UKR is about delivery: demonstrating how to transform places with purpose built private rented homes with a mix of other uses. We are in discussion with local authorities across the country. We welcome conversations about possible projects. There are very clear criteria in our “Framer”. This has 9 simple criteria covering: the right site; the right approach; the right way forward. Download our one page document “Framing the right collaboration” and contact us on projects@ukregeneration.org.uk
The Great LEP Forward with Europe
Lessons in Geography and Economics I’ve decided to keep ‘The Great LEP Forward’ as the tag line for this blog in honour of Vince Cable. The Business Secretary recently confided in Birmingham business leaders that ‘getting rid of RDAs and bringing in LEPs has perhaps been a little Maoist and chaotic’. This didn’t go down [...]
Breaking the Enigma Code –
I was running a workshop the other day on the emerging funding mechanisms surrounding regeneration. One of the slides I’d produced showed sequential links between JVs, LABVs,RGF, TIFs, JESSICAs, LEPs, JEREMIEs, and so on and so forth. A bright young thing in one of the groups suddenly shouted out (screamed is probably more accurate): ‘’It’s [...]
Have you met Jeremie from the EIB?
The European Investment Bank has some fascinating initiatives, many of which are fairly recent. No doubt everyone has heard of JESSICA (Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas) which in effect is a financial instrument for establishing Urban Development Funds. I met JEREMIE the other day when investigating the possible impacts of the [...]
