Salford City Council has approved a local plan setting out almost 35,000 new homes and the equivalent of 120 football…
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Tees Valley signs off ‘Our Plan for Regional Prosperity’ — a £1.7bn blueprint, town by town
The Tees Valley mayor and combined authority have approved 'Our Plan for Regional Prosperity', a £1.7bn strategy that gives each…
Read MoreManchester picks Glenbrook to turn a Northern Quarter eyesore into 300 homes
Manchester City Council has selected developer Glenbrook to deliver 300 homes on the long-derelict Church Street multi-storey car park in…
Read MoreLancaster and Cumbria universities team up on a £15m low-carbon innovation drive
Lancaster University and the University of Cumbria are collaborating on a £15m Northwest Eco-Innovation project to help SMEs grow through…
Read MoreCarlisle’s Citadels: a £50m university campus to anchor the Borderlands
A £50m Borderlands Growth Deal investment will fund a new University of Cumbria city-centre campus at Carlisle's historic Citadels site,…
Read MoreStockport’s UK-first: tripling its development corporation to build 8,000 homes
Parliament has approved a UK-first expansion of Stockport's Mayoral Development Corporation, tripling its footprint to deliver 8,000 town-centre homes within…
Read MoreLiverpool backs a materials super-cluster and a world-first biofilms centre
Two University of Liverpool projects will share £23.7m of Local Innovation Partnership funding, creating a chemicals super-cluster and a world-first…
Read MoreNorth East universities and mayor launch £22.5m fund to turn research into companies
The £22.5m Inspire Fund, part of a £100m regional framework, targets the gap between university research and investable start-ups across…
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A Quiet Private-Sector Pullback Is Rewriting the UK’s Economic Map
The UK is not entering 2026 in crisis. But it is entering it weaker than it looks. Behind the surface-level…
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