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A sold-out crowd filled Manchester's Bridgewater Hall for a lowdown on the industrial sector, a viability debate, and a close-up look at a scheme with strong sustainability ambitions.

The speakers were jostling for position at the 2024 North West Emerging Development Hotspots event, each keen to showcase exactly what their part of the region has to offer.

Merseyside is on the cusp of a new era, having secured millions in government funding, a freeport, and an investment zone to grow its £28.3bn economy.

A sold-out crowd of property professionals heard from Manchester City Council, Liverpool City Council, and Stockport Council leaders about housing plans.

Onward Homes' Sandy Livingstone and Manchester Cllr Gavin White discuss how we can make utopian visions a reality.

"At a pivotal moment" is how Place North West editor Julia Hatmaker summed up the county's development scene at the 2023 Cumbria Development Update.

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Place North West has joined the wave of forward-thinking, fast-growing businesses moving to employee ownership.

In a charged episode of the Place North West podcast, we delve into the state of the National Grid and the demand for renewable energy.

Carbon deadlines along with sustainability by design and in practice were all topics under discussion at the Net Zero conference in Manchester.