£3.5bn Garden Communities Lead Development Wave in Essex Dec 24, 2019 North Essex Garden Communities Ltd (NECG), a partnership between Braintree, Colchester and Tendring district council are developing 43,000 homes across three new communities, a total of £3.5bn of investment was announced at the recent Essex & South East Development Plans. However , that is just one facet of the massive developments that are taking place […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
£2bn Investment in Nottingham Driven by Rental Boom Dec 23, 2019 “We recognise that Nottingham is hot right now” – that was the message from Chris Henning, Corporate Director of Development at Nottingham City Council speaking at our East Midlands Development Plans Event. Henning touted the booming property market of the city, outlining key headline projects including the renovation of Nottingham Castle and the £250m […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Untapped Potential for the UK in Alternative Energy Sources Dec 11, 2019 Julia Safiullina, Investment Manager for Iona Capital, has revealed the massive potential for biomass energy in the UK: “There were around 25 anaerobic digestion plants in the UK when we started in 2011, whereas Germany had around 8000. There now around 500 in the UK, 17 of those are ours, and this level of development […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Developing Solutions in the UK’s “Highest Emitting Sector” Dec 11, 2019 Liana Cipcigan, Co-Director of the Electrical Vehicle Centre of Excellence at Cardiff University, has stated the need to make rapid changes in the transport industry to help tackle climate change. Speaking at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain event he said, “transport is the highest emitter of greenhouse gases out of all sectors” and she […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Building the Sustainable Communities of Tomorrow Dec 11, 2019 Juliette Morgan, Head of Campus at British Land has highlighted the huge potential carbon savings within the construction industry. She said, speaking at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain conference: “There are 30 gigatons of potential C02 reduction in our sector until 2030.” British Land are behind plans to create a new £4bn town in […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Tackling Climate Emergency Means Going Beyond the “Politically Possible” Dec 11, 2019 Co-Leader of the Green Party Jonathan Bartley has said at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain event that tackling the climate emergency means going with what “the science demands and not what is seen as politically possible.” Bartley noted that in 2017 the climate emergency was scarcely discussed, yet now “50-60% of people will take […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
UK at Risk of Missing 2050 Net Zero Targets Dec 11, 2019 A call to action on climate change has been issued by a Senior Policy Advisor at independent think tank Green Alliance who declared at the recent Building Zero Carbon Britain, “the UK is not on track to meet its 4th and 5th carbon budgets to 2032, and the gap is even bigger if we consider […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Police Estates Incorporate Community Engagement Projects Dec 6, 2019 The Metropolitan Police Service is developing new public engagement into their estates, our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. These community engagements have been accompanied by a “just over a billion-pound programme” of estates regeneration that was conducted by the service between 2013-2017 according to Vince Fihosy, Property Services Director at the Metropolitan Police. […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Police and Crime Commissioners Leading on Estates Strategy Dec 6, 2019 Police and Crime Commissioner’s across the country are increasingly focused on estate strategy, our Blue Light Estates Development Conference has heard. When the role was first created in 2012 the commissioners were given particularly broad portfolios, being tasked with ensuring the overall performance of the service. Many of the commissioners have devolved more powers to […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
Design Innovation Redefining the Possible Within Blue Light Estates Dec 6, 2019 “This is a very exciting time for construction and suddenly everything is possible” – declared Jami Cresser-Brown, Director of Creative Technology at Bryden Wood, at our recent Blue Light Estates Development Conference. During the hour-long Q&A session Cresser-Brown challenged conventional notions of best practice as an achievable benchmark: “Best practice in its very nature […] Posted by: John Clark Read more
