‘Meet the Team’ episode 1: Ros Barclay

Over on our Instagram (@coverdalebarclay), we’ve launched a new video series where, each month, we go behind the scenes at Coverdale Barclay and interview our team. We kicked off last month with one of our Founding Directors Ros Barclay, who shares her favourite national and international destinations, her number one restaurant, and lets us in […]

Gove’s ‘long-term plan for housing’ reignites Tory tensions

Just nigh of three years since Robert Jenrick’s Planning for the Future Whitepaper sent Tory backbenchers running for the greenbelt, Michael Gove today announced a brownfield-first battle plan to tackle the housing crisis that still managed to provoke the ire of colleagues. Unveiling a “long-term plan” underpinned by “long-term thinking”, the Levelling Up Secretary confirmed […]

Neha Iyer joins Coverdale Barclay

The Coverdale Barclay team is thrilled to have welcomed Account Executive Neha Iyer to its team of placemaking and corporate PR specialists. Neha has delivered communications programmes to support the launch of dining destinations up and down the UK, and brings with her extensive expertise in creative and impactful social media content, and a passion […]

Kingston International Film Festival returns for a second year

Last night we celebrated the return of KIFF – an international film festival in Kingston-Upon Thames that has a laser focus on creating opportunities for independent film makers. Local voices and leading figures in the British film industry came together, including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Director and Festival Patron Mike Newell,  to […]

UKREiiF 2023, day 2

The sun was shining down in Leeds for day 2 of UKREiiF 2023 – but the spotlight was very much on the West Midlands Combined Authority and Stockport MDC. Hot on the heels of April’s Deeper Devolution Deal Announcement, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) this week announced a £2bn strategic partnership with SEGRO plc […]

UKREiiF 2023, day 1

Tuesday was a phenomenal first day at this year’s UKREiiF, as the best and brightest of Britain’s built environment descended on Leeds. Behavioural changes, the drive towards net-zero and a potential renaissance in UK life sciences and tech underpin the current state of play, said The Times’ Oliver Shah during his opening keynote. “The essence of what the UK […]

Stakeholder and community engagement for large-scale urban regeneration in South London

This spring we worked with Countryside and MTVH to produce a magazine for the residents of the Clapham Park estate in South West London. The regeneration scheme between Clapham and Brixton, will deliver 2,482 homes, of which 53% will be affordable.  £1m is being deployed for placemaking and community building, to fund initiatives that bring the community together. In addition to the magazine, we […]

Grayson Place town centre development in Nuneaton launches

Grayson Place, a new £68m major town centre development has launched in Nuneaton. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, with strategic development partners, Queensberry are transforming a 2.3-hectare mixed-use development in Abbey Street into the new culture and leisure destination for Nuneaton and Warwickshire. The development includes a 145-room hotel, the first hotel in Nuneaton, a […]

Punchdrunk Enrichment

This month, we helped Wembley Park announce a new three-year residency with leading educational immersive theatre company Punchdrunk Enrichment. Punchdrunk Enrichment are set to transform an unused industrial unit in Wembley Park into the first ever co-created immersive space. The residency will be Punchdrunk Enrichment’s largest in scale and ambition to-date. The Company will engage […]