Better Places

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• Turning Ambition into Delivery: Andy Williams on Birmingham’s Next Decade

  September 25, 2026 · 30 min

  In the latest episode of Kanda’s Better Places Podcast, Allan Andrews, Director at Kanda and co-lead of Kanda’s new Midlands practice,  is joined by Andy Williams, Director of Economy at Birmingham City Council, to discuss what the city…

• Nabeel Khan on the OSDC, planning and the future of Oxford Street

  September 18, 2026 · 36 min

  What does the Oxford Street Development Corporation's first year tell us about the future of one of the world's most iconic high streets, and what should developers, investors and landowners expect from London's newest planning…

• Jonathan Prynn on ‘Fleet Street North’, business leaders finding their voice and his new role at The Telegraph

  August 18, 2026 · 34 min

  How can business leaders make themselves heard without hiding behind jargon, and how could Andy Burnham’s Prime Ministership change the way UK media operates?  Cam Meads sits down with Jonathan Prynn, former Business Editor at the London…

• Jelly Mould Wobble? Tom Sleigh Responds to 11th Hour Intervention

  July 8, 2026 · 13 min

  Just when the City Plan looked set to sail through, Matthew Pennycook stepped in. Simon Gartshore sits down with Tom Sleigh, Chairman of the City of London Corporation's Planning & Transportation Committee, for his first in-depth interview…

• City Plan, Planning Reform & Culture in the Square Mile | Tom Sleigh, Chair of Planning, City of London

  May 22, 2026 · 25 min

  In this episode recorded live at UKREiiF, Simon Gartshore, Deputy Managing Director at Kanda Consulting, sits down with Tom Sleigh, recently reelected as Chair of the City of London Corporation's Planning and Transportation Committee. Tom…

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