Quick update post – no links working today, I have no idea why.

 

DTZ has promoted Jonathan Turner and Ian Harrington to director level in Leeds. (hattip – thebusnessdesk.com)

 

Barratt Homes are doing better than expected. – Like for like December sales are down 15% but the order book for 08 is down only 6%. (from the Yorkshire Post)

 

UK Coal’s land has leapt in value from £69 – £415 million. Not surprisingly, now it has started to sell off some of this land, it is expecting annual profits to rise by around 300 % on their 2006 level. (From the YP)

 

We’ve heard this before but the government wants to create a supercity encompassing Sheffield Leeds and Manchester. It was reannounced at the launch of Sheffield’s city plan which also envisages the creation of another 30,000 jobs in the city. (from all over)

 

BDP, Arup, KPF Associates and Heneghan Peng have made the short list of architects for the Co-operative group’s new gateway scheme in Manchester. Helpfully, the internet contains no details at all about the proposed scheme.

 

That’s about it for today, have a good weekend.

 

Sam

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