Huge Peterborough development ‘unlocked’ through crucial infrastructure funding Feb 13, 2018 A major new development in the city of Peterborough has been given a financial boost after £4.5m of government funding was secured. The funding is set to be used to deliver crucial infrastructure to create the ‘Yaxley Loop Road’ for the Great Haddon development in the south of the city which is set to delivery […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Transport & housing bodies join forces to create East West corridor lobby group Feb 3, 2018 A new All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been created to help lobby government on the needs for the East West corridor from Oxford to Cambridge. The group sees housing and transport bodies joining forces, including representation from Highways England, East West Railway Company and England’s Economic Heartland (EEH), to focus on the needs of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Government says it will invest in Facilities Management’s role in the NHS Feb 2, 2018 The government has said that it will improve the professionalization of the NHS estates and facilities workforce in a direct response to the Naylor Report published last year. The report, published last year, examined how the NHS can make the best use of its estate to support NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, whilst highlighting […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
NHS properties need a ‘partnership approach’ – Chairman of LIFT Feb 1, 2018 A new generation of NHS primary care properties will require support through a ‘partnership’ with the private sector – whilst ensuring a ‘responsible approach’ will be needed to offer the best possible value and quality for money, accordingly to Councillor Chris Whitehouse. He reiterated the warnings of Sir Robert Naylor that high-quality service and patient […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Godwin Developments submit planning permission for waterfront residential & retail development Jan 19, 2018 Godwin Development have submitted planning permission for a huge residential development in Hampton Vale. Stephen Pratt, Land Director and Co-Founder of Godwin Developments, will be joining us at the Peterborough Development Plans Conference on the 8th March where he’ll be discussing the scheme in more details. The land was acquired by GD with an existing […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Sladen Estates preview 2018 Jan 17, 2018 Rachel Wood, Managing Director of Sladen Estates, is set to speak at our Peterborough Development Plans Conference on the 8th March. The conference will be our first back in the region since the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference back in December 2017, and the line-up of speakers will also include Godwin Estates, Peterborough City […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Cambridge Mayor urges corporation tax cut Dec 15, 2017 The Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has called for corporation tax to be slashed to 10%. Delivering the opening keynote presentation at Built Environment Networking’s Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference, James Palmer said Cambridge is an attractive destination for international investors but they need stronger tax incentives to locate in the UK. “We need […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Government’s industrial strategy is ‘not ambitious enough’ Dec 15, 2017 The government’s industrial strategy is not ambitious enough, the chief executive of Peterborough’s business support agency has warned during a Built Environment Networking conference. Quizzed on the recently published industrial strategy during the devolution debate at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference, Opportunity Peterborough’s Steve Bowyer said: “It’s OK but it doesn’t go quite […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Oxford to Cambridge growth corridor could be a ‘missing link’ Dec 15, 2017 The Oxford to Cambridge growth corridor could be the ‘missing link’ in forging a new east-west transport spine across southern England, according to one of the initiative’s key architects. Alistair Gordon, director of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Cambridge-MK-Oxford study, told the Built Environment Networking conference that the exercise had implications beyond its geographical terms of […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Area’s top economic brains to come together to ensure regional growth Dec 15, 2017 The Cambridge and Peterborough combined authority is pulling together some of the area’s top economic brains in an Economic Commission to help inform growth plans, a Built Environment Networking conference has heard. Martin Whiteley, chief executive officer of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough combined authority told the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Economic Growth Conference’s economy session that […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
