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Future Development Plans – Knowsley

Monday, 22nd February 2021 1300hrs – 1600hrs

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This event will highlight potential development, regeneration and investment opportunities across Knowsley.

There is hundreds of millions of pounds of regeneration in the pipeline in Knowsley ranging from the £43m Kirkby masterplan to the 1600 home Halsnead Garden Village project which will add £40m GVA to the local economy per year during construction. As part of this event, delegates will hear from the developers and investors behind each major scheme as plans are revealed from what must be one of the most ambitious boroughs in the UK.

Speakers for this event include:

Lesley Martin-Wright,
Chief Executive
Tony Clark,
Assistant Executive Director Development and Infrastructure
Sarah Maguire,
Social Value Manager
David Williams,
Managing Director (North West)
Rachel Peak,
Principal Regeneration Officer for Kirkby Town Centre
Nathan Renison,
Principal Regeneration Manager for Huyton Town Centre
Gill Whitfield,
Principal Regeneration Officer
Owen Barton,
Principal Regeneration Manager for Prescot Town Centre

Associate your brand with this Webinar and position your brand at the forefront of the discussion around the future development happening in Knowsley. We have various partnership packages available, including opportunities to speak on the webinar, allowing you to present your message to your target audience and receive maximum brand awareness and impact. Packages available include:

Package Delegate Ticket Cost Chair/ Speaking Opportunity VIP Access Cost (+VAT)
Premium Webinar Partner £0 Yes Yes £2,000 View Details
Webinar Partner £30 Yes Yes £1,000 View Details
Advertising Partner £30 – Yes £500 View Details

Premium Webinar Partner

£2,000+VAT

The webinar partner package will give an even bigger boost to attendance numbers and visibility. Be at the forefront of the webinar – with a speaking slot on the panel and prime branding throughout the webinar and post/pre event communications. This package will elevate your brand and drive awareness, loyalty and trust in front of industry leaders. This is the ultimate package if you’re looking to be seen as a leading figure within the industry. Benefits include:

  • Free to attend which will boost attendance numbers to 200-500
  • Sponsor an existing event or work with us to develop a bespoke title/agenda/panel of speakers
  • Request Built Environment Networking to invite up to 3 speakers of your choice to join the panel
  • Targeted marketing campaign aimed at attracting your target audience to the event – whether it be company types, regional companies or job titles/level of attendee.
  • Inclusion within all pre-webinar speaker discussions
  • Sit on the expert webinar panel as a thought leader
  • Deliver a 5-minute thought-leadership presentation on the webinar to industry delegates
  • Join a private debrief meeting in our VIP room to continue to discussion with speakers
  • Prime branding on the website and throughout the full webinar
  • Additional branding on all event documents, emails, booking forms etc
  • Full downloadable copy of the webinar after the event
  • Social media posts – pre, during and post-conference activity
  • Free exhibition space at all future Built Environment Recruitment Fair’s

Become a partner >

Webinar Partner

£1,000+VAT

The webinar partner package will give you all the excellent benefits of the premium webinar partner – but the cost remains for delegates to register – but you’ll see have an excellent number of attendees whilst having a speaking slot on the panel and prime branding throughout the webinar and post/pre event communications. This package is designed to elevate your brand and drive awareness, loyalty and trust in front of industry leaders. This is the ultimate package if you’re looking to be seen as a leading figure within the industry. Benefits include:

  • Be the headline partner for this webinar
  • Request speakers to be on the panel alongside you, helping to shape the agenda
  • Targeted marketing campaign aimed at attracting your target audience to the event – whether it be company types, regional companies or job titles/level of attendee.
  • Inclusion within all pre-webinar speaker discussions
  • Sit on the expert webinar panel as a thought leader
  • Deliver a 5-minute thought-leadership presentation on the webinar to industry delegates
  • Join a private debrief meeting in our VIP room to continue to discussion with speakers
  • Prime branding on the website and throughout the full webinar
  • Additional branding on all event documents, emails, booking forms etc
  • Full downloadable copy of the webinar after the event
  • Social media posts – pre, during and post-conference activity
  • Free exhibition space at all future Built Environment Recruitment Fair’s

Become a partner >

Advertising Partner

£500+VAT

Prime branding on all emails used to promote the webinar with delegates before, during and after the conference. Benefits include:

  • Branding throughout the full event – on the website, during the conference, on the presentations and on our emails sent to our 130,000 strong database
  • Exhibition stand at the virtual event to showcase your brand and gain interest from delegates
  • 5 x free tickets for colleagues to watch and get involved in the online event
  • VIP Room Access to connect with our speakers in a one-to-one environment
  • Full downloadable copy of the webinar after the event
  • Social media posts – pre, during and post-conference activity
  • Free exhibition space at all future Built Environment Recruitment Fair’s

Become a partner >

Our online webinars will merge our face-to-face events with a virtual platform – providing networking opportunities, an exceptional panel discussion and debate, speaker presentations and an exhibition hall.

Here’s a little video highlighting what to expect…

And here’s a bit more information of key areas of our online webinars…

You’ll receive unique log-in details to join our online event via computer or phone – and you’ll be greeted with an easy navigation tool. You’ll be able to navigate to:

Main Stage

Where the webinar will take place with excellent speakers and content. You’ll be able to get involved, asking questions and taking part in live polls.

Networking

Just like a real event you’ll be able to meet and connect with new people in our forum. You can directly request to chat with someone or you can enter our ‘speed networking’ area to meet numerous new people within the industry. Get your elevator pitch ready!

Sponsor / Exhibitor Area

Meet our partners and sponsors – view what they’re all about, video chat with them and download their literature and product information.

