Economy: Inflation rate – Inflation rose to 3.4% for the year to December 2025, driven by higher tobacco prices and airfares, according to the Office for National Statistics. The Bank of England (BoE) target inflation rate is 2%. Interest rate – The …
Read more...Michael Hardware was invited to present on local government reorganisation and devolution at the House Builders Federation East of England Planning Meeting on 22 October in Cambridge. It is a subject he was very familiar with as he is the …
Read more...On Friday 12th September 2025, Chelgate Local and Bidwells, in conjunction with the Essex Developers Group, co-hosted a Local Government Reorganisation and Devolution Breakfast Briefing at Pontlands Park Hotel near Chelmsford, in Essex. After attendees enjoyed a scrumptious breakfast buffet, …
Read more...Senior Account Executive Sophie Coghlan graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in July 2024 with a marketing degree and joined Chelgate Local in August 2025 as an account executive. She was promoted to senior account executive in February 2026. Sophie is …
Read more...There are two Account Execuitve roles with Chelgate Local, our local government division. Our clients include many of the leading developers, housebuilders, land promoters and contractors which market to the sector or are navigating the local plan and planning systems. …
Read more...This article was published in PlacemakingResource, part of Planning magazine, on 16 July 2025. It is behind a paywall All development sites need infrastructure, both soft and hard: it is the string that pulls a project together, that allows the …
Read more...There are two councils in the Devolution Priority Programme (DPP) in the North Thames region: Greater Essex and Norfolk and Suffolk. Both have submitted their approaches to local government reorganisation to MHCLG, and both are to submit detailed proposals by …
Read more...By Michael Hardware, Director of Property & Planning, Chelgate Local I attended the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum conference in Leeds between 20 and 23 May. Unlike last year, the sun shone, and all was well in the …
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