Blog Posts

  • Most Influential Business People

    Tonight I attended a drinks reception at Hotel Felix in Cambridge. It seems I am one of the 25 most influential business people in Cambridge according to the Cambridge Evening News. I am flattered and pleased that the position of the Leader of the County Council is considered to be in that category. I will Read more

  • Visit to St Edmundsbury Borough Council

    This afternoon I visited the leader of St Edmundsbury Borough Council. They are part of our LEP and of course neighbours and in the case of Haverhill a significant part of the greater Cambridge area. We shared ideas on joint working and common issues. Read more

  • Meeting with Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP – Rail Minister

    This morning it was my pleasure to host the rail minister for lunch. We had a great discussion, with officers, MPs and the City Council. We were all able to impress upon her how important the proposed new station at Chesterton in Cambridge was. The economics stack up very easily, the county council has the Read more

  • Transport Discussion Meeting – airport strategy

    On Wednesday I attended a meeting at Christ’s College. It was well attended by by those who have an interest in transport and in particular airports. Jonathan Moor, Director General for Civil Aviation, DfT gave the department for transport view. This was followed by the managing director of Stansted Airport and then Robert Marshall from Read more

  • Health and Wellbeing Boards

    One of the papers that came before Cabinet today was the approval of the structure, terms of reference and make up of the Shadow Health and Well Being Board in Cambridgeshire, which is being created as part of the changes being made to Health delivery in England through Andrew Lansley’s changes to the NHS. This Read more

  • Interesting meeting with church leaders

    This afternoon, together with Mark Lloyd, I met with a number of Cambridge church leaders. They each represent a network of churches and were keen explore how their churches might better engage with other organisation. We had an interesting meeting and discovered we had many aims and objectives in common. This was particularly obvious in Read more