The city region Metro Mayors were everywhere this week and arguably had the best time of any cohort at the party conference as they rose to seize devolution’s elevated status under Labour.

With two further businesses newly arrived, York Biotech Campus is keen to bring more firms to its 80-acre facility, estate manager Liz Cashon told Place Yorkshire.

Enabling SMEs to deliver more homes may be the answer to our housing problem, according to Phil Cooper of Hope Architects and Anna Relph of Turley.

As Scarborough Group chairman Kevin McCabe’s book Mucky Boots hits the shelves, Place Yorkshire spoke to the man who says he achieved two-thirds of his masterplan for Sheffield United’s home in his two decades at its helm. 

As he prepares to leave his post as chief executive of Leeds City Council at the end of the year, Tom Riordan spoke with Paul Unger about legacy, the changing local government landscape and outstanding priorities.

Many have visited the Venetian palace that is Bradford City Hall or the art gallery in the Baroque Cartwright Hall, writes Nick Corbett of WSP, but what about the empty mills and warehouses that climb Bradford’s hills – what future do they have?

The simple answer to this question is, ‘no’. A variation has a very specific contractual implication for a construction project, writes Guy Jackson, founding partner of Overford.

The first seven days of Labour government have been all about urgency – reform planning, scrap ‘gimmicky’ levelling up, bring back onshore wind, set housing targets, create council of nations and regions – yet one policy area is waiting for its own big launch into this blockbuster season – devolution.

After a tumultuous few years, the property and development industry is calling on Labour to provide the stability it has long-craved, thaw the “frozen” market, and make good on its pledge to breathe new life into the housing sector.