Market Leads & Opportunities

Contractors put finishing touches to bids for £4bn Tata battery factory in Somerset

8 Feb 24

Tenders go in this month with a winner due this spring

Major milestone reached at Ledbury Estate as redevelopment building works begin

8 Feb 24

Southwark Council, Ledbury Estate residents and the council’s development partner Higgins Partnerships celebrated the start of the first phase of building works at Ledbury Estate at a ground breaking ceremony on Monday 5 February 2024.

Mace wins PM role for £2.8bn animal disease science hub

8 Feb 24

The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs has named Mace as its programme delivery partner for a major National Science Centre for Animal Health, near Weybridge in Surrey.

Dundee FC stadium complex set for planning in principle submission

7 Feb 24

Dark Blue Property Holdings, the company set up by club owners Tim Keyes and John Nelms, is expected to file for planning permission in principle today.

Views sought on residential-led redevelopment of Edinburgh’s Caledonian Brewery

7 Feb 24

Regeneration specialist Artisan Real Estate has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to the City of Edinburgh Council to develop the historic brewery site into a sustainable, low-carbon residential development, with plans to deliver around 170 new homes.

Teesside University to invest £40m in new building

7 Feb 24

Teesside University has unveiled plans for a £40m Digital Life building at the centre of the Middlesbrough campus.

JV acquires site for residential development

7 Feb 24

A joint venture has purchased a Tunbridge Wells site occupied by two office buildings with a view for residential development.

Residential development site brought to market

7 Feb 24

A residential development site in Staffordshire has been brought to market by property consultancy Burley Browne.

Weak kick-off to 2024 as construction starts fall across the board

7 Feb 24

• Underlying project-starts experienced a downturn during the three months to January, declining 13% when seasonally adjusted • The value of work starting on-site fell 36% compared to last year • Residential construction starts decreased 16% on the preceding three months and dropped by over a third on 2023 figures • Non-residential project-starts fell 12% against the preceding three-month period, down 37% on a year ago • Civil engineering work starting on-site was down 4% compared with the preceding three months, and 39% down against the previous year

Import volumes rallied during the second half of 2023, TDUK data shows

7 Feb 24

Timber import volumes in 2023 continued to improve as the year progressed, with total volumes for the full year likely to be only slightly behind 2022’s figures, according to the latest TDUK statistics.