MIPIM | ‘Great North’ ready to explode as UK’s economic driver

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. 

Small and medium sized housebuilders are uniquely placed to play a starring role in addressing the UK’s housing crisis and contribute to the government’s ambitious homes target, according to Andrew Evans and John Wybar of VM Finance.

What will happen if planning can no longer be blamed for the lack of viability in housing schemes? Plus: Greater Manchester’s game of Cluedo and office-to-resi pivots

The construction industry has remained unchanged for far too long. It is still one of the least diverse sectors in the UK, and that must change, writes Renee Preston, founder of Construction for Women.

Stephanie Smith has joined the regeneration specialist in a newly created national role.

Wain Homes, Ion Property Developments, Cityheart, Placefirst, and Cole Waterhouse are among the firms to have recently added their voices to our calls for a solution to the North’s viability crisis. You can join them.

Collaboration between the public and private sectors is integral to Northern economic growth. With this in mind, we are now offering a 50% discount to local authorities and housing associations to ensure more of the right conversations happen at our events.