Director @DeloitteUK placemaking & regen. @HistoricEngland Places Panel member. Parenting duo with @hlyden All views my own.
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The heartbreaking moment when you or your family member gets the devastating news of terminal illness, the last thing you need is to worry about money & bills.
So we are exempting people their families from council tax.
Thanks to @mariecurieuk for championing ending poverty.
24 Jun 2025
Terminally ill Mancunians to get council tax written off in 'pioneering' move manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
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30 Apr 2025
This week, @AndyBurnhamGM and @LCRMayor were in parliament, making the case for infrastructure investment in the North.
Alongside MPs, they presented their vision for the Northern Arc, which could unlock a £90bn boost for the UK economy.
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29 Apr 2025
Wonderful news - not least because of what it signifies for the future of work and leadership!
29 Apr 2025
Red letter day for me and Claudia. We will be taking the helm of a passionate, expert, engaged and high performing organisation championing the historic environment every day and making a difference for people, communities and places @HistoricEngland @DCMS
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9 Apr 2025
I did a podcast with @kluw and @DeloitteUK!! Have a listen...we can do so much more with vacant historic buildings...
9 Apr 2025
Reuse England's historic buildings to create 670,000 homes. 🏡
Our 'Heritage Works for Housing' report shows that reusing much-loved heritage can cut carbon too.
Hear more from @HistoricEngland's Catherine Dewar & @DeloitteUK's Katie Wray: ➡️ bit.ly/hhousing
ALT A photograph of a 4-storey historic building on a street corner with a blue sky in the background
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27 Feb 2025
Feeling a little bit Chicago & NYC here Manchester ☺️ Perfect combo of how old & new can coexist. Strong human scale streetscape with density behind. Adds a surprising new amount of vibrancy to what felt like a rather forgotten row before
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25 Feb 2025
A few lovely heritage days w beautiful @HerzogdeMeuron architecture @UniofOxford Finance & Dev Symposium; @DeloitteUK Futureproofed Podcast on Heritage Works w @catherine_dewar & a @BritProp @HistoricEngland @MayfieldMCR triple act policy seminar on creativity & historic bldgs
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16 Jan 2025
Great initiative to engage, but also capture the intangible and communal value of places.
16 Jan 2025
Our #MissingPiecesProject enables you to share photos and stories about listed historic buildings in your area. 📸
That means thousands of people over potentially hundreds of years could see a memory you have shared from a moment in time. 🧩
➡️ bit.ly/MissingPiecesProject
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26 Nov 2024
Check my professional gal pal @Victoria_Payne on @BBCRadio4 talking all things high street. Geekily jealous and proud all in one. ☺️
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23 Sep 2024
NEWS // From the Firestone Factory to Robin Hood Gardens, Sainsbury's Eco store to Dorman Long tower - far too many outstanding 20th century buildings have been lost to demolition, when they could so easily have been reused ♻️
Now the Government (@mhclg) is asking architects and others in the industry for their advice on whether it should change national planning rules regarding demolition and retrofit. Do not miss this opportunity to send a strong message!
✍️🏼Take part in the survey here: horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p5…
ALT Image credit: Kois Miah
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20 Sep 2024
Really enjoyed delivering this project and launching it with @frances_hampson for @HistoricEngland
18 Sep 2024
Kicked off our @HistoricEngland webinar on Heritage Works for Housing with @DeloitteUK @kluw. Our historic buildings offer so much potential for providing homes across England…we’re sharing tips and case studies. #HeritageWorks
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13 Sep 2024
A wonderful first day in Exeter with @HistoricEngland Places Panel. So much already happening, so much potential as they move forward with their Local Plan and tackling major brownfield housing delivery. Thank you @ExeterCouncil
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12 Sep 2024
Nothing like the smell of a @HistoricEngland Historic Places Panel visit first thing in the morning…oh hello Exeter
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5 Sep 2024
Back in the UK, back at work and back out networking, well my kind of networking…at the launch of @Len_Grant latest book…bars and barbers lengrant.co.uk/work/bars-and…
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19 Aug 2024
Delighted to host my first podcast episode courtesy for 50 Shades of Planning with some lovely people @MaxFordhamLLP @BW_SciTech @graingerplc linkedin.com/posts/samuelsta…
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1 Aug 2024
🥰…a city’s public spaces are ‘too important to fall through the cracks of bureaucracy’…@MayfieldMCR Park ‘has to be the best thing to happen to this city in years’ bdonline.co.uk/opinion/the-e…
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29 Jul 2024
This has been keeping me rather busy of late, but what can be more satisfying for a town planner than to actually plan ‘a new town in the city….Holt Town’ with the fabulous @StudioEgretWest for the fwd thinking @ManCityCouncil
placenorthwest.co.uk/consult…
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7 Jul 2024
Apparently the north is alright?! Articles @countryandtown (only article on ANYTHING beyond B’ham)& @FT. Usual tropes about skyscrapers replacing mills 🙄 PLUS economic&cultural recognition albeit @FT more nuanced observation that living up north doesn’t mean £s spent locally
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