BusinessLDN and Kanda Consulting are pleased to announce an informal drinks reception at UKREiiF. Hosted by John Dickie, Chief Executive of BusinessLDN, alongside the Kanda Consulting team, this event offers an excellent opportunity to connect with leading figures from the urban environment and a diverse range of stakeholders from London and across the UK.

To help the government deliver its growth mission, UK cities will need to be at the forefront of driving forward physical and economic renewal. Join us for a roundtable discussion at UKREiiF to consider what makes an investible place? We will consider the factors that drive investment into different parts of London and the UK, as well as the steps national and local government can take to leverage in greater private investment.

Join us for a roundtable discussion about how the public and private sectors can forge new partnerships to kick-start housing supply in the capital. The Government has been quick to increase housebuilding targets and reform national planning policy with more changes to come. Set against this evolving national policy landscape, the Greater London Authority has begun to review and consult on a revised version of London Plan. 

Join us as we reflect upon a busy year for planning in London and look ahead to the rest of 2025. With the recent NPPF consultation and the ongoing London Plan review, the session promises to provide a welcome opportunity for engagement and collaboration between the public and private sectors

Join BusinessLDN and the Bank of England for the latest insights on the economic outlook for London.

With global uncertainty dominating the news and a challenging growth outlook closer to home, we’ll hear from the Bank’s Deputy Agent for London, Lai Wah Co, who will share the latest insights from what she is hearing from firms across the capital and what’s on the minds of the Monetary Policy Committee as they determine the forward path for interest rates. 

At a time when businesses are having to navigate an increased backlash against Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiatives globally, how can leaders ensure they respond to this changing landscape? 

With these headwinds threatening to blow into the UK, many HR professionals are trying to adapt to this challenging environment.

Join us for a briefing and discussion with Places for London – TfL’s new property company. 

Places for London has a £2bn portfolio with plans to deliver 20,000 new homes and 3m sq ft of workspace and is targeting net zero carbon status by 2030. 

This exclusive Westminster dinner, sponsored by PIC, brought together colleagues from the Labour Party and senior representatives from London’s business community. It provided an opportunity to explore the key challenges and opportunities for the capital in 2025, as well as how we could leverage the city’s role as an engine of growth for the whole UK.

This member roundtable will explore new economic modelling commissioned by Best for Britain on the potential effects of improved trade relations with the EU on the UK economy ahead of a summit on 19 May that will see Sir Keir Starmer host the presidents of the European Council and European Commission. It will examine how trade in goods and services could be affected by a closer relationship and the potential impact of US tariffs. 

A high-level, topical, cross-cutting session on the social, political and business environment in London. This informal and interactive event will be an opportunity to gather quickfire insights and intelligence from our experts around issues on your agenda. Following the publication of the Mayor’s London Growth Plan, this session will look ahead to how this should inform the Government’s priorities in the forthcoming Industrial Strategy and Spending Review. 

Our sincere apologies for the short notice, but this Thursday’s Roundtable with Mayor Brenda Dacres, Mayor of the borough of Lewisham has had to be postponed due to illness. 

We will be in touch shortly with a revised date for the event.

Best wishes, 

BusinessLDN Events 

Join us for the BusinessLDN Women in Real Estate Brunch at MIPIM 2025, in partnership with Landmark Chambers, Town Legal & RTPI.

Following International Women’s Day, this informal session will provide attendees with the opportunity to network amongst peers, make new connections and reflect on how far the built environment sector has come in terms of balancing out gender inequality and promoting diversity and inclusion.

We are delighted to be bringing back to MIPIM our flagship London Lunch, which convenes London business leaders and officials from City Hall and the boroughs. 

Guest speakers will include Jules Pipe CBE, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Regeneration. 

Taking place at MIPIM, Cannes.

We’re delighted to be kicking off our programme of events at MIPIM 2025 with our Landing Dinner, kindly co-hosted by Arcadis. During this private dinner we will discuss what makes a globally sustainable city with Jules Pipe CBE, London’s Deputy Mayor for Planning and Regeneration.

Taking place at MIPIM, Cannes.

Please join us for an informal drinks reception to kick off MIPIM 2025. 

Hosted by John Dickie, Chief Executive, BusinessLDN, join us to network with leading industry figures and a range of stakeholders from across London and the UK. 

Taking place the evening before the official opening of MIPIM.

Please join us for a private roundtable with Tim Galloway , HSE Deputy Director, Building Safety Regime Development and Regulatory Support. Tim will outline the Regulators key objectives around the delivery of new tall buildings in London, its efforts to address the challenges the industry is facing regarding the Gateway process and how the BSR and developers can engage more closely to expedite future building applications.  

Join BusinessLDN for a member roundtable with the Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Julia Prescott CBE to hear an update on the Commission’s work to inform the Government’s ten-year infrastructure strategy due in at Spending Review. 

After an extremely challenging end to last year, boosting anaemic growth is top of the priority list for the Government in 2025.

This event offers the opportunity to hear from Varun Chandra, the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on Business & Investment, on how the Government plans to deliver on its growth mission in partnership with the private sector. 

This briefing offers the opportunity to hear from the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley in discussion with our Chair Sir Ken Olisa.

The Met has a critical role to play in creating a safe environment for Londoners, businesses and visitors. 

Hear from the top of the Met on how the organisation is being reformed and how businesses can engage to help tackle key challenges facing the capital today.

