The reinvention of Canary Wharf
Jack Sidders and Olivia Konotey-Ahulu
May 25, 2021 â 1.38pm
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London| A splashy science campus is set to rise on a site once tagged for Deutsche Bankâs London headquarters. A construction blitz of luxury apartments is aiming to spawn a thriving neighbourhood in place of a weekend ghost town.
As Canary Wharf emerges from the pandemic, the financial hubâs stab at reinvention is accelerating.
For three decades, its steel and glass towers have been synonymous with finance, the buildings topped with the names of global banking giants. But behind the gleaming facade, the 52-hectare managed estate has changed.
Ambassador Liu Xiaoming and Madam Hu Pinghua Host Farewell Reception
（From Chinese Embassy in UK）
2021/01/26
On 25 January, Ambassador Liu Xiaoming and Madam Hu Pinghua held an online farewell reception, where Ambassador Liu delivered a speech entitled Serve with Sincerity All the Way Through. Madam Hu also made a few farewell remarks. Jenny Bates, Director General, Indo-Pacific at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, spoke on behalf of the British side.
Around 500 guests attended the event on-line, including Lord Udny-Lister, Prime Minister s Chief Strategic Adviser and Downing Street Chief of Staff, Lord Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, David Lidington, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Jeremy Hunt, former Foreign Secretary, Sir Oliver Letwin, former Minister for Government Policy in the Cabinet Office, Mark Sedwill, former UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service and National Security Adviser, Stanley Johnson, former Membe
By Joey Gardiner2020-12-18T07:00:00+00:00
Details behind algorithm U-turn show pressure will be on largest English cities to develop more homes
The 20 largest cities in the UK have been asked to up their housing targets by 35% in the government’s much publicised U-turn on its formula to calculate housing need.
Under the details of the revised proposal, finally published yesterday afternoon, the housing ministry said it was completely abandoning the proposed revision of the “standard method” used to calculate housing need, which has been so controversial with Tory MPs.
The original proposal would have increased housing numbers sharply in high value rural areas, while delivery of homes would potentially slow in cities across the North and Midlands. Although the government announced the backtrack yesterday morning, alongside slew of new policies designed to focus investment outside London and the South-east, it did not release the detail of the policy until later that day.
By Joey Gardiner2020-12-17T11:40:00+00:00
Details behind algorithm U-turn show pressure will be on largest English cities to develop more homes
The 20 largest cities in the UK have been asked to up their housing targets by 35% in the government’s much publicised U-turn on its formula to calculate housing need.
Under the details of the revised proposal, finally published yesterday afternoon, the housing ministry said it was completely abandoning the proposed revision of the “standard method” used to calculate housing need, which has been so controversial with Tory MPs.
Manchester is among those asked to apply 35% uplift in housing numbers
Bernstein appointed to new Covid urban recovery taskforce
Former Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein is among the members of a new taskforce set up by the government to advise on the regeneration and development of town and city centres in the wake of Covid.
Sir Howard is regarded as instrumental in the regeneration of Manchester city centre during his nearly 20-year tenure at the council which ended in 2017. He will be joined on the urban centre recovery taskforce by Homes England chair Peter Freeman who led the redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross and George Iacobescu who created Canary Wharf.