Future of London
The Mayor of London announced yesterday that £50m is being made available to to regenerate town centres in outer London. This will be welcome news for the outer boroughs that Boris has been accused of neglecting in favour of high profile projects - the Olympics and Crossrail in particular. One of the main planks of Boris's pledge was to … [Read more...]
The Centre for Cities launched its annual Cities Outlook on 24 January in the scenic setting of London’s Living Room at City Hall. Here we take a look at what the report says about London. Contrary to early predictions that this recession would be a ‘white collar’ one (where cities with high concentrations of white collar workers would … [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...]
Interesting report from the BBC on the number of local people employed in the construction of the Olympic Park.Whether you think one in five is a respectable figure or not, finding ways of retaining and maximising the economic benefits of the Olympic developments is of critical importance for local and national policymakers, so we can expect this … [Read more...]
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