Sponsors

DPP is a leading independent planning consultancy with ten offices across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

They have an in-depth understanding of the planning and development process and apply our business acumen and commercial awareness to their clients’ projects. Their chartered planners, urban designers, sustainability and heritage experts work with developers, landowners, business operators and public sector bodies, offering services to promote the development and use of land.

Hines is a privately owned, international real estate firm that has provided the highest level of quality, service and value to its clients and investors for more than 50 years. With a presence in more than 100 cities around the globe and investor relationships with many of the world's largest financial institutions, Hines has the breadth of experience, the network of expertise and the financial strength to assume complex and challenging investment, development and management projects.

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) is the national housing and regeneration agency for England. We help to create high-quality sustainable places and improve quality of life for local people.

IBB Solicitors is West London’s leading law firm. We  provide real estate, commercial, corporate, private client and community legal services from our Uxbridge HQ. IBB has one of the South East’s largest dedicated Real Estate teams. Our clients include Aviva, BAM Properties Ltd, Bellway Homes Ltd, Hertz, Renault and Xerox.

At the heart of West London, Thames Valley University works closely in partnership with local businesses, providing a range of tailored solutions to support you in creating  your future sustainable competitive advantage in the global economy.  Visit www.tvu.ac.uk/futureskills for more information on how we can work together.

BAA's Heathrow Airport, 15 miles from central London, is regarded as the hub of the aviation world. Flying to over 180 destinations in over 90 countries, some 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base. Heathrow provides the important links that connect the UK with the rest of the world, including the new global economies of India and China. Two-thirds of the UK’s long-haul flights depart from Heathrow. It operates the UK’s only direct air links to emerging world cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Mumbai, and Sao Paulo. More than half of all the UK’s air freight passes through Heathrow, the majority in the hold of passenger planes.

The airport is owned by BAA, who also owns Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.

Grainger plc is the UK’s largest specialist residential property owner and manager traded on the London Stock Exchange. We have approximately £2.1bn of property assets and £2.8bn of assets under management. We are property managers for approximately 36,500 properties in the UK and Germany.

We intend to maintain this market leading position and to provide investors with exposure to a variety of risks and returns from the residential sector in the UK and Germany by leveraging our existing management, financial and sector experience and expertise