Luke Haynes

Rate setters at the Bank of England have unanimously voted to maintain interest rates at 3.75% as the war continues in the Middle East.

Developer Manse and its contractor partner J Smart & Co have submitted plans to deliver a 200,000-square-foot industrial and logistics scheme at Eurocentral Gateway.

Plans for a major government-occupied digital office campus in Manchester have moved a step closer after receiving approval from the Treasury.

Investec Bank has agreed to provide a £22 million loan to Greenridge Opportunities Fund, a vehicle sponsored by Greenridge Investment Management, for its acquisition and refurbishment of Bristol's 3 ...

Chancerygate has acquired the World Freight Terminal multilet industrial estate at Manchester Airport from Columbia Threadneedle in a significant North West logistics market acquisition.

Mark Capital Management has appointed Claire Haddon as head of asset management for Crossbay, its urban logistics strategy.

M&G Real Estate is planning to offload its Lincoln office scheme in Manchester as another major regional workspace hits the market.

Top female property professionals evaluate gender parity progress

Regeneration specialist Muse has appointed Grace Alderson as senior development manager in its Yorkshire and North East team.

Argo Real Estate has bought The Merlin Centre at Cressex Business Park in High Wycombe in a circa £50 million deal.

Harworth, the regeneration, strategic land and development business, is ramping up its power-enabled land platform as it moves to take advantage of emerging high-value sectors, such as data centres.

The Government Property Agency has appointed John Duckworth as chief investment officer.

Arrow Capital Partners has signed Evri to a 266,044-square-foot unit at its Arrow Point Barnsley development in South Yorkshire, bringing its total European letting activity for last year to circa 3 ...

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Victoria Lake as chief financial officer for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton has appointed Jake Mullem to its London capital markets team as the firm continues to expand its platform in the capital.

UK real estate investment trust Segro has received the green light to build its first fully-fitted data centre as part of its 2.5 gigawatt-plus data centre programme.

Great Portland Estates has exchanged contracts to selling the Wells & More building in Fitzrovia to Feldberg Capital, on behalf of Swedish construction company Fastighets AB Balder, for £172 million.

Derwent London has prelet the whole of its Network office development in London's Fitzrovia to AI specialist Databricks, marking a major deal for the capital.

Jean-Maxime Jouis, the very recently appointed chief executive of BNP Paribas Real Estate, spoke to Luc-Étienne Rouillard Lafond, of sister publication Business Immo, and Luke Haynes, regional editor ...

Delegates from the UK were the second largest contingent at the Mipim event in Cannes, as some of them looked to open up billions of pounds worth of real estate investment opportunities to the world.