Future Capital
Looking Beyond Financial Returns
If we were to capture and bottle the concept of “capital”, its essence would be anything that has the capacity to generate a flow of benefits which can be valued in real terms.
Planning for a New Age
It’s often said the life science and high-tech businesses of Cambridge and Oxford have no difficulty in attracting the world’s best researchers.
Harnessing Institutional Capital to Deliver Housing for Future Talent
Although residential real estate is the world's largest asset class by value, dwarfing commercial estate by some margin, residential is still considered an alternative asset class within the property world.
The Arc is Greater than the Sum of its Parts
In the context of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, economic development is but one ingredient that makes up the region’s recipe for growth.
Digital Participation in Our Plan for the Future
As a nation, the UK faces compounding issues that will affect how we live and work today and in the future.
Present Made of Eddington: Designing Future Communities
The challenge that emerges in creating new communities in the Arc, to meet the needs of a growing population and to house the industrial and research power of the UK economy, is how to plan for growth in a way that progressively builds upon – rather than dilutes – that collective culture.
Community is at the Heart of Our Innovation Districts
Five part Q&A with Anna Strongman, CEO, Oxford University Developments
Sowing Social Infrastructure
Four part Q&A with Hugo Llewlyn, CEO, Newcore
We Need to Look Local to Realise the Arc’s Potential
If we want to unlock the Oxford-Cambridge Arc’s potential to become a world-leading centre of innovation, then we’ve got to think local.
Making the Arc Famous for a High-Quality Life
In short, how can growth be more inclusive and sustainable than has been managed previously?