East Midlands leaders call for ‘urgent action’ on Freeport access

Regeneration consultancy AspinallVerdi has been commissioned to begin soft market testing for a key regeneration plot in Tamworth’s Gungate regeneration quarter.

The Staffordshire-based housebuilder has appointed Sarah Sargeant as sales director, as the company looks to support its growth plans across the Midlands.

More than 100 new homes will be built on an overgrown industrial site on a street corner in east Birmingham, after developer Home Nation reached an agreement on affordable housing targets with the city council.

Japanese restaurant Panko & Sushi will open its doors at Goods Yard this week, becoming the first food business to move in at the 174-home Potteries regeneration project.

A £40m NHS diagnostic centre, currently under construction as part of Nottingham’s Broad Marsh regeneration, will not open until next year, health bosses have confirmed.

Plans to build almost 100 affordable homes in Edgbaston have moved forward, after Staffordshire housebuilder Keon exchanged contracts for the site with Birmingham City Council this week.

A £185m project to build five new stations will wrap up next month, with the opening of Moseley Village, Kings Heath, and Pineapple Road in Birmingham.

Shropshire Council is eyeing up a potential link-up with four neighbouring authorities in response to government plans to form a regional development strategy for the region.

Construction on the first phase of a planned Hereford bypass remains on track to begin in December, after contractors were appointed to design the early phases of the scheme this week.