City to put itself in the shop window at MIPIM

SHEFFIELD business leaders will head to the world’s biggest property conference next month to promote investment opportunities in the city and showcase projects like the ambitious plan to create a state-of-the-art factory on a former industrial heartland.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Feb 2014, 17:41 BST
Inside the glass-walled Factory 2050, the new £50 million development planned by Sheffield University's Advanced Manufacturing Research CentreInside the glass-walled Factory 2050, the new £50 million development planned by Sheffield University's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Inside the glass-walled Factory 2050, the new £50 million development planned by Sheffield University's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Sheffield University wants to build the most advanced factory in the world at Sheffield Business Park to attract aerospace investors to the city region.

Graham Sadler, managing director of the park, is joining the delegation to MIPIM in the French Riviera.

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He said: “MIPIM is a powerful opportunity for Sheffield Business Park to engage with our clients.

“I believe it is also an important way to raise the profile of our city region, particularly its position as an internationally renowned, high-value manufacturing location.”

The university said manufacturers including Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Spirit AeroSystems have committed to support the project, dubbed Factory 2050.

Sheffield’s delegation hopes to promote key investment opportunities to the 20,000 people expected to attend the event in Cannes, including global investors, developers, agents, journalists, end users and professional advisers.

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City leaders will be hoping to attract investors and developers to take on the stalled Sevenstone retail project in the city centre.

They will also be promoting the Gateway project to connect the motorway network with Robin Hood Airport.

Regeneration agency Counter Context has been appointed to lead the project management and communication for the exhibition.

Simon Collingwood, director, said, “MIPIM is the perfect moment to engage with international investors in a conversation about the competitive advantages of the Sheffield City Region.

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“It is right that the public sector get behind this, but also critical that our businesses lead the charge. There is still time to get involved in this important initiative.”

James Newman, chairman of the Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “Our message at MIPIM is straightforward: we have a series of world class clusters, facilities and opportunities across the city region that are of interest to the international investment community.”

He said the area’s public sector is “open for business”.

Call 0114 252 1170 to get involved in the Sheffield City Region MIPIM partnership.

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