Wembley Park and London Designer Outlet enjoy summer trading boom following the return of large-scale events

Coverdale Barclay’s clients Wembley Park and London Designer Outlet (LDO) are enjoying a summer trading boom following the return of large-scale music events at the Stadium and Arena. Earlier this month, Harry Styles sparked a sales surge across the 15-minute neighbourhood and LDO – the capital’s leading premium fashion and lifestyle outlet destination.   More recently, undeterred by the rail…

Kingston’s cultural resurgence starts with KIFF

This June saw the first ever Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF) arrive in south London with a programme of independent film screenings by emerging British and international talent, alongside events, talks and workshops with industry leaders such as BAFTA award-winning director Mike Newell, CEO of Film London, Adrian Wootton and the Co-owner of Twickenham Film Studios, Piers Read.…

Coverdale Barclay appointed on Nuneaton Town Centre Redevelopment

We are delighted to have been appointed by Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council (NBBC) and Queensberry on its Abbey Street development to deliver the communications strategy for Abbey Street aspart of the wider Transforming Nuneaton programme, which details the Council’s 10-15-year regeneration vision for the town. Abbey Street is a mixed-use development set to bring new leisure, F&B and retail uses into the town…

A vehicle for regional change

We are delighted to be working with Stockport’s Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) – the first MDC in the UK to focus on town centre regeneration. Created by Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, and chaired by the former head of the UK Civil Service, Lord Kerslake, the MDC is leading the transformation of a major 130-acre district aimed…

Bringing history back to life

Regeneration specialist TCN UK is bringing forward a major new mixed-use creative hub in Bath Quays South, called Newark Works. When complete, four Grade-II listed buildings dating back to the mid-19thcentury will be brought back to life, featuring more than 40,000 sq ft of office space for entrepreneurs.   We are thrilled to be working…

Kingston International Film Festival launches to provide support for independent film

Last month saw the press launch for The Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF) in South London, which aims to inspire positive change within the British independent film industry. In an exclusive interview in The Guardian, Festival patron and BAFTA award-winning Harry Potter and Four Weddings and a Funeral director, Mike Newell, called for more support to allow the industry to…