Talking Places

This is a special edition of the podcast.  Just before Christmas we were joined by Sam Coates ; Assistant Political Editor of Sky News. The conversation took place at the London Transport Museum and covered the budget, the current political environment and what is likely to come in the year ahead. Interestingly the conversation also covered some of the challenges of modern journalism and the role...

For this episode we focus on the fifth Place for London promise: Places for the Future. Lucy Atlee , our Senior Quality and Design Manager was joined by Dr Joel Callow , the founder of Beyond Carbon. They discussed the impact of our work on meeting the important climate goals of the next five years.  What we’re doing now, with polices such as Passivhaus and what else we need to do to meet the chal...

For this episode of Talking Places we explore our most ambitious priority: Places for Community. We were joined again by Amy Thompson , Head of Strategy and were delighted to be welcomed by Anthony Breach , Director of Policy and Research at Centre for Cities.  It’s a wide-ranging discussion that gets to the heart of what we can achieve when we think big about public land. We discuss potential par...

For the third episode of Talking Places we focus on our commercial work and our commitment to skills that make up our Places for Growth promise.  We were joined in conversation by Dan Lovatt, Director of Asset Management, our Head of Retail, Samantha Bain-Mollison and Laura Miller , Senior Construction Skills Manager. This wide-ranging discussion looks at how Places is playing a leading role in en...

For this episode we turn our attention to how our work sits at the heart of London’s future – connecting people to homes, jobs, and opportunity through the land we manage and develop. We are joined by Graeme Craig , the CEO of Places for London, Head of Strategy, Amy Thompson and Alex Williams, TfL’s Chief Customer and Strategy Officer.  Alex brings a really valuable perspective on the benefit and...

In this episode, we discuss the first of our five Places Priorities - Places for Living  We explore how we’re unlocking thousands of new front doors across the capital – from Kidbrooke to Barnet, Ealing to Barkingside – and our commitment to making homes more affordable whilst giving Londoners a genuine voice in shaping their neighbourhoods. We are joined Neil Hook , Head of Property Development a...