{"id":38913,"date":"2018-02-26T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=38913"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T14:25:41","slug":"cambridge-corridor-conference-to-set-out-economic-growth-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/cambridge-corridor-conference-to-set-out-economic-growth-opportunities\/38913\/","title":{"rendered":"Cambridge Corridor conference to set out economic growth opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Business and public sector leaders are set to come together on 21 June for the Oxford Cambridge Corridor Economic Growth Conference, supported by the National Infrastructure Commission, England\u2019s Economic Heartland and regional and local authorities<\/h2>\n<p>The conference, hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-environment-networking.com\">Built Environment Networking<\/a> and in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bouygues-es.co.uk\/\">Bouygues Energies &amp; Services<\/a>, will see some of the region\u2019s biggest names in business, politics and local government lead a regional economic debate including discussions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-sector-gains-250m-under-industrial-strategy\/36739\/\">industrial strategy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/fmbs-skills-shortage-report-highlights-worst-ever-levels\/38004\/\">skills<\/a>, housing, infrastructure and growing the economy. The Cambridge Corridor conference will create opportunities, connectivity and communication between cities to drive economic development and growth.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Sadie Morgan; Commissioner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/national-infrastructure-commission\">National Infrastructure Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Martin Tett; Leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckscc.gov.uk\/\">Buckinghamshire County Council<\/a> and Chairman of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.englandseconomicheartland.com\/Pages\/home.aspx\">England\u2019s Economic Heartland<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ann Limb; Chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semlep.com\/\">South East Midlands LEP<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sir Peter Gregson; Chief Executive &amp; Vice-Chancellor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cranfield.ac.uk\/\">Cranfield University<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Laura Church; Corporate Director of Place and Infrastructure at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luton.gov.uk\/Pages\/Homepage.aspx\">Luton Council<\/a> and Chief Infrastructure Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london-luton.co.uk\/\">London Luton Airport<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Heather Smith; Leader of <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk\/pages\/default.aspx\">Northamptonshire County Council<\/a> and Chair of England\u2019s Economic Heartland\u2019s Strategic Transport Forum<\/li>\n<li>Richard Harrington; Chief Executive of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buckstvlep.co.uk\/\">Buckinghamshire Thames Valley LEP<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harvey Griffiths; Chief Executive of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/housing-infrastructure-fund\">Housing Infrastructure Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keith Griffiths, MD of Built Environment Networking said: &#8220;The long-awaited transport links between Oxford and Cambridge will not only improve connectivity and communication between the cities and those in-between, but it will provide the infrastructure to drive economic development and growth. The area could support a further 700,000 jobs by 2050, increasing GVA by more than \u00a3160bn. We\u2019re delighted to be holding this conference, with the support of the National Infrastructure Commission and England\u2019s Economic Heartland, to join businesses together who are essential to making this a success story.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Martin Tett, Leader of Buckinghamshire County Council and Chairman of England\u2019s Economic Heartland, said: &#8220;The Heartland could become the UK\u2019s Silicon Valley, but only by providing the right investment in infrastructure to better connect our people and businesses \u2013 not just in transport, but crucially in high-speed broadband too. 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I look forward to updating delegates on the progress being made by England\u2019s Economic Heartland to realise that ambition, including our work on an over-arching Transport Strategy for the region.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to book tickets to the event please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-environment-networking.com\/OCCEGC18\">www.built-environment-networking.com\/OCCEGC18<\/a> and for media enquiries please contact Nathan Spencer on <a href=\"mailto:nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com\">nathan.spencer@built-environment-networking.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business and public sector leaders are set to come together on 21 June for the Oxford Cambridge Corridor Economic Growth Conference, supported by the National Infrastructure Commission, England\u2019s Economic Heartland and regional and local authorities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[277,676,276,656,579,604],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-38913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-built-environment","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-housing","11":"tag-infrastructure","12":"tag-nista"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cambridge Corridor conference to set out economic growth opportunities | Planning, Building &amp; 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