Posted: 27th April, 2015
Port of London Authority CEO, Robin Mortimer, sets out the importance of the River Thames for the capital and outlines how you can get involved in shaping its vision for the future. Mr Mortimer said: “As I come to the end of my first year as chief executive of the Port of London Authority (PLA),... Read More
Posted: 27th April, 2015
Scottish Water has announced the preferred bidder for a major part of its new £3.5 billion investment programme. ESD (Efficient Service Delivery) – a joint venture between Galliford Try, MWH Treatment and Black and Veatch – is the preferred bidder for a contract worth around £560 million over the next six years. ESD will oversee... Read More
Posted: 27th April, 2015
Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Arlene Foster has announced that InvestNI plans to develop a scheme to help ensure Northern Ireland has adequate Grade A office accommodation to meet business needs. The announcement comes in the wake of a report commissioned by Invest Northern Ireland to establish the nature and extent of market failure in... Read More
Posted: 27th April, 2015
The Welsh Government has announced that contracts have been exchanged for the sale of 98 acres of land to leading housebuilder Persimmon Homes to build 590 new homes on a prime residential development on the outskirts of Bridgend. The land is primarily earmarked for residential development, including affordable housing, while some land is earmarked for... Read More
Posted: 21st April, 2015
A blueprint for creating thousands of new homes and jobs along the River Thames has been published by The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The draft London Riverside Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF) sets out the planning, regeneration and design guidance that will lead to the creation of 26,500 new homes and up to 16,000... Read More
Posted: 21st April, 2015
Small businesses and community groups on London’s high streets are set to receive a share of up to £9 million of funding from the Mayor of London to help revitalise and potentially reinvent the way we use our high streets. In an innovative move the Mayor has allocated a portion of the funding through crowdfunding... Read More
Posted: 21st April, 2015
The Mayor of London has called on organisations to bid for shares of over £560m of new European funding that is now available to support innovation and businesses in the capital, with a particular focus on projects that can help Londoners into education, employment or training and create new jobs. That funding is set to... Read More
Posted: 20th April, 2015
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Alan Yarrow, witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help the two capital cities promote technology companies supplying new and innovative software products to the financial sector. Cllr Frank Ross from the City of Edinburgh Council, Owen Kelly from Scottish... Read More
Posted: 15th April, 2015
Plans to improve Cherwell’s transport links in accordance with the submitted Local Plan have been welcomed as a good starting point but in need of more detail. At a meeting of Cherwell District Council’s executive, members reviewed Oxfordshire County Council’s Local Transport Plan which outlined proposals to improve travel links across the district until 2031.... Read More
Posted: 14th April, 2015
A housing association has announced plans for an extensive development programme in Harrow that will deliver almost 500 new homes in the borough over the next five years. Origin Housing says nearly 70% of the homes will be ‘affordable’. The Mayor of Harrow, Councillor Ajay Maru this week marked the opening of the first of... Read More
