Mya Driver

By Paul Bellotti, East Riding of Yorkshire Council Chief Executive Ambition for growth is widespread across the UK, with a deeply competitive environment for investment and job creation.

By Simon Green, CEO, Humber Freeport As the UK's leading property, investment and infrastructure forum, UKREiiF is brimming with ambition and opportunity.

By Luke Campbell MBE, Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire Hull and East Yorkshire is a place that gets things done.

The countdown is well and truly underway; UKREiiF 2026 is just five weeks away, and excitement is building across the team as we prepare to bring the UK's leading real estate, infrastructure and investment event back in even bigger and better form.

Working together to uncover the sector's brightest and boldest ideas, UKREiiF and strategic marketing agency Cartwright have revealed the shortlist for the ‘One Big Idea' initiative.

For decades, communities across the North have called for better connections to match their economic ambition. Today, that ambition is being realised. The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), an £11 billion transformation of the 70-mile railway between York and Manchester, is not just improving journeys, but reshaping markets, unlocking development and creating the conditions for long-term, sustainable growth.

Real estate and software experts Ben Ross and Dan Barton from BIP.Verco are heading to UKREiiF 2026 , and they're expecting the most valuable

Gloucestershire is heading to the UK's Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum ( UKREiiF ) this May with a clear message for investors: this is a county building momentum and ready to do business

Over recent years, UKREiiF has established itself as one of the UK's most important convening points, bringing together local government, investors, and

UKREiiF 2026 may be a couple of weeks behind us, but the energy, pride and sense of achievement from the fifth annual event are still very much front of mind.