FUTURE CITIES FORUM

We are very grateful to WYG, for hosting our next round table this Friday,‘Towards the new City’ in its' new London office at 1 Angel Court in the City of London. This event follows our City Hall, London, forum where key speaker, Chief Executive, of the National Infrastructure Commission, Phil Graham, spoke about the importance of joined up housing and infrastructure planning. The round table will discuss WYG's reponse to the National Planning Policy Framework, as well as 'pa

David Height, Mitsui Fudosan's Director of Planning and Engineering, will be speaking at our next Future Cities Forum being held at White City Place, London (pictured above). Mitsui Fudosan is the developer along with partners Stanhope PLC and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation, behind the outstanding restoration and regeneration of BBC Television Centre into apartments, a new Soho House-run hotel and cinema, restaurants and leisure facilities. Future Cities Forum

Mayor of Middlesbrough, David Budd, joined Future Cities Forum this month at City Hall for our conference titled 'The Making of the Modern City'. He debated with panel members from Tibbalds, TfL, Savills, and L&G Capital, 'New Models for Infrastructure-led regeneration' Middlesbrough known as 'Ironopolis' in the Industrial Revolution, supplied iron and steel worldwide and was originally settled by Quakers. The town was laid out on a grid system and but the iron and steel magn

The head of Arup’s Infrastructure Design Group, Tim Chapman, has been speaking about the power of sustainable infrastructure to change societies for the better, at our recent ‘The Making of the Modern City’ forum at City Hall, London in May. The forum was opened with a key speech by National Infrastructure Commission's Chief Executive Phil Graham talking about the need for joined up infrastructure and housing. Tim gave a presentation which ranged from unlocking the regenerati

This week, the BBC has reported that Professor Jim Watson, Head of the UK Energy Research Centre says ‘the government’s aim to clean up motor vehicles by 2040 is not ambitious enough’. The story was reported on 21st May on BBC Online stating that Professor Watson thought the target should be brought forward by at least five years. The BBC stated that the government is currently considering obliging new cars to run on electricity for at least 50 miles by 2040. Nissan told BBC

Manchester Airports Group has been calling on the government to take action over supporting current runways. Debate has taken place for some years over the expansion of airports in the UK and in particular the new runway for London. Tim Hawkins, Director of Corporate Affairs, says there has been much less discussion on how we use existing capacity effectively and how this fits with an industrial and societal strategy for re-balancing the UK's economy. He stated that Mancheste

The Director of Intelligent Mobility (UK & Europe) at SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins Business, Nathan Marsh has been speaking at our latest forum ‘The Making of the Modern City’. The conference was held at City Hall, London on 8th May where the Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Phil Graham gave our first presentation on the need for a joined up infrastructure and housing programme in the UK. Other contributors at the forum included Savills, Legal & General Capital, TfL, Ne

Lynda Shillaw, Chief Executive of Property at Manchester Airports Group, joined our third panel discussion on ‘Infrastructure as destination’, at our May Future Cities Forum, ‘The Making of the Modern City, held at City Hall, London. Lynda described the development of Airport City which is being created outside the City of Manchester and where £1 billion is being invested over a 15 year period: ‘Partners include Beijing Construction and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund’, L

Last August, the Government Property Unit agreed to new space in 6 Central Square, Cardiff with a 25 year lease in Wales’ biggest ever office deal. This is now to be the new HQ for HMRC from 2020 (when the move is expected to take place) and it is a part of a rationalisation of the GPU’s estate which will reduce its’ buildings from 800 to around 200. L&G Capital has been the main investor and prime mover, alongside Cardiff developer Rightacres and Cardiff Council in creating

As part of its development programme with private sector partners, TfL will shortly start work on transforming its assets around South Kensington station. This will improve the experience of the 34 million journeys that take place each year at this important interchange station which serves one of Europe’s biggest museum districts, and a leading education hub (Imperial College London’s main campus, residence halls and the French Lycee are all nearby). In addition it will rede