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One of the Midlands leading independent property developers has kickstarted sales on Phase 2 of its £50m Trent Bridge Quays development in Nottingham. Elevate Property Group, which develops high-profile sites across the East and West Midlands, is building on the unprecedented success of the first phase by releasing 14 three and four-bedroom town houses (starting at £415,000). The luxury properties will be completed in Spring 2023 but interested buyers can reserve plots ‘off plan’ that come with parking, g

EMV Capital, the deeptech and venture capital specialist, a wholly owned subsidiary of NetScientific plc, the international life sciences and sustainable technology investment and commercialisation group, is delighted to announce that it has led a £2.5m financing package in the domestic heat efficiency specialist, Ventive.  The new funding will allow Ventive to deliver its modular heat pump production facility in Hartlebury, Worcestershire.   Ventive’s modular exhaust air heat pumps are targeted at both n

Hyperoptic has appointed ex-BT Director Jo-Anne Dunning as Business Development Director to continue to grow its presence in new build homes across Britain. Jo-Anne joins from BT, where she led new business for FTTP, and brings more than 15 years of experience. Jo-Anne’s expertise will help Hyperoptic to establish more relationships with home builders, continuing to ensure that homeowners have fast, reliable, day one full fibre connectivity. Hyperoptic recently celebrated the milestone of connecting more

Addington Capital, the property investment and asset management specialist has recruited Saul Shah as an investment real estate analyst focusing on residential acquisitions. Saul joins Addington from EY Real Estate where he was a corporate finance analyst on numerous equity fundraisings for clients’ new commercial and residential real estate platforms. He also helped the team’s PBSA/Build to Rent business development stream and designed and led the roll out of a financial resilience offering that identifi

International property management company, Odevo, has established itself in the US as KW Property & Management Consulting (KWPMC) has joined the Group, ensuring Odevo is the first residential management company to have a leading position on both sides of the Atlantic.  The property company is already prominent in the UK through Rendall & Rittner, Premier Estates and Trinity Property Group being part of the Group.  The US will be Odevo’s fourth market, and the deal will increase Group revenue by £120 milli

Cluttons has announced today on World Menopause Day that it is rolling out its family and wellbeing policy to its employees this week.  The policy has been pulled together over several months and, as well as specialist Menopause awareness, training and support for all employees, the policy has built in a toolkit of support and benefits with a holistic approach to all types of families and wellbeing.  Concerning the menopause, all managers will be provided with training and a toolkit of information, while

Scores of landlords and block managers may have unwittingly overlooked their new legal responsibility to ensure fire door safety throughout smaller residential buildings and are running out of time to take action, according to property and construction consultancy Ingleton Wood. The Fire Safety Act 2021, which followed the Grenfell Tower tragedy and commenced in May 2022, clarifies the scope of Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to help improve fire safety in multi-occupancy domestic premise

A demolished pub’s site in West Bromwich has been sold to a developer planning a retail unit and 60 new-build apartments, thanks to commercial property agency Bond Wolfe. Contracts have now been exchanged for the £1,070,000 sale of the land where the former Star & Garter used to sit at 252 Duchess Parade on the High Street. The property was sold to an undisclosed buyer who intends to use the existing planning consent to build the commercial unit and apartments. The imminent development follows recent conv

Charlie Davidson, an Associate Solicitor with London law firm Bishop & Sewell LLP, has been shortlisted in the Rising Star of the Year category for the prestigious LEAP Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2022.  Launched in 2016, the Awards have become an annual highlight of the conveyancing calendar, with firms and service providers from across the industry competing for accolades. The Rising Star of the Year category recognises lawyers under the age of 35 who have delivered exceptional client service, hig

MRI Software, a global leader in real estate technology, announces that it has appointed Susan Avelluto to the role of Chief People Officer to help the company continue to build a culture that attracts and retains the best talent in the PropTech sector. Additionally, MRI announces that long-time business executive and author Jill Popelka is joining its Board of Directors. “I’m thrilled to welcome Susan to the MRI team,” said Patrick Ghilani, Chief Executive Officer of MRI Software. “She has an incredible

The Planning & Environmental Team at Irwin Mitchell has assisted housebuilder Chase New Homes in obtaining planning permission for the residential redevelopment of a disused school in Saffron Walden. The permission is one of the first of its kind having been granted directly by the Planning Inspectorate under the procedure contained in s62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, after Uttlesford District Council was placed in special measures due to an unacceptable number of major planning decisions b

National law firm Irwin Mitchell is expanding its Planning and Environment Team with the recruitment of Pamela Chesterman as a new partner. The appointment takes IM’s specialist Planning and Environment (P&E) team to thirteen. The team has this year been boosted by the recruitment of Jill Crawford, Senior Associate and environmental specialist in February, which was hot on the heels of Tracy Lovejoy joining as a planning senior associate in Birmingham and Victoria Tague as a planning associate in Manchest