We are all aware of the challenges that face us over the coming years, in particular the need to deliver increasing housing numbers and the essential infrastructure that will create new and enlarged villages and towns. We also know that large sums of money are required to build the hundreds of thousands of homes plus the roads, rail improvements, schools, medical facilities and other amenities that new and expanded villages and towns across the UK will need. This is why the UK government attends MIPIM, and our presence at the conference demonstrates the strength of government support for the real estate sector, We need to work with international investors to unlock much-needed capital for new development that will improve productivity, and economic and social prosperity, across the UK. Brexit has brought uncertainty along with a long list of places vying to knock London off its perch as Europe's financial capital and business hub. And yet study after study suggests it's cementing its position at the top. Earlier last year it was named Europe's most attractive city for businesses and employees in Colliers International's Cities of Influence report with access to a highly skilled workforce a major factor. The latest, from CBRE, ranked London number one in the EMEA region for technology clusters. Figures from London & Partners, the mayor's official promotional agency, show London has attracted over £4bn of venture capital investment in technology firms since 2016 - around double the amount invested in the whole of Germany. If the housing market is any kind of barometer for the capital's economy, the signs are bright.
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