13:00-13:10 Doors Open & Networking

Enjoy some networking time with those also attending the conference and visit the exhibitors – with the ability to video chat with attendees, enter the speed networking area or visit the booths of our sponsors
13:10-13:20 Keynote

Knowsley Chamber of Commerce; Lesley Martin-Wright, Chief Executive
13:20-13:30 Networking & Exhibition

During the break period you’re able to move around the event – with a speed networking area to allow you to video chat at random so get your elevator pitch ready. 

You can also invite any other attendee to video chat, direct message.

And you can visit our exhibitions, chatting directly to them or watch their brand video and register your interest.
13:30-14:20 High Street Regeneration and Investment Projects in Knowsley

Senior voices from the council unveil over £100m of exclusive new projects that are to be commissioned and procured across Prescot, Kirkby and Huyton in 2021.

Chair: Built Environment Networking; Phil Laycock, Director

Knowsley Council; Gill Whitfield, Principal Regeneration Officer

Knowsley Council; Tony Clark, Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure

Knowsley Council; Nathan Renison, Principal Regeneration Manager for Huyton Town Centre

Knowsley Council; Owen Barton, Principal Regeneration Manager for Prescot Town Centre

Knowsley Council; Rachel Peak, Principal Regeneration Officer for Kirkby Town Centre
14:20-14:30 Networking & Exhibition

During the break period you’re able to move around the event – with a speed networking area to allow you to video chat at random so get your elevator pitch ready. 

You can also invite any other attendee to video chat, direct message.

And you can visit our exhibitions, chatting directly to them or watch their brand video and register your interest.
14:30-15:30 Accelerating the Delivery of High Quality Homes and Developing Thriving Residential Schemes in Knowsley

A host of developers come together to talk about their forthcoming projects as they aim to provide the borough with thousands of new homes over the coming 5 years.

Session Sponsor: (Available – click for details)

Chair: Built Environment Networking; Phil Laycock, Director

Knowsley Council; Gill Whitfield, Principal Regeneration Officer

Knowsley Council; Tony Clark, Executive Director of Development and Infrastructure

Fusion 21; Sarah Maguire, Social Value Manager

Bellway Homes; David Williams, Managing Director (North West
15:30-16:00 Networking, Exhibition & Close

We’re set to have an exceptional line-up of speakers who’ll be sharing intel into their future development projects, plans and vision for Knowsley. Here’s an overview of the confirmed speakers:

Knowsley Chamber of Commerce – Lesley Martin-Wright, Chief Executive

As a key player in shaping the regeneration of Knowsley’s high streets and town centres, Lesley has been actively contributing to funding bids and working with the private sector to help design places that they can thrive in. She joins the event to talk about public/private collaboration and what she hopes the end game will be for the borough in its attempt to be a thriving part of the Liverpool City region.

Knowsley Council – Tony Clark, Assistant Executive Director Development and Infrastructure

Knowsley Council have recently entered into a joint venture with Genr8 Kajima for Huyton’s Town centre redevelopment. The Council has ambitious plans for Huyton and its progressing it’s 10-year development plan, including the creation of a commercial district, that will contain the Council’s new HQ, a hotel, commercial and residential accommodation; as well as a village green and significant improvements to the high street and station gateway area. The plan outlines the potential for approximately 1,700 jobs and a £50.8m boost to the local economy.

Fusion21 – Sarah Maguire, Social Value Manager

Having recently created a new procurement partnership based on social value with Knowsley council. The scheme will encourage developers who are to deliver large scale future projects to focus on giving back to the communities they operate in while any council related regeneration work will favour supply chain who have a strong social value ethos. Sarah will join this session to unpick future procurement opportunities and to encourage best practice in the realm of social value when bidding for work.

Bellway Homes – David Williams, Managing Director (North West)

Bellway are one of the most active housebuilders in the North West with dozens of sites set to be brought forward in 2021 and a high concentration of them to be positioned in and around Knowsley. The council see them as a key strategic partner in meeting ambitious housing targets. David will talk about what is coming up for them and the impact their development pipeline will have on Knowsley.

Knowsley Council – Rachel Peak, Principal Regeneration Officer for Kirkby Town Centre

Kirby is one of the towns in the Liverpool City region that will undergo major transformation in the coming years and as part of the event Rachel she will talk about the 55 acre residential plans south of Cherryfield Drive, a development of a cinema on the site of the former library and the early stages of major investment in changing the gateway to Kirby site.

Knowsley Council – Nathan Renison, Principal Regeneration Manager for Huyton Town Centre

Overseeing the ambitious and exciting decade long regeneration plans for Huyton Town Centre, Nathan joins the panel to talk about how the council are pouring millions of pounds into unlocking the expansion of the commercial district, the creation of a health and innovation hub next to the train station and to create a green village to meet the borough’s sustainability targets.

Knowsley Council – Gill Whitfield, Principal Regeneration Officer

Gill is at the forefront of working with developers and investors who will be bringing forward schemes in the borough in the coming 18 months and is going to provide our audience with invaluable market intelligence about which schemes are close to coming to market. She will also talk about other industrial and housing projects she is hoping to get off the ground and how our audience can collaborate with her team to help with delivery.

Knowsley Council – Owen Barton, Principal Regeneration Manager for Prescot Town Centre

Anchored by the £30m Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot town centre is in the process of successfully repositioning itself as a leisure and culture destination.  This has been supported through heritage-led regeneration including the Townscape Heritage Initiative, High Streets Heritage Action Zone and Prescot Connects public realm improvements.  Owen will talk about these project plus opportunities in the residential, commercial and leisure sectors in Prescot.

Tickets

Tickets are not currently available for this event.

Details

Date:
Monday, 22nd February 2021

Time:
1300hrs – 1600hrs

Venue

Online – Hopin


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