Eversheds 500-strong legal team set for landmark Paradise office

The government says it will put forward £150m to improve struggling town centres – although it does not yet know where the money will be spent.

Our debut Place Midlands event, set to take place this summer, has welcomed Bruntwood SciTech, Placefirst, and Cavendish as new sponsors in the past fortnight.

Property agents say they’re expecting ‘strong interest’ after Buntsford Business Centre was put up for sale by pension fund owners BW-SIPP.

A seven-year deal will see the infrastructure firm deliver highways maintenance in three local authority areas in the West Midlands.

Plans to upgrade some of Wolverhampton’s tired city-centre streets will continue next month, as work begins on the next stage of a £19m programme of improvements.

Fostering long-term partnerships in the construction sector is key to the future growth of the industry, writes John Carlin, regional director (Midlands & South-West) at construction and civil engineering main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey.

Around 850 planned homes near Grantham will be built more quickly, the government says, after the scheme was included in its New Homes Accelerator Programme this week.

More than a dozen companies have signed up so far for this year’s gathering of the property community at Leeds’ Royal Armouries in May for the fifth instalment of the property expo. Join them and let Place help you make the most of the convention.

Rail services across the West Midlands are set to return to public ownership this weekend, as the region’s main rail operator becomes part of the government-backed Great British Railways.