ‘no’ to. The founder of Watch This Space uses the words of naysayers to fuel her desire to change the face of property development
Andy Burnham doesn’t miss Westminster. In fact, he feels liberated without it. The Greater Manchester mayor, who spent 16 years on the green benches before being freed by his election in May, now wants to burst the London-centric political bubble in which he made his career.
Real power has been transferred from Whitehall to the regions through the creation of metro mayors, but can the process deliver real change?
COMMENT: HS2 is a growth strategy, not a railway, and the Constellation Partnership will be a major beneficiary, writes Jackie Sadek