{"id":24618,"date":"2025-04-16T11:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24618\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:29:11","slug":"team-derby-head-to-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24618\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Derby head to Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team Derby is set to fly the flag for the city at a major real estate event, which is set to take place next month.<\/p>\n<p>The team is to attend the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), which will take place in Leeds from Tuesday 20th May to Thursday 22nd May, where over 10,000 people are expected to gather.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/derby-city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derby City Council<\/a>\u2019s leadership and supported by a number of its Bondholders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marketing Derby<\/a>\u2019s inward investment team will highlight city investment opportunities and pipeline projects, building upon the high levels of investor interest created at MIPIM in Cannes in March.<\/p>\n<p>Team Derby will also support the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA), which will\u00a0launch a brand-new vision for the future of the region\u2019s economy in its first East Midlands Pavilion\u00a0at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Councillor Nadine Peatfield, leader of Derby City Council and Deputy Mayor of EMCCA, said: \u201cIt\u2019s really important to keep putting Derby on the investment radar. This year, we are doing so on the back of considerable investment momentum with many transformational projects coming to fruition in Derby city centre this summer and significant public and private sector investment in key sectors such as rail, nuclear and low carbon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to doing so in partnership with colleagues at EMCCA and alongside other inward investment teams in the region to help demonstrate the breadth of opportunities and depth of local expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UKREiiFGVPic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48434\" style=\"width:800px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>UKREiiF aims to connect\u00a0people, places and businesses to drive sustainable, inclusive and transformative investment and regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>It brings together the public sector \u2013 with every core UK city and region involved \u2013 alongside government, investors, funders, developers, housebuilders and more.<\/p>\n<p>Team Derby\u2019s activity will include panels, roundtable discussions and one-to-one meetings.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing Derby is delighted that it is partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/bondholders\/atkinsrealis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/a> to deliver its programme at UKREiiF.\u00a0AtkinsR\u00e9alis has been appointed, with Mott MacDonald, as Rolls-Royce\u2019s new fissile design partners in the expansion of its Raynesway site in Derby.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday 20th May, AtkinsR\u00e9alis will join a Derby showcase panel looking at the impact of Rolls-Royce\u2019s major nuclear submarines Unity contract on the city\u2019s economy and other investment opportunities across all classes in Derby.<\/p>\n<p>And on Wednesday 21st May, they will support Marketing Derby in running a private roundtable event with a group of Bondholders from the property and investment sectors.\u00a0A full write-up of the discussion will be published in the autumn edition of Innovate Magazine, view our previous editions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UKREiiFCrowdPic-1-1365x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48435\" style=\"width:800px\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>John Forkin, managing director at Marketing Derby, said: \u201cWe are really pleased to be working with the AtkinsR\u00e9alis team at UKREiiF 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have created a programme of activity that showcases some of Derby\u2019s sector-based USPs which will have a significant impact on the city\u2019s, and wider region\u2019s, economy and growth. These will be of real interest to investors, developers and property professionals attending UKREiiF this year and we are looking forward to making new connections and having some fruitful discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are attending this year\u2019s UKREiiF and would like to meet Team Derby or join one of its events, visit our Invest in Derby website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investinderby.co.uk\/upcoming-events\/#UKREiiF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Team Derby will also be supporting events being organised by EMCCA in its pavilion and as part of the broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk\/ukreiif\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UKREiiF programme<\/a> showcasing the East Midlands offer.\u00a0Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward is encouraging delegates to visit the EMCCA Pavilion, saying: \u201cThe East Midlands is a hidden gem \u2013 but it won\u2019t be hidden for much longer. When you join us at UKREiiF, we will be telling this story with a brand-new East Midlands spatial vision \u2013 bringing to life the potential for investment, business, and development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Derby is set to fly the flag for the city at a major real estate event, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[15204,748,15205,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-24618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-atkinsrealis","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-derby-city-council","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114347413815251227","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}