THE DEVELOPER behind one of the UK’s largest regeneration sites has revealed how the masterplan and placemaking have been radically modified to meet the demands of a post-Covid world. The design teams behind The Island Quarter in Nottingham have revealed how previous plans have been fundamentally altered to create places where people want to live,… Read more

PKF International, the Global Accounting Network, has further strengthened its UK and Ireland presence by welcoming Midlands-based Smith Cooper into its ranks. Smith Cooper, now rebranded to PKF Smith Cooper, is one of the Midlands’ leading independent firms of accountants and business advisors, with over 250 team members. The collaboration – effective from 1 September… Read more

Nottingham City Council and the Greater Broad Marsh Advisory Group have recently announced that Heatherwick Studio, led by the renowned and highly acclaimed British designer Thomas Heatherwick, and Stories, a leading socially responsible development company, have been commissioned to create a new vision for Nottingham City Centre site. Both Stories and Heatherwick Studio will work with the Greater… Read more

Reporter, Joseph Locker from the Nottingham Post speaks to Sajeeda Rose, the council’s new director of growth and city development.  Formerly the chief executive of D2N2, the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Ms Rose will take up her new role from September this year. It is arguably one of the most challenging local authority roles… Read more

Recently we have seen some interesting, positive and buoying reports relating to pretty decent economic activity in the East Midlands and particularly Nottingham. EY’s 2021 UK Attractiveness Survey showed that Nottingham successfully landed 10 Foreign Direct Investment projects against a 10 year average of 4. We have seen in Beauhurst’s MICRA report that the Midlands… Read more

11 Station Street in Nottingham will be home to Domestic & General’s flagship operations hub, opening in Autumn 2022. Their new plans will unlock around £50m of direct investment for Nottingham and reaffirms their longstanding commitment to the city. The modern office is being designed to enable hybrid ways of working with sustainability in mind.… Read more

Most members of Nottingham Partners will know that we all collaborate with the shared aim of attracting jobs, businesses and investment to the Nottingham area, working hand in hand with the Invest in Nottingham team. But in case the work of the Invest in Nottingham team is new to you, this is a very brief… Read more

The Boots Island Quarter is one of the largest revamp schemes in the UK and it will include a three-storey pavilion on the canal which will feature two restaurants, events space and a large rooftop terrace. The developer behind a £650m project to regenerate a derelict Nottingham site, has spoken out over a grant funding… Read more

The East Midlands recorded a “resilient” year for inbound Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2020, outperforming the overall UK and European outcomes and delivering a strong performance against the backdrop of the global pandemic, according to the EY 2021 UK Attractiveness Survey which launched today (Monday 7 June). The region registered 38 overseas-backed projects in… Read more

The demolition of the Broadmarsh Centre will soon begin as part of a “crucial” step to transform the site. Construction firm Willmott Dixon will begin preparatory work on the western side of the Broad Marsh site, from mid-June, meaning the current cut-through from Collin Street to Lister Gate will have to be moved.  The current walkway,… Read more