We are delighted to welcome Baroness Deborah Mattinson at our February Supper Club.

Deborah was made a peer in the New Year’s Honours list, having worked as Keir Starmer’s Director of Strategy until last year. She previously founded research group BritainThinks and wrote a book on why Labour lost the Red Wall in the 2019 election. Guests will hear from Baroness Mattinson before joining in a roundtable discussion over dinner.

Join BusinessLDN and the Bank of England for the latest insights on the economic outlook for Greater London as we head into 2025.

We’ll hear from the Bank’s Deputy Agent for London, Lai Wah Co, who will share the latest insights from what she is hearing from firms across the capital and what’s on the minds of the Monetary Policy Committee as they determine the forward path for interest rates. 

The event will be a chance to discuss how Camden plans to attract jobs and growth, and how businesses can work with local government to address the challenges and opportunities in the borough. The briefing will be chaired by BusinessLDN Chief Executive John Dickie.

A high-level, topical, cross-cutting session on the social, political and business environment in London. This informal and interactive event will be an opportunity to gather quickfire insights and intelligence from our experts around issues on your agenda. Ahead of the Spending Review, we’ll be diving into some of the key challenges facing London today with a view to exploring practical solutions that can help to shift the dial on growth. 

The rescheduled Leading London dinner with Andy Haldane, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England and current Chief Executive of the RSA will now take place Tuesday 4 February.

Andy will provide his insights on how the Labour Government can deliver on one of its core missions to boost growth. This dinner will also be a timely opportunity to analyse the challenging outlook for the public finances, following the Autumn Budget.

Join us for an in-conversation breakfast briefing with Juergen Maier, Chair of Great British Energy, to explore the future of the UK’s energy landscape.

This event will showcase new research led by BusinessLDN and WSP on Land Value Generation in London. With support from London Councils and Transport for London (TfL), we analysed the role that a new financing model can play in unlocking infrastructure investment through capturing residential uplift in land value in London. 

Following the re-election of Sadiq Khan for a historic third term as Mayor, hear about the plans to address London’s planning system. The session will focus on the London Plan review and how it will align to national policy, as well measures to support local planning authorities and collaboration between the public and private sectors. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and share your own thoughts.

We anticipate an audience drawn from business leaders from across our membership and hope you will be able to attend this informative and insightful session. 

Join us for a briefing and discussion about our recently published report –​‘The case for a new town in London’, written in partnership with Arup, DP9, Kanda, Volterra and Zack Simons of Landmark Chambers.

To kick off the year we will be joined by Polly Mackenzie at our January Supper Club.

Join us for a briefing with the GLA’s Housing and Viability Teams following the recent publication of their Planning and Housing Practice Note. London has a seen a significant drop in construction activity as the development pipeline faces huge challenges on a number of fronts. Hear directly from the GLA about their ideas for practical interventions to help get London building again, including an opportunity to ask questions.

This briefing offers the opportunity to hear from Claire Mann, TfL’s new COO, and Rachel McLean, TfL’s CFO, in a discussion and Q&A. 

Transport for London (TfL) runs the day-to-day operation of the capital’s public transport network and manages London’s main roads. A world-class public transport network is vital to keep London moving, retain its position as a global city and support jobs across the country. 

This roundtable will make the case for the delivery of more purpose-built student accommodation in London. Attendees will explore the economic benefits to London of PBSA, the challenges to delivery and how the review of the London Plan could help boost supply. There will be the opportunity to hear about recent research undertaken by Unite and to further discuss how the sector can promote itself as an important and integral piece of the capital’s housing market.

The event will be a chance to discuss how Hounslow plans to attract jobs and growth, and how businesses can work with local government to address the challenges and opportunities in the borough. The briefing will be chaired by BusinessLDN Chief Executive John Dickie.

Guests joined BusinessLDN, the APPG for London and London Councils for our Winter Reception with networking drinks and canapes on the Terrace at the House of Commons. This was an occasion to celebrate London, bringing together senior business leaders with key political players in the capital, drawn from all levels of government – from borough leaders, the GLA and London MPs.

We are delighted to present our latest Leading London dinner with Andy Haldane, former Chief Economist at the Bank of England and current Chief Executive of the RSA.

Andy will provide his insights on how the Labour Government can deliver on one of its core missions to boost growth. This dinner will also be a timely opportunity to analyse the challenging outlook for the public finances, following the Autumn Budget.

Join BusinessLDN and the Bank of England for the latest insights on the economic outlook for Greater London.

2024 will have a very political feel to it, but all eyes will also be on the economy. BusinessLDN will be welcoming Lai Wai Co, Deputy London Agent at the Bank, who will share what she is hearing from firms across the Capital, the Bank’s latest forecasts and her outlook for the year ahead.

A high-level, topical, cross-cutting insights briefing on the social, political and business environment in London. This informal and interactive session will be an opportunity to gather quickfire insights and intelligence from our experts around issues on your agenda. For this session, we’ll be looking ahead to what 2025 may bring for London across a range of policy areas as the Government starts to find its feet and Sadiq Khan looks to make a mark during his third term as Mayor of London. 

This event will explore how the new Inclusive Leaders Programme – organised by BusinessLDN and Journi – will equip leaders with the tools to drive meaningful change as part of their organisation’s equity, diversity, and inclusion strategies. Join us to learn how inclusive leadership can drive innovation, enhance workplace culture, and help you attract and retain top talent by hearing from a range of industry experts.