North to benefit from civil service shake-up

Let’s hope the weather stays sunny, because this time next week the property industry will descend on Leeds for the annual property show. Place North is looking forward to seeing you there. 

Building on the success of the 2025 edition of the global property expo, where Place led a Northern delegation of public and private sector organisations to the South of France, the foundations for next year’s plan have now been put into place early to allow your business as much time as possible to get organised.

The pan-Northern media and events business has added Lianne Reid and Dana Beidas as client services director and event producer respectively to serve a growing client base.

With almost a third of 2025 already in the rear-view mirror and a new financial year underway, it is time to take a look at sponsorship and promotion opportunities that remain across the rest of this year.

What ‘Liberation Day’ means for Northern property. Plus: The rise and fall and rise again of Brendan Flood.

The Office for Budget Responsibility said Labour’s planning reforms could provide a £15.1bn boost to the economy over the next 10 years and deliver 1.3m homes by the end of the parliament, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

WSP’s head of digital innovation, Dale Sinclair, sat down with Place North’s Sally Gibson at MIPIM to discuss how the company’s kit-of-parts approach is improving construction productivity and efficiency.

Positive steps taken towards reinvigorating housebuilding by the government nine months into its term are not to be sniffed at – but does the ambition match the reality on the ground? Place North’s MIPIM breakfast conference focused on this topic with a panel of private and public sector experts.

How can Northern cities be redesigned to improve the health of their inhabitants? In a wide-ranging discussion, representatives from Newcastle, Liverpool, and Manchester city councils discussed the challenges and opportunities alongside Ryder’s Jonathon Seebacher.