Miki Marciniak Update January 2018
Catch up with Mayer Brown sponsored GB Team rower Miki Marciniak’s progress. Continue reading to see his January Training Log.
News
Developing the UK’s Clean Air Strategy
Two of Mayer Brown's Air Quality consultants today attended the Westminster Insight Forum on ‘Developing the UK’s Clean Air Strategy’.
New planning rules to encourage developers to build ‘upwards’
Housing secretary Sajid Javid yesterday confirmed Government backing for planning rules that will make it easier to extend buildings in inner cities in a bid to build a ‘new generation of town houses’.
Check out the 10 most beautiful universities in the UK
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but you’d be hard-pressed to find somebody who can’t see the beauty in these 10 UK universities
Congratulations
Mayer Brown is pleased to announce the recent professional and academic achievements of our employees Geoff Blackburn, Siripen Songprasit, Ivan Cosmai and Charlotte Gough.
Walking rates go downhill
Levels of walking in England have fallen dramatically over the past decade with the latest Government statistics showing a 19% decrease in trips on foot since 2005.
Transport for the North unveils £70bn vision
Transport for the North has unveiled a 30-year transport strategy for the region, which aims to deliver a £100bn economic boost and 850,000 additional jobs by 2050.
Glasgow aims for 'fully driverless' subway trains
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), which is carrying out a refurbishment of the city’s underground system costing £288m, confirmed that it aimed to run ‘fully driverless’ trains, sometimes without any staff, on board once passenger screens are in place at all stations.
New housing agency to boost housebuilding
A new national housing agency – Homes England – has been launched by Housing Secretary Sajid Javid as one of the key steps towards delivering the homes the country needs. Homes England will play a major role in fixing the housing market by helping to deliver an average of 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
Major Road Network plans unveiled
The Government has outlined its plans for a Major Road Network (MRN) of local roads including proposals on funding and how the routes and schemes will be chosen.
