Social Value in the Built Environment – report launch
I was grateful to have a chance to provide input into the London Property Alliance’s research report on delivering social value in the built environment. It’s a topic I’m highly passionate about and I’m excited to see where the findings of the report take us. Congratulations to all involved! Read the report here: https://www.londonpropertyalliance.com/social-value-in-the-built-environment/
Grow Places podcast episode
It was great to be interviewed for an episode of the Grow Places podcast, discussing how stakeholder engagement drives community wealth building initiatives. Listen to our episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2etctTnsZbdamWBmEbLURD.
How we think about social value
Publica and Volterra work together to support urban development that invests in and contributes to local communities. Read more about our collaboration here: https://publica.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Publica_Volterra_collaboration_2024.pdf.
Bets, hedges, affordable loss and economic appraisal
In a week where the government has cut huge swathes of HS2, economic appraisal is in the spotlight again. Cost benefit analysis is the widespread tool used to assess the economic impact of public investment projects across government. It compares the benefits of a decision to its costs to understand whether it provides value for […]
Learnings from our 2023 work experience programme
Volterra are delighted to have hosted four work experience placements over the past two weeks at our Kennington office. The benefits of work experience placements for students are well documented. Readers won’t be surprised to hear that a good quality placement helps grow the students’ confidence, improves their core skillsets and consolidates their career paths […]