Claire Pearce chairs session at Western Gateway Development Conference

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Claire Pearce, Director of Planning & Economic Development at Gravity, chaired the Regeneration and Investment showcase session at the recent Western Gateway Development Conference hybrid event.

Claire was joined by a diverse panel:

  • Cllr Tom Renhard, Cabinet Member for Housing Delivery and Homes, Bristol City Council;
  • Wendy Maden, Principal Urban Designer, Bath & North East Somerset Council; and
  • Michael Coe, Commercial Director, Bristol Zoological Society.

The session outlined large scale regeneration projects across the Western Gateway and wider region, drawing on the challenges, opportunities and lessons learnt from the progress so far including creating the conditions for investment, the importance of leadership, creating solutions as well as embedding culture and community considerations.

Claire reflected on the session and the wider conference, “It’s fantastic to be back in person talking about these important aspects of key transformational developments and learning from each other’s experiences. Strategic projects such as the Gravity Smart Campus near Bridgwater fall into a unique category, where its success in securing a world class advanced manufacturing facility will deliver a huge economic uplift to the region.

Watch Claire’s session here.

Watch the full conference here.

Gravity drives sustainability on-site with a high performing material management strategy

London, September 8, 2020 – Gravity’s Programme Director, Paul Lowndes interviewed Chris Marshall, Director of Ashfield Solutions about the successful implementation of our bespoke material management strategy.

“Our partnership with Ashfield Solutions ensures that Gravity has and continues to recover, reuse, recycle and repurpose all suitable on-site materials. This has significantly reduced disruption in surrounding communities and reduced our carbon footprint.

We hope this strategy and its environmental considerations will guide more low-carbon developments across the UK”. Gravity’s Programme Director, Paul Lowndes

Watch the full interview below.

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About Gravity

Gravity, the UK’s first commercial smart campus, is the blueprint for a smarter, cleaner future – faster. It will deliver a new era of possibility by supporting companies making a difference socially, economically and environmentally, driving the UK’s shift to growing through a cleaner economy.

With direct access to the M5 and accessible by rail, air and sea, the site offers over 616 acres for the creation of millions of sq ft of scalable, flexible and shared working space.

Multinationals and start-ups will benefit from the excellent connectivity and speed of build out Gravity offers. By attracting today’s giants and tomorrow’s unicorns, there will be significant opportunities for collaboration.

With its on-site water provision, renewable and low carbon energy infrastructure and building energy management, dark fibre, excellent transport links, accessible talent pool and knowledge economy including four top-tier universities close by, Gravity provides occupiers with the ability to build, expand, and develop faster and efficiently.

Gravity to speak at industry webinar – Developing the Western Gateway

Developing Western Gateway

London, May 19, 2020 – Gravity, the UK’s first commercial smart campus, welcomes the invitation to be part of the upcoming webinar ‘Developing the Western Gateway‘ hosted by the Built Environment Network.

The webinar will focus on the development activity in the Western Gateway – the new proposed powerhouse forming a collaborative approach between the West of England and South Wales.

Our Director – Planning & Economic Development, Claire Pearce, will be presenting Gravity’s development programme and future pipelines as well as providing her insight on what the industry needs to do to survive during these challenging times.

Developing the Western Gateway

  • June 1st, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Tickets to the webinar available here

To find out more about the Built Environment Network click here.   

About Gravity

Gravity, the UK’s first commercial smart campus, is the blueprint for a smarter, cleaner future – faster. It will deliver a new era of possibility by supporting companies making a difference socially, economically and environmentally, driving the UK’s shift to growing through a cleaner economy.

With direct access to the M5 and accessible by rail, air and sea, the site offers over 635 acres for the creation of millions of sq ft of scalable, flexible and shared working space.

Multinationals and start-ups will benefit from the excellent connectivity and speed of build out Gravity offers. By attracting today’s giants and tomorrow’s unicorns, there will be significant opportunities for collaboration.

With its on-site water provision, renewable and low carbon energy infrastructure and building energy management, dark fibre, excellent transport links, accessible talent pool and knowledge economy including four top-tier universities close by, Gravity provides occupiers with the ability to build, expand, and develop faster and efficiently.

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