Some 13 businesses from across the Nottinghamshire property and construction sector have confirmed that they will be joining a Team Nottingham delegation to next month’s MIPIM international property conference.
It will add to the East Midlands presence after an official Team Leicester group announced earlier this month it was ready to head out to the spring event which takes place in Cannes, in the South of France.
MIPIM, which has been cancelled for the last two years because of the pandemic, brings together investors, developers, land owners, engineers, property agents, lawyers and planning consultants from around the world, to discuss billions of pounds of opportunities that could shape cities, resorts and regions in the years to come.
The global showcase will take place from March 15 to March 18. Other cities and regions which have confirmed include London, Liverpool, Newcastle, Cardiff, the West of England and Lancashire.
Nottingham City Council will not be going to MIPIM this year but the local businesspeople who are attending will work together to represent the city.
The Notts businesses involved are CPMG Architects; Hexa Consulting; Cartwright Communications; Gleeds; Overbury; Godwin Developments; Planning and Design Group UK; Rodgers Leask; Longhurst Group; RizkMcCayTribe; Pygott and Crone; Mortec Projects; and The Island Quarter (The Conygar Investment Company Plc).
They will be looking for potential investors to come into Nottinghamshire and for the chance to work with developers across the rest of the UK.
Cartwright Communications founder Liz Cartwright worked with Lorraine Baggs, head of inward investment at Invest in Nottingham, to bring the team together.
She said: “Over the past few years, Nottingham has succeeded in establishing a recognisable presence at MIPIM It’s been a challenging couple of years in terms of Covid but we wanted to maintain a presence at MIPIM until next year when Nottingham City Council and Invest in Nottingham will be there in force.
“The private sector partners involved in this year’s delegation to MIPIM had no difficulty making a business case for being there.
“We have opportunities to market, requirements to compete for and we wanted to make sure that the Team Nottingham brand was out there and visible at the biggest event on Europe’s property and investment calendar.”
Lorraine Baggs said: “Invest in Nottingham has had to take a very difficult decision not to have an official presence at MIPIM this year.
“However, we very strongly believe that it is absolutely right to sell the city to potential inward investors because that represents a key plan of our efforts to grow the city economy and create new jobs and new opportunities for people.”
Nottingham City Council leader Coun David Mellen said: “The council is fully supportive of the representatives from the city’s property and regeneration sector who are going to MIPIM this year and we wish them success at this important event, which is starting to get back on its feet after missing two years.
“Nottingham has some amazing investment opportunities, in particular the Broad Marsh vision and city centre opportunities, which will be central to our pitch in 2023.
“Although not attending this year, we’ll be looking to take part more fully next year when hopefully things are more back to normal post-Covid.”
Nick Gregory of CPMG Architects, said: “It’s vital that we continue the good work of the last two decades. Nottingham must not lose ground in terms of investment to other core cities.”
John McCay, director of RizkMcCayTribe, said: “We have seen considerable growth and investment in the city in recent years and we want to continue that momentum.”
