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A Black Country foodbank has been given an additional helping hand this Christmas, thanks to a donation from the Richardson Brothers Foundation (RBF). (L to R) Angela Shirley - Richardson Brothers Foundation, Jen Coleman - CEO at Black Country Foodbank and Martyn Richardson - Foundation  Martyn Richardson visited the Black Country Foodbank in Brierley Hill to see for himself how the charity works and the type of support it offers to people in need.   The foodbank helps vulner

Longstanding JV partner Ask Real Estate has submitted a planning application for a logistics development near Manchester Airport. Ask's full announcement is here and the announcement was covered in Green Street News . The original article is below. A CGI of the proposed site Green Street News Ask submits plans for £30m last-mile logistics scheme Charlie Schouten 8th December 2025 Ask Real Estate (Ask) has submitted a planning application for a last-mile logistics development

The McArthurGlen Designer Outlet West Midlands in Cannock, Staffordshire, has set out plans for a major expansion, creating up to 500 jobs and increasing the number of stores at the site from 75 to 100. The size of the site will expand by 30%, with a 50% increase in the workforce by 2027. You can read the full interview with David Jackson, centre manager at the site, in Insider Media here . The Express & Star have also covered the interview , and we were delighted to speak wi

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