International Issues and Crisis Management Consultants, Chelgate Ltd have announced a switch to “minimal presence staffing” at the company’s London Headquarters.   In a memo to staff Chelgate Executive Chairman, Terence Fane-Saunders said that the company would be making “important changes to the way we work, in order to protect our staff, our clients and our business contacts. “Public transport is potentially a petri dish for the virus, and I want to minimise the degree to which people are required to expose themselves to this risk. I also want to minimise the risks created by unnecessarily bringing together groups of […]

The latest episode of our “Opinion Battlegrounds” podcast is now live. This week we are happily chewing over the Iowa fiasco, Boris the Pub Bruiser and the Labour leadership One Horse Race (or is it?) SoundCloud Download

When Chelgate Itself Was Under Attack by the Misinformation Merchants Over the years, many of our clients have been the targets of misinformation, fake facts and social media storms based around carefully planted false narratives. This is the new world of opinion battlegrounds – something we discuss in our new “Opinion Battlegrounds” podcast. But it was quite a new experience for Chelgate itself to be targeted this way. This happened shortly before Christmas. The story, in short, was that a prominent online newspaper ran a story about Chelgate that was then picked up, promoted, republished, embroidered and commented upon across […]

Chelgate has launched a new fortnightly podcast.  Called “Opinion Battlegrounds” the team discusses and dissects recent arguments, debates and controversies.  They don’t take sides or decide  who was right and who was wrong.  Their focus is on the art of persuasion; on the argument.  Who won it,  and who lost? What techniques did they apply?  Did those techniques work? Normally, Opinion Battlegrounds runs every two weeks, but for the British General Election we ran an Election Special, within a few hours of the election result. Listen to Opinion Battlegrounds with any of these links: Spotify Podcast Apple Podcast SoundCloud Podcast […]

The Chelgate team in Brussels was celebrating last week having won the ‘Best In-House Agency Collaboration’ award at the PRCA’s European Public Affairs Awards 2019. The award was given for our work with the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) to establish a new way of working with the European Union. Our aim was simple. Alongside LowCVP, we wished to develop a new working relationship with the EU Commission’s in-house scientific body, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) – a body of increasing importance in the formation of EU policy proposals. This project has been a great success over the past twelve-months […]

  Chelgate Local is hosting a Breakfast Briefing on the impact of air rights and upward development in solving London’s housing issues   Hear the latest views from the sector on whether air rights and upward development can be the answer to London’s housing crisis.   Chelgate Local and DLP Planning are hosting a breakfast briefing seminar on whether air rights and upward development will help solve London’s housing crisis. Greater densities is a more efficient use of the land available and is being pushed by the Mayor, but is this practical and is it the answer? Hear the views […]

Unlocking infrastructure-led development in the London-Cambridge corridor Lichfields and Chelgate Local will be hosting a breakfast seminar exploring how best to unlock infrastructure-led development in the London-Cambridge corridor and surrounding areas. David Waterhouse, Head of Infrastructure at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government- will be joined by: Lucy Shomali, Director of Regeneration and Growth, LB Waltham Forest Ciaran Gunne-Jones, Senior Director and Head of Economics Lichfields Michael Hardware . Director of Planning and Property, Chelgate Local They will focus on the potential to drive infrastructure-led growth in this region to support new housing and jobs, including Crossrail 2 […]

You are invited to our Breakfast Briefing on the impact of an aging population on housing provision     Get up to speed on the government’s latest policies and guidance on later living and explore how developers and planners can help provide housing which meets the needs of all sectors of the economy. Chelgate Local and Barton Willmore would like to invite you to a breakfast briefing on the impact of an aging population on housing provision. You will hear from the MHCLG officer responsible for development of new policy and guidance in the area, together with leading local politicians, […]

Get up to speed on the fast-changing role of county councils in planning with speakers from county councils, housing associations, development companies and local councils.   Chelgate Local is hosting a breakfast briefing on the shifting role of county councils in planning We will hear from leading local politicians, housing associations and developers on how county councils are starting to play a far greater role in the planning of infrastructure and large-scale developments, especially garden communities. The briefing is free to attend with breakfast provided – tickets are limited so please register with vshirley@chelgate.com to secure your place. Speakers include: […]

  Chelgate Local is excited to be supporting Built Environment Networking’s event focused on development in Essex and the South East! Get up to speed with the Essex property market with discussions by leading local politicians and executives, outlining the development plans for some of the region’s biggest projects. With close proximity to London, Essex is a key centre for economic growth, and councils have started to team up to deliver joint strategic plans to accelerate the creation of housing, jobs and businesses. In Chelmsford we’ll be hearing from: Cllr Gagan Mohindra – Cabinet Member for Economic Development at Essex […]