‘The time is right for something different’ Mar 18, 2021 UKREiiF Advisory Group chair Lord Kerslake has held a variety of roles within the built environment industry during the last two decades, including Chair of housing association Peabody and Be First (the growth and regeneration agency for Barking and Dagenham). Here he outlines why the time is right for UKREiiF I’ve been involved in development […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Bank buys majority stake in Southern Water for £1bn Aug 31, 2021 Australian asset manager Macquarie announced that it had bought a majority stake in utility firm Southern Water for more than £1bn. The firm said that its investment would help transform the company and put it “back on a stable footing”. It comes a month after Southern Water was fined £90m after bosses admitted dumping sewage […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Development in future: Thames Estuary flood risk Oct 7, 2022 The Environment Agency and a number of other bodies are looking towards the end of the century to ensure homes, businesses and critical services from Teddington to Sheerness and Southend remain protected by updating the Thames Estuary 2100 Plan. The Environment Agency is calling on communities and organisations to play their part in updating the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Embracing the best aspects of attending online and in-person Mar 17, 2021 UKREiiF will embrace interactivity at its three-day networking, exhibition and conferencing event in Leeds next year (May 17-19). While the Coronavirus pandemic forced events online, a raft of innovations, to help negate its effects, have created a different but highly effective user experience and the best of these will be utilised by the organisers of […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Free opportunity to get the lowdown on UKREiiF Mar 15, 2021 The first UKREiiF monthly webinar takes places on Wednesday morning (March 17th). An Introduction to The UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum is a free 105-minute explanation of how UKREiiF hopes to facilitate economic growth within the industry and further details on its networking, exhibition and conference super event in Leeds next year. UKREiiF’s […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
Industry leaders set to appear en masse at UKREiiF Mar 12, 2021 More than 100 speakers will take part in UKREiiF’s three-day networking, exhibition and conferencing event in Leeds next year (May 17-19). Some of the biggest names in the industry, from the public and private sectors, will get together to discuss vital topics and elements which feed into the UK’s need to Build Back Better following […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
International PPL to acquire further stake in Thames Tideway super-sewer Jun 1, 2022 Infrastructure investment company International Public Partnerships has conditionally agreed to acquire a further shareholding in the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a 25-kilometre “super sewer” being built under the Thames in order to create a healthier environment for London. International PPL said on Wednesday that the opportunity was conditional on third-party approvals and had arisen as a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Putting the focus on sustainability, diversity and skills development Mar 11, 2021 The UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) is embracing the aims of the Government’s Build Back Better initiative and making it a major theme. Launched yesterday, UKREiiF has laid out a programme of new initiatives which will build towards a three-day networking, exhibition and conference super event in Leeds next year, the perfect […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
TAKING THE LEAD IN BUILDING BACK BETTER Mar 9, 2021 A host of key industry figures have thrown their weight behind today’s launch of The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), a new vehicle to facilitate economic growth which will culminate in a three-day networking, exhibition and conference super event in Leeds next year. UKREiiF’s mission is to help bring together the public […] Posted by: Mark Flanagan Read more
UK Government launches climate change resilience programme Aug 27, 2021 New research to step up the UK’s resilience to the impacts of climate change, such as flooding, heatwaves and extreme weather storms, is made possible by the launch of a new £5 million research programme. Providing high-quality scientific research and analysis, the research programme, ‘Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World’, will help inform future climate policy […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Wessex Water – Improving Ecology, Innovative Solutions & Major Investment Apr 5, 2021 Following his involvement in our Water Infrastructure and Capital Investment Conference we’ve been speaking exclusively to John Thompson – Executive Director of Engineering and Sustainable Delivery at Wessex Water… Q. Wessex Water’s catchment area was recently added to the Environment Agency’s water stressed areas, what are your priorities for your water resources management plan? We […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
What areas in the UK could we lose to rising water? Nov 5, 2021 Its no shock to see news about rising sea levels in the world today. Or to learn that they’ve recently reached a record high (according to climate.gov) – with not just the level itself rising, but more worryingly, the rate too. Which has in fact doubled. It’s concerning, but not shocking. Obviously, we’ve all had […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
