Muse commits to Northern Powerhouse Partnership

A nationwide placemaker has joined a partnership focused on accelerating economic growth and infrastructure-led development across the North.

Muse has become a member of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), bringing more than 40 years’ experience delivering long-term, mixed-use regeneration in collaboration with the public sector.

The developer has a strong presence within the North of England, with regional teams operating in the North West, Yorkshire and the North East and playing a central role in major regeneration schemes, including the long-running Salford Central transformation through ECF, its partnership with L&G and Homes England.

Across the North, Muse is working on projects in Blackpool, Oldham, St Helens, Warrington and Wythenshawe, alongside flagship regeneration schemes in Hull and Bradford that are set to deliver new homes, employment space and revitalised city centre districts.

As new members of the NPP, Muse will contribute expertise in infrastructure-led regeneration, masterplanning and long-term place stewardship, aligning transport investment with housing, commercial development and innovation-led growth.

Muse will be represented on the Northern Powerhouse Partnership board by managing director Phil Mayall, underlining the company’s commitment to senior-level engagement in the NPP’s work.

Phil said: “We are delighted to be joining the NPP. 

“With the Government’s continued focus on supporting transformation and accelerating regional growth, we have a real opportunity to make an impact and go above and beyond in delivering meaningful, lasting, change in the North of England.

“As someone born and raised in the region, I am passionate about the people, place, and potential which can be unleashed here. 

“This is a sentiment shared by our skilled regional teams in the North, and by across the business. 

“Drawing on our decades of experience as placemakers, we’re looking forward to sharing our insights, lessons, and learnings with partnership, to help best shape the future of the North of England.”

Baroness Elliott of Whitburn Bay, chair of the NPP, added: “We’re delighted to welcome Muse to the NPP at a pivotal moment for the North. 

“Muse has an established reputation for transforming our cities and town by creating places for people to work and homes for people to live in. 

“With the Government confirming its commitment last week to delivering Northern Powerhouse Rail, and a strategy for the Northern Growth Corridor due to be launched in the spring, there is the opportunity to bring forward more ambitious plans for our cities and towns which otherwise could not have happened. 

“Muse’s experience in infrastructure-led growth, masterplanning and long-term stewardship will be vital in helping ensure infrastructure investment brings benefits to the lives of Northerners wherever they live.”

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