Results tagged “London Development Agency”

Canary Wharf Group is in a shortlist of developers chosen to come up with proposals for a "world class" business zone at the Royal Albert Dock.

The London Development Agency and Newham Council is looking for eight groups to put forward their plans by March next year, which will then see a final shortlist put together.

An Olympic debt of nearly £400million could hold back east London's economic development, a London Assembly committee has warned.

The committee, which scrutinises financial aspects of the Games, revealed it has grave concerns over the abolition of the London Development Agency and what happens to the money that body owes to Government.

When the £1.5billion Silvertown Quays scheme was approved in 2007, the London Development Agency said it would "bring new life to this part of the old docks".

Last month, it declared the current vision dead. So where does this leave Royal Docks?

It has been a huge success but the days of the East London Business Place are numbered.

The free advice and networking service was set up in April last year to help small and medium sized enterprises win contracts and create relationships between suppliers and buyers.

London Development Agency executives have denied responsibility for failing to notice a £159.8million "black hole" in the Olympic land budget.

A KPMG report released last week revealed that the financial controls and documentation kept on land acquisition payments for the Olympic site were "inaccurate" and "generally inadequate".