Shepherd Gilmour sponsors construction conference

Posted: April 2010

Shepherd Gilmour were one of the sponsors of a construction conference held recently. The event, called "Flashforward: the Outlook for Construction in the North", was held at the Manchester Conference Centre and organised by CIMCIG, the Chartered Institute of Marketing's Construction Industry Group.

Around 90 delegates listened to a series of presentations focused on the state of the construction market in the north of England and the prospects for economic growth over the next 12 months. Speakers included a range of senior figures such as David Partridge, joint Chief Executive of Argent Group plc, Nigel Brook, Managing Director of Kier Northwest and Phil Wakefield, Managing Director of Carillion Building North. Other speakers were Jonathan Selwood-Hogg of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s NE Regional Board, Stephen Watson of Carillion, Alan Simpson of Taylor Young, Oliver Crook, Todd & Ledson and Michael Scherdel of HLM Architects.