
Savills on land value capture at Future Cities Forum
Rory Brooke, Head of Economics at Savills, will join our first discussion panel on 8th May at City Hall, London to talk about land value uplift and capture. His expertise also covers economic and development impact assessments of infrastructure projects and industrial intensification. He led on work for Transport for London looking at land value uplift associated with historic and future major transport projects including the Jubilee Line extension, Crossrail 1 and 2. Current

Speakers at 'The Making of the Modern City' 8th May, City Hall, London
There will be four main presentations: NIC Commissioner and founder of dRMM Architects, Professor Sadie Morgan, Brendan Sarsfield, Chief Executive of Peabody, Tim Chapman – Infrastructure Design Leader at Arup, Nigel Escott, Director of Real Estate at Network Rail and three panel discussions on 8th May. The event begins at 8.30 am and the panels will focus on: New models for infrastructure-led regeneration - Rachel Dickie - L&G Capital's Head of Urban Regeneration, David Budd

Legal & General launches affordable housing arm
The new scheme aims to support the UK's demographic and affordable living needs and is a move to become the country's leading private affordable housing provider. It forms a subsidiary of Legal & General Capital, which invests capital into sectors where there has been a shortage of investment and innovation, focusing on growth opportunities and scale ups. Rachel Dickie, Head of Urban Regeneration at Legal & General Capital, will be speaking at our City Hall, London forum, '

Rotterdam leads action on port emissions
Image of Rotterdam courtesy Rotterdam Partners Rotterdam's port authority is pushing the Netherland's government to create a coalition with north-west European countries to agree a joint CO2 price. At the Energy in Transition Summit 2018 the port's CEO Allard Castelein, called for a much higher price for CO2 and a need to avoid the "solo" energy approach embraced by the UK, with its focus on electricity production. "A price in the range of 50 to 70 euros per tonne of CO2 will

Mayfair and St James's balance new building technology with history
Investors in office buildings are having to adjust to a new type of customer who is looking for more flexibly designed work spaces, according to Mayfair Capital's Director of Business Development, James Lloyd. See the video clip above. James discussed the way that Mayfair and other business districts in the UK are changing in character because of the demands from companies to rent offices that attract the new wave of talented workers, often from the creative industries. Chan

Manchester Airports Group joins our transport panel at City Hall, London
All UK airports are increasingly having to compete with other cities worldwide for the business traveller and tourist, therefore plans to improve the 'destination' quality of airports is on the agenda. Manchester Airport is being re-developed and will see the airport significantly expand and enhance its facilities, improving customer experience and positioning it as the global gateway for the North of England. There will be a £570 million package of works, increasing Terminal

L&G Capital's regional cities regeneration
We are delighted that Rachel Dickie, Head of Urban Regeneration at Legal & General Capital (LGC), the early-stage investment arm of Legal & General Group, will be speaking at our next conference, 'The Making of the Modern City' at City Hall, London on 8th May 2018. Legal & General is involved in major regeneration projects across the UK, backing a portfolio of strategically important schemes, that are fast transforming and reshaping Britain's landscape, bringing jobs and hous

Firing 'the starting gun' on green fuels for city transport
The Renewable Energy Association has been reporting on the new government regulations that are due to come into force tonight (Sunday) that will make road and air transport more environmentally friendly. UK companies, it states, will be required to more than double the amount of renewable fuel they supply by 2020 under the new Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. There will also be a new incentive for the production of novel fuels from wastes, and bring in sectors of transpor

Corbin & King at our Mayfair round table
We are delighted to welcome renowned restaurateur, Jeremy King, to our second research Mayfair round table this week. Jeremy is famous along with his business partner Chris Corbin for acquiring, creating and running some of London's best-loved and most successful restaurants. These include Le Caprice, J Sheekey, The Ivy and their current portfolio which is made up of The Delaunay, Brasserie Zedel, Fischer's in Marylebone High Street, and Bellanger in Islington. The Beaumont i

Royal Academy of Arts to join our Future Mayfair research forum
Image courtesy of the RA showing new galleries due to open this May We are delighted that the Head of Academic Programmes at The Royal Academy of Arts, Dr Anna Dempster, will be talking at our second Mayfair research forum next week, about the recent launch of the institution's first ever Executive Master in Cultural Leadership - the announcement being part of the RA's 250th year of celebrations programme. which begin in May. The first students will be starting in October. Th