In the latest Place North West podcast, ITS’s Dave Ferry and Liverpool City Region’s Lorna Rogers break down what ‘full-fibre’ means, why it is important and what is being done to futureproof the region.

Innovation director Philippe Boyer is responsible for the tech solutions in a portfolio worth €27bn across France, Germany and Italy, specialising in offices, hospitality and residential. He spoke to Blandine Laffargue to get behind the buzzwords in corporate real estate.

Public consultations can be so much more than just a regulatory exercise. Copper Consultancy shares both how consultations can be a valuable tool and how to maximise their effectiveness in the latest Place North West Masterclass podcast.

The rise of life sciences and biotech has put a premium on laboratory space. Fairhursts Design Group directors share how to develop the ideal space for these lab-hungry industries in the latest Place North West Masterclass podcast.

David Hodges, director of eco-i, joins Karl Tomusk to share his experience and advice on getting a building ready for smart-status.

Understanding conservation deficit and the importance of consulting with the local community were two of the key messages Buttress Architects’ director Stephen Anderson was keen to hammer home in the first episode of Place North West’s masterclass podcast series. 

Project Four Safety Solutions’ Alan Robson and Max Meadows walk us through what we need to know about the Building Safety Bill now that it has received Royal Assent.

edozo’s CEO and founder, Marcus Ginn, joins Paul Unger to discuss the problems within the property industry that edozo sets out to solve, trends within the market, edozo’s product roadmap, why it has joined the Reach UK scale-up programme, and much more.

Tom Willcock, director of innovation at Hollis, joins PlaceTech editor Paul Unger for a quick-fire walkthrough of some of the biggest trends in real estate innovation.

Rohan Bulchandani, founder of global real estate tech provider Retransform, and Daniel Schreiner, head of technical property management and ESG at Heimstaden, discuss digital twin technology and what it can do for real estate’s net zero ambitions.

Jeremy Hinds, planning director at Savills, discusses the implications the Earth’s evolving weather patterns could have on planning, not just in the North West but nationwide.

Jeremy Hinds, director of Savills, engages in some planning futurism to explore the need for planning differently our buildings and places as weather patterns change.

Like many places, Rochdale was hard hit by the financial crash of 2008. This podcast delves into how the council and private sector reinvented the town and how Rochdale plans to supercharge its growth going forward. 

Sir Richard Leese reflects on key moments from the past 25 years in this one-on-one interview with Place North West’s deputy editor, Julia Hatmaker.

The UN’s Climate Change Conference may be over, but the sustainability discussion continues.

As we push for net zero development, more and more attention is being paid to building materials. Wienerberger joins Place North West to talk about the green credentials of bricks as well as what the company is doing to mitigate its carbon footprint.

Do heritage properties help or hinder efforts to revitalise a community? In the latest Place North West podcast, we zoom in on Rochdale to see how history is shaping the future.

The UK’s electrical grid infrastructure is in dire need of an upgrade if the country is going to meet its renewable energy goals by 2035, says Pegasus Group in the latest Place North West podcast episode.

On the latest episode of Place North West’s COP26 podcast series, HBD and Cundall discuss why some developers are taking it upon themselves to get ahead of the curve in terms of their sustainability aspirations, while government legislation on the issue lags behind.