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UK timber prices remain on a high
The significant rise in UK timber prices experienced at the end of 2017 and the first half of 2018 has levelled off, but values have remained at this elevated level.

Growth Corridor’s leading voices pack out inaugural Bidwells conference
Bidwells teamed up with the two leading land and property industry titles, EG and Farmers Weekly, to bring the investment and development community together to asses and review the opportunities and challenges ahead for the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor.

Surveyors of the future build design skills at Bidwells hackathon event
Eleven Bidwells building consultants ran a Surveying Hackathon with more than 50 students from Trumpington Community College last week with the teams behind ideas for a Coco-Cola Theme Park and a Trumpington Colosseum the two winners.

Bidwells breaks into top 15 of UK planning consultancy league table
Bidwells has shot up Planning Magazine’s consultancy rankings to become the 15th largest team of chartered planners in the UK. The news comes soon after Bidwells made four promotions in its senior team to support its growing client base within the Cambridge to Oxford Growth Corridor.

Oxbridge Growth Corridor set to become £400billion post-Brexit powerhouse
The economic contribution of the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Growth Corridor to the UK’s post-Brexit economy could reach £400billion by 2050, Bidwells’ latest research reveals.

RICS National Awards shortlist for Bidwells’ Building Surveyor
Bidwells’ building surveying associate, Jonathan Wright, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year 2018.

Student accommodation double for Capital Markets Team
Bidwells has advised on the sale of two student accommodation schemes in prime locations in a portfolio deal worth almost £40m.

Bidwells joins Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor delivery board
Head of Planning Mike Derbyshire has joined the delivery board of the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor.

Bidwells advise Aberdeen Standard on £68.8m prime Central London student block purchase
Bidwells has advised Standard Life Pooled Property Pension Fund in acquiring Grosvenor House - a student accommodation block on Covent Garden’s Drury Lane - from GH Partnership Limited for £68.8 million.
Bidwells team on shortlist for 2018 Stirlng Prize
One of six projects shortlisted for the UK’s most important architectural award features an Oxford College project managed by Bidwells from inception to completion.