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Despite the odds, the office market not only survived Brexit woes and Covid concerns – it positively thrived. But has Labour’s employer NI hike just spelt the end for the high-end office market? Plus: Peel ducks out at MediaCity and co-living picks up pace in Leeds.

Ahead of devolution measures, the board will support and advise on the development of the Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s economic priorities, including delivery of a £400m investment fund.

The partnership between Homes England, Legal & General, and Muse will deliver up to 1,000 homes, three community parks and public spaces, retail, and office space in the former retail heart of the city, with a planning application expected in spring. 

Nigel Robson will head up the Yorkshire West land team for the housebuilder, arriving from subsidiary MCI Developments in the North West.

A fully restored 1950s nuclear bunker in Pontefract will hit the market this month, with an auction guide price of £15,000 to £20,000. 

Megan Such has been named as head of sustainability for the UK at the consultancy, succeeding Tony Comber.

Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen will receive the largest share from the government’s £2.3bn allocation for green hydrogen projects, with three more projects across the North West and North East regions also included.

Classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project, the proposal is for two offshore windfarms, as well as two converter stations south-west of Beverley, and associated cable routes.

A proposed Jomast development of 106 affordable houses on 11 acres of land to the east of New Lane, Huntington, is tipped to be approved this week, despite a host of objections.