Devolution deal confirmed for Hull and East Yorkshire

A 2.1m sq ft Amazon facility in Hull and a giant Metsä tissue plant, combined with city centre retail reinvention make Wykeland a developer to watch. Place Yorkshire spoke to managing director Dominic Gibbons.

The largest single award, at £47.9m, in the Levelling Up Fund allocations went to the Penistone Line rail upgrade, with Huddersfield market also among the Yorkshire schemes backed.   

York and North Yorkshire’s devolution order has been laid in Parliament, with MPs expected to consider the matter before Christmas.

Bimsense, which helps owners of high-rise buildings meet updated safety regulations, has secured a further £750,000 from NPIF Mercia Equity Finance.

Buying the 1.8-acre site on St Mary’s Road forms part of the developer’s work with the council, Homes England and Network Rail to regenerate the area around Midland station.

Developments in Castleford and Huddersfield are among the eight-project portfolio of 306 homes sold to the private rental sector investor.

Who would be a statistician? The Office for National Statistics has received flak in recent weeks from economic commentators for casting doubt over its own data.

Scarborough Group International is looking to sell the 36,000 sq ft Leeds office building through Knight Frank.

The freight business has instructed Avison Young to find a buyer for its 37,000 sq ft base, with offers of around £3.9m wanted in a sale & leaseback arrangement.