Regent Street, Haymarket and Piccadilly Circus Public Realm Improvements – SOBC
We are currently supporting Westminster City Council and The Crown Estate in developing the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for public realm improvements to Regent Street, Haymarket, and Piccadilly Circus. We are supporting the partnership in developing a framework which will appraise how options for intervention score against a diverse range of metrics building on […]
Huntingdonshire Employment and Economic Needs Assessment
Huntingdonshire’s Employment and Economic Needs Assessment forms an important part of the evidence base for the district’s Local Plan review. The assessment investigates the existing stock of employment-generating premises and allocations in the district to determine their suitability to support aspirations for housing and employment growth in future. Volterra applied a range of methodologies to […]
Local Major Schemes
We are working with Arup to improve how Local Major Schemes are evaluated after completion. These schemes involve significant investment in transport infrastructure, including roads, rail, buses, cycling, and public spaces. We work with local authorities to develop proportionate monitoring and evaluation plans, assist in compiling post-scheme evaluations, and work with the DfT to enhance […]
Economic Strategy For Bedford Town Centre
We developed a comprehensive socio-economic evidence base to guide regeneration in Bedford’s town centre, aligning with both national priorities and local ambitions. Our approach applied a ‘new lens’ to existing evidence, combining demographic and Real Time Industrial Classification sector analysis and comparator benchmarking. We challenged existing methodologies by integrating traditional and emerging sectoral analysis as […]
National Evaluation of Free Bikes Schemes
We led the national evaluation of Free Bikes schemes, which provide bikes, helmets, locks, lessons and community-led rides to people living in areas of deprivation. Our evaluation demonstrated how these schemes drive lifechanging benefits by transforming access to jobs, training, social activities and social infrastructure. We quantified wellbeing improvements using WELLBY monetisation and supported the […]
Foundations for the Future
We collaborated with RIBA on one of the UK’s most pressing issues – social housing provision. We combined our advanced economic modelling capabilities and RIBA’s on-field expertise to create a self-funded delivery model for the UK’s social housing. Our model shows that an initial investment of £1.24bn by the central government, an amount equal to […]
Active Luton
In 2024, Volterra was commissioned by Active Luton to evaluate the social value it delivered in 2023/24. We worked closely with their data team and drew on Sport England guidance and wider research to quantify the social and economic impact of their programmes. Our analysis monetised benefits linked to improved health, wellbeing, and community engagement, […]
Economic Strategy & Skills Strategy For The City of Peterborough
We authored the Peterborough Economic Strategy to identify high-potential sectors for future job growth. In parallel, we developed the Skills Strategy to understand resident barriers to accessing those new jobs and laying out an action plan to overcome those barriers. We conducted stakeholder interviews, business surveys and resident focus groups to inform our engagement-led strategy.
Levelling Up Funding
Volterra supported multiple business case applications to the Levelling Up Fund on behalf of local authorities across the nation including Torfaen, Tendring, Peterborough, Redditch, Wyre Forest, Bromsgrove, Luton and Central Bedfordshire. For all these regeneration-centered projects, we led development of the economic case, clearly detailing our methodologies and the assumptions that most heavily impact the […]
Leeds Growth Strategy
We produced the economic narrative for the Leeds Growth Strategy. The brief was a review of ‘the city’s strengths, weaknesses and future prospect to inform the Leeds Growth Strategy’. The aim was to present a coherent plan for economic growth in the city region between 2017 and 2020, with a focus on inclusive economic growth. […]
