Impact of the Night Tube on London’s Night Time Economy
The team at Volterra produced the figures which underpinned Transport for London and London First’s report on the impact of the Night Tube on the night time economy in London. The findings indicated that the Night Tube will support 1,965 permanent jobs in the night time economy, and that there could be time savings of […]
Paul Buchanan speaks at the RTPI 2014 Planning Convention
Paul’s central argument is that economic growth is coming primarily from cities. We have been witnessing this trend for the last 50 years and it looks as if it will continue. The dominance of cities is increasing in population terms and even more so economically. The planning industry needs to be thinking about how they […]
Bridget talks about North-East Growth on BBC Radio 4
Volterra’s senior partner Bridget Rosewell was recently interviewed for Martin Wainwrights series on BBC Radio 4 ‘The Myth of the North’. The programme considered how the stereotype that life is ‘grim’ in the north of England is vastly outdated, focusing on the region’s industry and culture in the 21st century. Bridget was interviewed in the […]
HS1-HS2 Camden Link
Volterra has recently completed a report assessing the options for the HS1-HS2 link for Camden Town Unlimited. We argued that the proposal to run a single surface level track through Camden was ‘an unconvincing compromise’: HS2 Ltd should either build a full twin track tunnel under Camden or build nothing at all. The proposal was […]
A City-Centre HS2 Station for Sheffield?
Volterra has been supporting Sheffield City Council in making the case for a city centre HS2 station. We have examined the benefits of locating the city’s HS2 station at Victoria within the city centre, instead of the site at Meadowhall currently promoted by HS2 Ltd. Our findings suggest that the economic, employment and regeneration benefits […]
Bridget looks at how technology shapes the capital
Bridget Rosewell has recently written an article for TechCity Insider – a publication centring on the people, issues and companies defining the next generation of digital business in and around east London. Bridget’s article concentrates on how technological advances have historically forced change on London and how she believes London needs capacity for opportunities that […]
Paul Buchanan: should we centralise employment growth?
Volterra partner Paul Buchanan recently spoke at an infrastructure seminar in Cardiff organised by the Transport Statistics Users Group. Paul suggested that Cardiff should concentrate in the short term on using planning and other policies to focus its employment growth in the city centre. Research has shown that economies benefit when employment is concentrated in […]
Prospects for Property 2014
Volterra have a long and successful partnership with Strutt & Parker, acting as their exclusive in-house economic and research functions. At their recent annual event ‘Prospects for Property’, Volterra partner Paul Ormerod presented the outlook for the UK Economy and commercial and residential property sectors. Speaking to an audience of over 200 investors and property […]
Bridget and the city
Many thanks to those of you that attended Bridget Rosewell>’s lecture and book launch last week at Centre for London. If you still haven’t got your copy of ‘Reinventing London’ you can buy one here. Bridget’s connection with cities economics continues with her recent appointment to two expert panels that examine future possibilities for UK cities. […]
Paul speaks to the Polish Council
Volterra partner Paul Ormerod was recently invited to speak to the Polish Economic Council, the top decision making body on the economy in Poland. He spoke about the importance of psychology and narratives in the economy. For example, as quantitative easing is wound down, the same act can lead to quite different outcomes, depending upon […]
