Wakefield Council; Exclusive Q&A – development plans and economic growth Jun 4, 2019 Ahead of the West Yorkshire Development Conference we hear exclusive from Wakefield Council on their need for development and investment partners, how they’ve become one of the UK’s fastest growing cities, information on their proposed Wakefield District Local Plan and more… Wakefield is one of the key city regions within Yorkshire and it will […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Offsite – should be the norm not the exception Jun 4, 2019 NG Bailey, one of the partners at the Offsite Manufacture Conference & Exhibition, has been pioneering offsite manufacturing since the 1990s and has seen a steady growth in its use – but believes there is still a long way to go until it becomes the norm. “We welcome the increased focus the sector is getting […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Conference to set out economic growth opportunities and challenges within West Yorkshire Jun 3, 2019 This Wednesday prominent business and public sector leaders will come together at the West Yorkshire Development Conference – the region’s largest business conference of the year. Running for the third consecutive year the conference, hosted by Built Environment Networking, will see some of the region’s biggest names in business, politics and local government lead a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Industry collaboration sees the creation of ‘Pareidolia’ Jun 3, 2019 For the their second Clerkenwell Design Week collaboration, PORCELANOSA Group and Jestico + Whiles teamed up with Studio Fractal and Architainment Lighting, to create a new and exciting immersive experience, Pareidolia. Pareidolia is an experimental large-scale immersive installation. Constructed from a seamless domino line of KRION™, free-standing fins which are 2.3m high were placed on […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
New regional design blueprint drawn up for combined authority schemes Jun 3, 2019 A regional design charter is being drawn up by the West Midlands Combined Authority. Patricia Willoughby, Head of Housing & Regeneration Policy at the WMCA, revealed during the placemaking session at the MDC that mayor Andy Street’s body is working on the production of a regional design charter. The charter would be used in tandem […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Brexit collapse in EU students will fuel skills gaps Jun 3, 2019 A drop in the number of EU students attending UK universities could open big skills gap in large areas of the economy like construction, our event has heard. Speaking on the panel of the Universities session at the MDC, Prof Ian Marshall, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Coventry University, said: “The changes Brexit could introduce to the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Local Enterprise Partnership issues plea for funding certainty Jun 3, 2019 Local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) require longer term funding certainty from the government in the upcoming spending review to continue making progress. Sarah Middleton, Chief Executive of the Black Country LEP, told delegates that there are “lots of fantastic projects” under way across the midlands. As an example of the progress that has been achieved by […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Developer funds infrastructure to deliver new development project Jun 3, 2019 A logistics developer has agreed to pay for and deliver the first phase of a bypass after Northamptonshire County Council lost its funding for the project. Jonathan Wallis, Development Director of DB Symmetry, told delegates that the company is taking over the project so that it can deliver the plans for its Symmetry Park at […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Lords ignored Midlands, says regional transport boss Jun 3, 2019 The midlands were “largely ignored” by a recent damning House of Lords committee report into High Speed 2, the Leader of the region’s transport body told the Midlands Development Conference Maria Machancoses, Director of Midlands Connect, used her keynote presentation to kick off the conference’s HS2 session by criticising the Lords economic affairs committee report […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Warning that regions must speak clearly to ministers to deliver ‘critical peice of national investment’ – HS2 Jun 3, 2019 Work on HS2 is not too far advanced for the project to be cancelled, the Chair of the umbrella body for East Midlands Councils has warned. Speaking on the Midlands Development Conference East Midlands Councils Chair Andrew Pritchard, said: “The project is not so far down the track that it couldn’t be cancelled. We need […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
