Gravity Programme Director to join panel at The Business of the South West Conference 2026

We’re pleased to share that Paul Lowndes, Programme Director at Gravity, has been invited to speak at TheBusinessDesk.com’s 2026 Business of the South West Conference, taking place in Bristol.

Paul Lowndes will join the panel “The major projects delivering on strategic promises” alongside leaders from Muse, Cheltenham Borough Council, YTL UK Group and Panattoni. The session will explore how transformational developments across the region are driving sustainable economic growth, innovation, and long-term opportunity.

Representing Gravity, Paul will discuss the delivery of the UK’s first commercial smart campus and the role Gravity is playing in supporting clean growth, inward investment, and high-value job creation in the South West.

The conference brings together business leaders, investors and policymakers to examine the opportunities shaping the South West’s economic future including sustainable development, industrial growth, and entrepreneurial innovation.

We look forward to contributing to this important regional conversation and highlighting Gravity’s role in delivering a new era of clean and inclusive growth.

Event details

Claire Pearce joins panel as part of the Festival of Economics with Bristol Ideas

This is Gravity’s Director – Planning & Economic Development, Claire Pearce, will be joining the Talking Economics: Brunel’s Vision for 2050 panel discussion, part of the wider Festival of Economics hosted by Bristol Ideas between 13th-16th November.

The annual Festival of Economics now entering its 12th year brings together economists and experts from around the world to debate – both with one and other and their audiences – on some of the key economic questions of our time.

Claire will be joining an esteemed panel including Dr Chris Colvin, an expert on economic history and the interwar economy; Barra Mac Ruairi, Chief Property Officer at the University of Bristol; Zoe Metcalfe, Client Director at Atkins Global, and Co-Founder, Ethos Wilder; and Ed Conway, Economics and Data Editor for Sky News.

The panel will discuss the infrastructure needs of Bristol and the wider county, how these should be funded and what governments should prioritise – whether that be transport links, digital networks or building communities.

Event details

Festival of Economics

  • Talking Economics: Brunel’s Vision for 2050
    • Thursday 16th November, 12:00-13:15
    • Watershed 1 Canon’s Road Bristol BS1 5TX
  • Tickets can be purchased here

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