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Diverse Leaders Pledge

The Diverse Leaders Pledge was born out of a collaboration between a number of organisations NLA got together in response to the murder of George Floyd. Over the years, NLA have done a number of initiatives to champion diversity, but it was clear we weren’t doing enough to implement systemic change across the built environment …

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Instilling equality in our communities

Davinia Venton, Partnerships Director, Partnerships South, Countryside, highlights the importance of creating jobs and employment in the development industry to reinstall equality in communities that are recovering from the pandemic.
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The first step on the way to an equitable society with LandAid

Creating an equitable and just society is at the heart of LandAid says Alice Lamb, Deputy CEO at Land Aid, where they have just launched their First Step appeal campaign to create 1,000 homes by 2024.
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Edinburgh’s rapid growth is sustainable and inclusive

Councillor Adam McVey, Leader, the City of Edinburgh Council, discusses how sustainability and inclusion are shaping Edinburgh’s development by setting net zero targets and reducing poverty in the city.
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A new urban renaissance

Director at Buckley Gray Yeoman, Oliver Bayliss discusses how we can encourage equitability and diversity in London’s urban renewal post-pandemic.
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Our town centres are tomorrow’s places to live

David Cowans, Chief Executive, Places for People Group, discusses new visions for town centres and the opportunity to create inclusive communities.
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What does equitable mean in the context of real estate?

Sara Bailey, Senior Partner at Trowers & Hamlins reflects on how the sector is responding to the challenges of making our towns, cities and communities more equitable post-pandemic.
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Are we flourishing?

Claudine Blamey, Head of Sustainability and Digital Strategy for Argent and Argent Related, presents ‘The Brent Cross Town Flourishing Index’, a tracking system that measures a community’s ability to flourish successfully.
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Convening people, shaping better cities

Barry McKeogh looks back to how it all started, championing a collective London voice through the MIPIM years, and forward to London Real Estate Forum proper in September.
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Embracing the future

Amy Till, NLA programme director, gives a sneak preview of the London Real Estate Forum show happening later this year.
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40 Ideas Revisited: Surplus App

We revisit ‘40 Ideas for London’, a call out for ideas to shape a better London sketched on napkins. James Davies, Paper House Project, proposes an incentivised app that redistributes usable materials.
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What if…we could build trust and transparency in planning?

Strategic Planning and Policy Manager at VU.CITY, Piers Mulroney, argues for the digitisation of planning to give way to a simpler way of presenting data.
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Scotland’s cities technology programmes lead the way

Councillor, John Alexander, Chair of the Scottish Cities Alliance and Leader of Dundee City Council, highlights the future benefits of investing in smart technologies in cities.
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Smart tech on the park

Emma Frost, Director of Innovation, Sustainability and Community at the London Legacy Development Corporation, highlights the value of using the Olympic Park to pilot smart technologies that deliver solutions for better urban futures.
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Be green, think smart

Tomáš Jurdák, Head of Real Estate at MiddleCap, argues that the most efficient way to deliver greater sustainability that benefits wider society is via the use of smart buildings.  
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