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Liverpool City Region – Heat Network Zoning and Procurement

Amy — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:05:21 +0000

Commercial and financial advisors for the council’s city wide heat network under DESNZ’s AZP, delivering SOC, ZOBC, and procurement for the heat zonal developer

For more information on this project or to contact us for advisory services, please contact the project lead, Global City Futures Consultant Will Treadwell

Project lead, partners and stakeholders

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Approval for new Elective Centre at North Bristol NHS Trust

Amy — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:05:06 +0000

Global City Futures was appointed by the North Bristol NHS Trust to develop sections of the outline and full business cases for the new £50m Elective Centre at Southmead, serving Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The Trust recently received national approval for building the new Centre that will provide four elective theatres and 40 beds, aimed at reducing the time people wait for planned care.

The Challenge

Global City Futures is delighted to play a part in supporting the Trust’s strategy; ‘to put the patient first by delivering an outstanding patient experience’. Consistent with many other Trusts across the country, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston (UHBW) experience pressure on non-elective beds which has a knock on effect on planned care leading to longer waiting times for elective operations. Covid has exacerbated this situation leading to backlogs in waiting lists and a solution was needed to address this situation.

Developing a business case

Global City Futures supported the completion of both outline and full business cases for the new Elective Centre within constrained timescales, and within a defined cost envelope to meet the funding requirements. Alongside the Trust team, we collaborated with the Trust’s multidisciplinary advisory team to support the completion of the business cases.

While the Trust led the overall development of the business cases, due to internal capacity constraints, and the requirement for specialist financial and business case knowledge, Global City Futures were appointed alongside design and cost consultants by North Bristol NHS Trust. Our team led on the delivery of the financial and economic cases for the outline and full business cases, which set out the case for an elective centre on the Southmead site to support Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire health system capacity issues.

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Lancaster City Council – Net Zero by 2030

Amy — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:57:42 +0000

Lancaster City Council, who are committed to net zero by 2030 engaged Global City Futures to kickstart their campaign for clean, economic growth and urban regeneration.

As a result of this project The City Council has successfully brought together a collective of district-wide organisations with clear objectives toward a net zero outcome.

Challenge

Lancaster City Council needed to engage with key stakeholders across Lancaster and District to understand how they would reach their net zero ambitions by working collaboratively.

Global City Futures provided consultancy services for the City Council to support them with their next steps. Via a series of workshops and tailored research we identified key stakeholders in the District, and we supported the Council in leading the development of a formal model and identifying funding streams to support it.

Jez Bebbington, of Lancashire’s Chief Executive office “I’ve learned a huge amount from our interactions and really appreciated all of your input over the last year. Regarding the long-term relationship, we are certainly really pleased to benefit from your experience and insight and keen to keep building on every opportunity.”

collaboration

Using our expertise in mobilising climate Partnerships, Global City Futures provided the City Council with meaningful options for potential Partnership working that will help to shape the future of a net-zero District. We promoted a key concept of collaboration across the district’s public sector, businesses and resident communities.

As a result, an array of stakeholders in Lancaster and District are now engaged with the concept and are looking at ways they can move forward together. Our ambition for this partnership is that they will go on to build a strong business case together with a pipeline for funding. We delivered a way forward to deliver the council’s Net Zero goals, while also seeding the wider district’s collective climate ambitions.

Our solution

Global City Futures supported the City Council to develop a tailored solution, by delivering initial fact finding, setting objectives and leading exercises to engage partners. Through consultation with the district’s stakeholders, the team gathered details of existing net-zero projects and identified potential limitations and constraints.

The consultancy research led to a developed and informed opinion of options available for a district-wide, Net Zero Partnership vehicle. Global City Futures presented details of the consultations to the City Council together with our recommended approach to formalise the Partnership’s collaborative ways of working. This has led to a successfully engaged, climate-focused partnership organisation for Lancaster Council.

Do you need a net zero solution for your city? Global City Futures can bring together the anchor institutions of local authorities, universities, hospitals and community groups to start a conversation today.

We know that the net zero goal can seem insurmountable and with obvious funding gaps, but the experienced consultancy team at Global City Futures can work with you to find a solution.

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