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Read on for Simon Cavanagh's report of the Future London Leaders visit to the Olympic park on 28 October: "It’s Friday afternoon in late October and I am being driven around the Olympic site with my Future London Leaders colleagues. The experience is strangely akin to the first act of Jurassic Park. Every couple of minutes brings a preview of … [Read more...]
Future of London teamed up with Work Foundation and the Big Innovation Centre to discuss the big challenges facing Tech City in East London. We convened 30 individuals ranging from policymakers, educational institutions, investment agencies, academics, tech companies and independent experts to unpack the scale of opportunity presented by Tech City, … [Read more...]
In September, Future of London and The Work Foundation are teaming up to explore the potential of Tech City. We'll be hosting a Roundtable event to investigate the development challenges and opportunities for the area. The Government has launched the East London Tech City initiative designed to build on the existing cluster of technology … [Read more...]
On a day of dramatic downpours accompanied by thunder and lightening in an otherwise unprecedentedly dry and sunny Spring, Future of London were taken on a tour of the Olympic Park by Stephen Wells, Operations Director of Mace. Mace are part of a partnership delivery vehicle for the Olympic Site called CLM (standing for the three companies … [Read more...]
Our Development and Renewal seminar on 31 March looked at retail trends in London and at which areas stand to win or lose out as a result. Change is afoot in the retail world; Stuart Morley, Head of Research at GVA warned that the strong growth in retail spending of the last decade is over and reduced disposable income and therefore spending will … [Read more...]
Today I had the opportunity to hear some lively debate around the subject of the digital economy driving regeneration in the Thames Gateway hosted by Thames Gateway London Partnership (TGLP). Illustrious names such as Will Hutton and Chairs Lord Falconer, and Chief Executive of TGLP, Ros Dunn, led an informative debate focusing on London and east … [Read more...]
Here is Richard Blakeway at the Future of London Conference 2010, talking to Regeneration and Renewal about recent changes to housing benefit and housing delivery in East London. … [Read more...]
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