Pictured: Tim Garratt
Nine powerful partner organisations from across the
Nottinghamshire property sector will be leading 'Team Nottingham'
when they showcase the city at MIPIM, the international property
event.
The group, which includes property professionals from leading
firms across the county, will be going to MIPIM in Cannes, which
attracts thousands of investors and developers from across the
globe.
The line-up of sponsor organisations from the private sector,
whose combined commitment is £22,000, was finalised this
week. As well as eight private sponsors, Invest in Nottingham will
also be attending as a guest organisation. The private partnership
will fund the attendance of Invest in Nottingham.
The team of ten are:
• Innes England
• Gleeds
• Geldards
• Morgan Tucker
• Rizk McCay
• Couch Perry & Wilkes
• CPMG Architects
• Miller Birch
• Invest in Nottingham
Tim Garratt said: "For the second year running, we have had a
number of private firms across Nottingham and the county who are
keen to maintain the city's prominence at MIPIM. Over the past few
years, Nottingham has succeeded in establishing a recognisable
presence there - and it is vital that we could this momentum going,
especially in the current downturn.
"The reality is that we have to compete for future inward
investment, and when you are up against locations like Birmingham,
Manchester, Sheffield and our own regional rivals you have to
compete hard.
"The private sector partners involved in this year's delegation
to MIPIM had no difficulty making a business case for being there.
We have opportunities to market, requirements to compete for and we
wanted to make sure that the Team Nottingham brand was out there
and visible at the biggest event on Europe's property and
investment calendar. We are pleased to be taking Invest in
Nottingham, which won't be making a financial contribution - but we
felt we needed their expertise and knowledge."
Matthew Tucker of Newark-based consulting engineers said: "On
behalf of Morgan Tucker, we recognise the importance of MIPIM in
terms of inward investment to the city. It's vital that we continue
the good work of the last five to ten years. Nottingham must not
lose ground in terms of investment to other core cities."
Invest in Nottingham is due to launch its second Commercial
Office Market Review in February. Continuing analysis shows that
the city's economy is likely to expand significantly in the years
ahead, with more than 14,000 jobs due to be created between
2015 and 2025. Nottingham needs high-quality office space to
support that.
Paul Southby, chairman of the Invest in Nottingham Club, said:
"With the announcement before Christmas that lines two and three of
Nottingham's tram network will go ahead with services on the new
lines in 2014, the city's momentum has begun. With this massive
investment in the city's transport infrastructure, and plans to
revamp the Nottingham Railway Station, the city is forging ahead in
its regeneration plans while other cities are standing still.
"We saw last year that even in some of the toughest conditions
the property market has had to face that major developments still
take place in Nottingham. MIPIM will give us an opportunity to show
that both private and public sector have every intention of making
the most of the opportunities all this investment presents."
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