Event Archive

It is vital to the success of our city that London remains a leader in the electric vehicle revolution. As demand for electric vehicles on London’s roads increases, so does the need for the necessary supporting infrastructure. 

Following on from the launch of the Mayor’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Taskforce report on Monday, join us for a breakfast discussion with the Deputy Mayor for Energy & Environment, Shirley Rodrigues.

Michelle Cuomo-Boorer, who leads the skills agenda at the GLA, will be speaking at the first of six sessions in our new skills series, one year on from London First’s Employment and Skills Action Plan.

The series will look at London’s future workforce challenges up to and beyond Brexit, and aims to highlight the necessary action to maintain London’s talent and skills.

This event will be an excellent opportunity to meet the Leader and to discuss both her priorities for Enfield and the key challenges and opportunities for growth in the borough.

Join us for a member roundtable with one of London’s leading thinkers and practitioners on transport and technology: TfL’s Shashi Verma, who has played a critical role in transport innovations in London such as Oyster and contactless payments.

After hearing from Shashi, we will discuss London’s transport innovation needs; what TfL’s remit should be in a future where different models of transport provision will grow; and how business can put its shoulder to the wheel to keep the prospects for London bright. 

This event will bring together a panel of experts who are involved in bringing forward the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area to discuss progress and lessons learnt to date. The panel includes both the public and private sector perspective including those involved in developing the political and policy vision and those delivering schemes on the ground.

Join us and Jesse Norman MP, Minister of state for Transport for a discussion on the importance of transport investment across England’s major cities, ahead of the autumn Spending Review.

This event will bring together a panel of experts who are involved in bringing forward the Old Kent Road Opportunity Area to discuss progress and lessons learnt to date. The panel includes both the public and private sector perspective including those involved in developing the political and policy vision and those delivering schemes on the ground.

This event will be an excellent opportunity to hear the Leader’s priorities for jobs and growth in the borough, and to discuss how business can work with Kingston to address key challenges and opportunities, including delivering key infrastructure. 

Members are invited to join us for our annual planning update from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. Simon Gallagher, Director of Planning for the MHCLG will share intelligence on emerging planning policy and the Government’s response to recent consultations and reviews, including last year’s National Infrastructure Assessment. We also hope to get some insight on recent Secretary of State call-in decisions and the Draft New London Plan Examination in Public. 

Join us for a briefing reception with William Vereker, who was appointed the Prime Minister’ Business Envoy in September to boost Downing Street’s relations with business.

This event will be an excellent opportunity to discuss his priorities for engaging with the capital’s businesses at this crucial time.

Following the reception there will be a Partner dinner.

We are bringing together an interesting and dynamic group of women, some of our most successful business leaders, to help shape our Next Horizon.

We are bringing together an interesting and dynamic group of women, some of our most successful business leaders, to help shape our Next Horizon.

London First’s West End Streets (WESt) Steering Group brings together business leaders to promote the delivery of public realm improvements in one of London’s most important business, retail and tourist locations. Members of the group share a common interest in securing the West End as a long term driver of economic activity critical to London’s success. 

Londoners are more active at night and have later bedtimes than anyone else in the UK. The capital’s night time economy contributes over £26bn and has strong future growth potential but managing this while meeting the needs of residents can be challenging. 

At the 2018 Autumn Budget, the Government announced that the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills would work with a range of employers and providers to consider how they are responding to the apprenticeship levy across different sectors and regions in England. They will also consider the future role of apprenticeships post-2020. This roundtable forms part of that work.

This will be our final networking event before the sun sets on MIPIM 2019.

This evening gathering, kindly co-hosted by Joanna Rowelle, City Economics Director at Arup, takes place aboard their yacht adjacent to the Palais des Festivals*.

This event will offer the opportunity for a candid discussion on London’s built environment and growth.

London First Roundtable breakfast with the Home Office: Influencing the White Paper to create a fair and managed immigration system that works for the UK

Wednesday 13^th March, 8am for 8.30am until 10am

An opportunity to meet with senior representatives from both the GLA and London Councils and to speak to them re. how the public and private sectors might best work together in London to continue to make London the best place in the world in which to do business. 

This dinner will mark the start of MIPIM 2019 and provide an opportunity to engender some public debate.

Join us with the key players from London’s property industry as we kick off MIPIM 2019 at our landing drinks reception. A prime opportunity to spark those early conversations before the week in Cannes gets into full swing.

The evening is kindly hosted by JLL’s Katie Kopec, Director, Development Consultancy, with an address from Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills.

Join us for an evening reception with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. We look forward to an in-depth conversation with the Mayor about his vision and priorities for the capital at this critical time, from Brexit through to the new London Plan.

This reception presents an excellent chance to ask questions and get a genuine insight into how the Mayor views the major challenges and opportunities facing the capital today.

Drones offer multiple opportunities for a global city like London for taking freight away from roads and in time offering passenger services. But they also pose multiple questions about issues such as safety, security and noise. 

Join us for a member reception and briefing with the Chief Executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines OBE. Andrew was previously the Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Authority but has an extensive railway background.

A partner dinner following the briefing with the Chief Executive of Network Rail, Andrew Haines OBE