Saving money in the housing crisis
Will behaviour change increase towards adopting modular construction which some predict will save the UK significant funding in council house buildings or perhaps even with the NHS ? At our October forum we invited modular construction and cross-laminated timber expert and architect, Andrew Waugh to talk about his modular installation at the V&A called 'MultiPly' for this year's London Design Festival. Andrew said his company Waugh Thistleton had been working on and researchi
Funding the high street revival
The autumn budget is nearly upon us (October 29) and will there be mention of funding to prop up the UK's failing high street? Coast is the latest casualty, going into administration. The GLA spent £9 million on boosting the high street back in 2015, but it seems that new measures are still needed in what some would describe as a worsening situation. We held a forum in White City, London to discuss the necessary measures for revitalising the high street to set in motion an up
Future Cities Forum - Investment 2019
The Behavioural Economics Forum will be running an investment forum in December looking at a range of topics from the housing crisis and innovation in the mortgage market, treasure assets, green bonds and clean energy along with economic predictions for 2019. The housing crisis has led UK building societies to look at better ways of assessing and funding loans for properties built with modern methods of construction techniques while investment in green mortgages and bonds has