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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

BusinessLDN and the University of London are working together to consider what the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools might mean for tomorrow’s professional services workforce, their skills and their career paths.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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 are excited to announce that Lord Peter Hendy will be joining us for our March Leading London dinner. Lord Hendy is the UK Government Minister of State for Rail, and the former TfL Transport Commissioner and Network Rail Chair.

Guests will hear from Lord Hendy before taking part in discussion over dinner.

The event will be a chance to discuss how Lewisham 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.