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Image: HS2 Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (courtesy Grimshaw) - included for development in the West Midlands Major Investments Prospectus. West Midlands Combined Authority says Mayor Richard Parker has issued a clarion call to global investors with the message ‘now is the time to invest in the West Midlands’.   Launching the West Midlands Major Investments Prospectus the Mayor has presented more than £19bn of opportunities to drive new growth, jobs and homes across the r

Image:: FUTURE CITIES FORUM 'Innovation cities' discussion participants gathered at Deloitte in the Halo Building, Bristol Future Cities Forum was hosted by Deloitte in Bristol for its ‘Innovation Cities’ discussions. The event looked at the future economy of the west of England, and In particular the three cities of Plymouth, Bath and Bristol. There was a special focus on innovation at universities and how renewed emphasis on defence technologies is shaping these cities.   D

Image :courtesy of Southwark Council / Allies and Morrison Southwark Council has approved the planning application for Snowsfields Quarter, a cluster of new buildings creating space for life sciences near London Bridge. The estimated £350m project, the Council says, will create long-lasting benefits including new community spaces, job opportunities, and encouraging engagement in science, health and wellbeing and contributes to the London Growth Plan which aims to boost produc

Image:courtesy of BDP BDP Quadrangle and FBM Architecture of Halifax have been selected to develop the masterplan for the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII) in Halifax, Nova Scotia. BDP states: 'This marks our second major healthcare masterplanning project in Canada and reinforces our ambition to be the firm of choice for healthcare planning and design across Canada. 'The QEII Health Sciences Centre encompasses 10 buildings across two sites - the Halifax Infirma

Image: the Daubeny Project at Oxford Science Park where Construction has started on three new state-of-the-art laboratory and office buildings part of a commercial life science development, expected to complete in 2026 with construction by Mace Group (Image: Scott Brownrigg and The Oxford Science Park (TOSP) Future Cities Forum is holding its January 'Science Cities' discussion event at Said Business School in Oxford to look at the latest developments and investments in scien

Above: gatehouse to St. Bartholomew's Hospital's historic North Wing and garden in Smithfield, close to Farringdon Station Future Cities Forum will be holding its discussion event on the National Hospital Programme (NHP) at Barts North Wing at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London this November. The BBC revealed recently that two of William Hogarth's masterpiece murals have opened to the public after a £9.5m restoration project: The Grade I-listed building contains the Hogarth

Image: second panel at 'Global Tech Cities' at the Bradfield Centre with Mark Malcolm of Anglian Water speaking (far left) In the second panel of Future Cities Forum's 'Global Tech Cities' event hosted by the Cambridge Science Park at the Bradfield Centre, Chair of the Cambridge Growth Company (CGC), Peter Freeman (formerly Chair of Homes England) joined Cllr Bridget Smith. Leader of South Cambridgeshire Council to discuss infrastructure provision for the city region with maj

Above: the National Physical Laboratory HQ at Teddington in Middlesex (courtesy NPL) The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have teamed up to accelerate innovation-led growth across the region, reports the WMCA. 'This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is the first of its kind between NPL and a Combined Authority. It will give local businesses access to world-class scientific expertise and cutting-edge measurement technologies.'

Above: Dudley Castle - courtesy Dudley Council Six areas of the UK – from Barking & Dagenham in London and Dudley in the Black Country to the Orkney Islands and Ynys Môn – Isle of Anglesey in Scotland and Wales respectively – are to join the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s £200m Heritage Places scheme, according to the Museums Association. Heritage Places aims to make heritage integral to plans that are making local areas better places to live, work and visit over a 10-year

Image: courtesy of Manchester City Council / LDA Design A Council plan to significantly improve the appearance of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester and people’s experience of the prominent city centre space has been unveiled. This will be the first major step in a two-part journey towards a wider transformation of the busy area in the years to come to make Piccadilly Gardens an attractive world-class space.  The immediate plan will see Manchester City Council lead on a wide-ra