Plans submitted for 8-storey Sheffield office development Feb 20, 2019 Scarborough Group International have today submitted plans for an exciting new office development in the heart of Sheffield. The project, situated in the Sheffield Digital Campus quarter, will reach 8-storeys in height and deliver around 60,000sq ft of office space. Scarborough Group, who’ll be speaking at our Leeds & Yorkshire Development Plans Conference next month, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Route unveiled for major new road and junction at Black Cat Feb 19, 2019 The preferred route for a new 10 mile dual carriageway road set to form part of the Oxford-Cambridge Corridor Expressway has been announced – which will help ease growing congestion and hold-ups on the A1, A428 and A421 – stretching from the Black Cat junction to the Caxton Gibbet roundabout. The announcement comes ahead of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
RICS; top tips for commercial mediators Feb 18, 2019 Martin Burns – RICS, Head of ADR Research and Development In my experience, lawyers and other professionals who become commercial mediators are driven by three things. They want to add a new product to their service offering, they yearn for the challenge of doing something new and intellectually challenging, and they want to get […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Warning over automation jobs policy gap Feb 18, 2019 Innovative thinking is required to help society cope with the estimated 2.5m jobs that will be lost during the next decade as a result of automation, the Smart Cities conference’s universities session heard. Dave Carter, Smart City Project Lead at the Manchester Urban Institute, said that an estimated 2.5m jobs are due to disappear in […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Turn bus garages into EV top up points – TfL Feb 18, 2019 Transport for London is exploring how its network of bus stations can be turned into top up charging points for emergency services vehicles and even private cars as part of a major revamp of its estate. Peter Elliot, Head of Development at Transport for London told delegates at the Smart Cities Development Conference that the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
EV roll out sparks Manchester power upgrade call Feb 18, 2019 Manchester’s power network requires a significant upgrade to cope with the anticipated increase in use of electric vehicles (EVs), our Smart Cities Development Conference has heard. Steve Cox, Engineering & Technical Director at Electricity North West, told delegates that every morning, 223,000 vehicles are driven into Manchester. [emaillocker id=”71749″] He said: “If those EVs all […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Uber’s exciting rural plans queried by Catapult chief Feb 18, 2019 Moves by Uber to expand into rural areas won’t work, our Smart Cities Development Conference heard. James Kelly, Head of Cities at the app-based ride hailing business, said the company is exploring a roll out of community transport services, recalling how he had used informal ride sharing early in his career to commute into work […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Digital natives may quit cities, prop-tech boss warns Feb 18, 2019 The dystopian vison of future cities, painted in recent science fiction film Ready Player One, will come true if current patterns of high-rise development continue, a Crown Estates adviser has warned. Vanessa Lee Butz told our Smart Cities Development Conference that the ‘digital native’ generation will have different digital and human connections to their predecessors, […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Plan for tomorrow’s tech, urges Catapult chief Feb 18, 2019 The importance of thinking about emerging technologies when planning development was the key message of the opening keynote presentation at our Smart Cities Development Conference. Nicola Yates, Chief Executive Officer of the Future Cities Catapult – which examines the application of innovation to the built environment, said: “Planners have to imagine a future world. If […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Physical interaction to remain important in digitised future Feb 18, 2019 Personal contact will remain prized even as individuals spend an increasing proportion of their time on-line, a leading futurologist has told our London Property Club event. Tom Cheesewright predicted that the next ten years would see the transition to a new world in which the boundary between the digital and physical worlds becomes ‘seamless’. [emaillocker […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
