Agenda item

Report of the Director of Built Environment.

The Sub Committee received a report of the City Surveyor and the Director of the Built Environment regarding the City Corporation’s activities at the MIPIM property exhibition in March 2018 and proposed attendance for MIPIM 2019.

The Chairman advised the Sub Committee that the London Councils booklet that had been developed, had been a helpful tool during the conference last year.

The Chairman of Planning & Transportation, who had attended the MIPIM exhibition last year, spoke in favour of the findings of the report, and advised that the visit had provided better value for money and was better organised than in previous years. In addition, he reported that the media interviews had been much more powerful than ever before and that the ability to launch the research publication ‘City as a Place for People’ in the UK in advance had been helpful. He also reported that the drinks reception in place of the dinner had been very successful. He agreed with the report that going forward there was no need to take the Chief Planning Officer to MIPIM as those discussions should be happening in London instead.

Members were advised that the City Corporation had worked in partnership with others, including the Department for International Trade, to deliver events at the conference.

The Director of Built Environment also reported positively and advised Members that last year they had looked at including younger influencers in the PropTech sector as well as ensuring that the City Corporation was perceived as part of the whole of London’s offer.

Members noted that next year’s MIPIM would take place two weeks before the UK left the European Union, making it vitally important that the City Corporation was represented there.

RESOLVED, that:

·         The report be noted.