Electric car plugged in
The Energy Saving Trust reports that London has secured £17m of funding toward setting up a charging point network for electric vehicles.
It is hoped that the network will consist of 7,500 nodes by 2013.
The charging points will be part of the governments “Plugged in Places” scheme and will be installed at work places, tube stations, on the street and at car parks in the capital.
Planning for Growth
New London Architecture (NLA) will be running a conference entitled “London’s Hotels: Planning for Growth” on 18th February 2010.
As the hotel industry is experiencing a period of significant growth and investment as London gears up to become Olympic host city. Visitor services play a vital role in London’s economy and provide significant regenerative impacts, as reflected in the call for 40,000 net additional hotel bedrooms by 2031 in the Mayor’s London Plan.
This morning conference will examine the strategic policy for visitor accommodation in the capital, look at the process of attracting hotel investment and examine some of the best recent and upcoming examples of hotel design.
London’s deputy mayor, Sir Simon Milton, will give the keynote address at the New London Architecture (NLA) conference.
Other conference speakers will include:
Sir Simon Milton, deputy mayor, GLA
Geoff Raw, director of designs strategy and planning, LDA
Sally Chatterjee, interim CEO, Visit London
David Orr, chief executive, City Inn
Paul Katz, president, Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)
Robert Ryan, development manager for Central & Greater London, Travelodge
Dexter Moren, director, Dexter Moren Associates
Patricia Holmes, inward investment and business tourism manager, LB Tower Hamlets
James Dilley, associate director, Jestico + Whiles