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This article by Carl Richardson was first published in the London Standard on 18th November, 2025. “The Budget I have presented today is a hard one for all of us in Britain. It is dictated by the harsh reality of the world we live in. A severe Budget is a necessary element in any strategy for improving the overall performance of our economy.” No, this is not a leaked excerpt of Rachel Reeves’s forthcoming budget speech. They are the words of Denis Healey, the last Chancellor

First reported by Charlie Schouten in Green Street News,18th November 2025 A CGI of the finished development Eldridge Real Estate Credit has partnered with Vita for the 10th time to provide a £146m loan for the developer’s latest student scheme in Manchester, Green Street News can reveal. The lender has backed Vita with a nine-figure senior development loan towards Vita Student First Street, an 861-bed purpose-built student accommodation project within the wider First Street

Continuing our series of updates, we showcase some of the highlights that have taken place in recent weeks. Permaconn in the UK and Ireland Permaconn, which provides secure machine-to-machine (M2M) communication solutions for the security and IoT industries, launched in the UK and Ireland with an office in Manchester. After 15 months of accelerated R&D in partnership with global leaders in fire & security monitoring, Permaconn connectivity solutions went live in the UK and Ir

As reported by Charlie Schouten in Green Street News , 10th November 2025 Investor Richardson and developer Erdgard have teamed up to acquire Lloyds Banking Group’s office in Wolverhampton to bring forward a logistics scheme, Green Street News can reveal. The partners are now drawing up plans for a 160,000 sq ft mid-box logistics project, having acquired the office from the bank, which had deemed the building surplus to requirements. The bank had instructed CBRE to find a buy

The Richardson family business hosted Richard Parker, the Mayor of the West Midlands, for a lunch discussion with business leaders from across the Black Country and West Midlands.   Richard, who was elected as Mayor last year, talked about the government’s ‘Investment Summit’ held in Edgbaston last month which focused on investment and growth, as well as a potential £800m boost for the region.  He also shared more information about his ‘West Midlands Works’ plan, that aims to