King Sturge has appointed Stuart Knight at head of local government in its consultancy team. Knight joins from Drivers Jonas where he had been a partner and head of local government in the strategic consulting team since 2006.
Knight said: “King Sturge has a great track record of delivering solutions to public sector bodies, and I will be combining this with my skills in the local government arena to provide cost saving and value generating solutions for councils.”
King Sturge has appointed Knight so it can get more work from local authorities, …

Liverpool City Council has appointed Drivers Jonas as part of a panel to carry out a development study for the Stonebridge Cross area in Croxteth, Liverpool.
The site, totalling 62 acres, is one of the most significant council-owned sites in the city.
The council has appointed Drivers Jonas, Planit-ie, Waterman Boreham and DK Architects to work on the development study.
The site is opposite Stonebridge Park, which is now a park-style business location developed by St Modwen and Liverpool Vision.
Simon Bedford, partner, from Drivers Jonas, said: “The site is a hugely attractive opportunity …

Alix Nicoll has joined the residential team at Drivers Jonas to specialise in the valuation of sites and development projects for registered social landlords and affordable housing providers.
Nicoll joins from King Sturge, where she worked with housebuilders such as Redrow, and has seven years’ experience in the sector.
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Pascal Levine has joined the Drivers Jonas residential team as an associate, where he will provide advice on affordable housing to public and private sector bodies. Levine joins from King Sturge, where he worked for six years. He has 13 years’ experience working with the public sector.
Before King Sturge, Levine worked for London Residential Research where he provided research on development to local authorities, registered social landlords, developers and banks.
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University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has appointed property consultants Drivers Jonas and Davis Langdon to oversee refurbishment work worth £42m.
The Trust is modernising its buildings in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, in a programme called Fit For The Future. It aims to complete 20 projects on its estate by the end of 2013, including a Private Finance Initiative project and a new maternity and oncology building at Stoke’s City General Hospital.
Drivers Jonas and Davis Langdon are to oversee refurbishments of more than 450,000 sq ft on existing buildings at the hospital. …

Drivers Jonas and architects Bennetts Associates have revealed their vision for a campus for 5,000 civil servants dubbed the ‘Whitehall of the North’.
Next month, public consultation will begin on the plan to redevelop land next to Piccadilly Station in Manchester for a new civil service campus. The plan for a new campus on the site – owned by British Rail Board (Residuary) Limited – was announced in May.
BRB (Residuary) Limited is a company owned by the Department for Transport to dispose of former British Rail land. The masterplan was prepared …