International Women’s Day 8 March 2025 – The Planner’s Women of Infuence 2025
On International Women’s Day, The Planner announced Claire as one of The Planner’s Women of Influence for 2024 – 2025. Every year the Planner acknowledges the most influential women in and around planning as nominated by their readers. Formally assessed by a team of judges drawn from the planning sector, the panel felt that the […]
Real Growth Insight February 2025
Taunton and Wellington Constituency in Action I am delighted to be supporting the Taunton and Wellington Constituency Office of Gideon Amos MP on economic and strategic planning matters and it is immensely valuable seeing strategy in action. With a priority to ‘stand up’ for the area, the constituency team are evaluating the local economic conditions […]
Stantec champions Green Growth Revolution in Dorset – a new investment destination within the Great South West
Dorset, as part of the Great South West, is a new UK destination for international investment in clean energy. Opportunities include a deep-water offshore wind hub to service the offshore renewable sectors, including deep fixed, FLOW, and floating solar, as well as the potential to host complementary nationally significant green infrastructure projects such as Small […]
NIPA Matters – How to deliver better community benefit from infrastructure
Infrastructure schemes are essential to meet our national needs, but can face significant local opposition from host communities often left wondering why they should bear all of the impact and receive none of the benefit. Previous attempts to enshrine delivery of community benefits through the planning process have met with limited success, so what should […]
“Transformational Leadership”: Claire Pearce wins IED Leader of the Year award
Claire Pearce, Founder and Executive Director of Real Growth Ltd, and formerly Director of Planning and Economic Development at This is Gravity Ltd, has been named Leader of the Year at the Institute of Economic Development (IED) Annual Awards 2024. The awards, which were hosted in London on 6th November following the IED Annual Conference ‘Economic Transition […]
Real Growth Insight 15.10.24
On 14 October 2024, the new Labour Government hosted its first International Investment Summit. Announcing £63 billion of private sector investment including data centres, research facilities, ports and clean growth projects, the Government narrative set was ‘turbocharging growth and innovation’ creating 38,000 jobs across the UK. Key messages communicated were to establish conditions for growth […]
2024 South West Property Awards
The region’s property and construction sector has been celebrated at Insider’s 2024 South West Property Awards. Last night’s event recognised the outstanding achievements of the people, businesses and organisations which have designed, developed, funded, built and managed the built environment in the region. Held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Bristol City Centre, Jason Mohammad was the […]
Women in Science: Economics and environment with Claire Pearce
International Women & Girls in Science Day celebrates women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). From the climate crisis to pandemics, women around the world are playing vital roles in solving the most pressing issues of our times. In celebration, we’re hosting a blog series featuring women from across the Heart of the South West’s […]
IED Annual Awards 2024
The contenders for the IED Annual Awards 2024, which recognise achievers in the public and private sector through a series of individual, team and organisational categories, have been announced by the Institute of Economic Development. In another highly competitive awards round, the final three nominees for seven IED Annual Awards have been decided. The winners […]
CBI – Driving Economic Growth through Local Development Orders
Claire Pearce former Director of Planning & Economic Development, Salamanca Group and This is Gravity Ltd 08 Aug 2024, 6 min read Businesses often cite the complexity and risk involved in the English planning system as a barrier to investment. However, the English planning system already contains mechanisms to address these concerns. Local Development Order […]