Hereford Futures

This includes up and coming projects such as the football ground, the Higher Education Centre and the Buttermarket.

Hereford Futures secures significant private investment in Hereford, such as the £80M Stanhope development, and leads contractual negotiations on the Council’s behalf. It also includes investments well under way, such as the Flood Alleviation Scheme which removes hundreds of existing homes and businesses from regular flooding and enables redevelopment of many city centre sites.

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Hereford Future

s Social Media Fair Usage Policy Wording -

To ensure that the Hereford Future’s page, and affiliated social media profiles, are channels through which people can share their thoughts and receive factual information about Futures work, we are proposing to introduce a fair usage policy. We respect people’s right to engage in relevant de
bate on the Hereford Futures page. However, for that debate to be meaningful it has to take place in a safe and fair environment in which others feel that they also can post or comment without fear of being harassed or belittled for expressing their opinion. Therefore Hereford Futures is planning on implementing this fair usage policy from December 1st 2012. Whilst we will still encourage everyone to be involved in our social media, we will expect that those who choose to comment will moderate their posts, in order that everyone may participate equally. Once introduced, contributions which fail to use self-moderation to comply with the Fair Usage Policy may be removed. Hereford Futures Social Media Fair Usage Policy:

We want our social media to be open and engaging. To help us manage our social media communities we kindly ask everyone to abide by some simple rules. When posting content to Hereford Futures page or other social media profiles, please:

DO:

• Be civil and respectful of other opinions – counter views are welcomed when they are presented as reasoned debate or argument

• Submit posts which are relevant to the Futures programme

DO NOT:

• Do not swear

• Do not post content that is directly and/or tacitly - harassing, belittling defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or racially offensive

• Do not post content that is unlawful

• Do not post content copied from elsewhere, for which you do not own the copyright

• Do not post the same message, or very similar messages, more than once (also called "spamming")

• Do not publicise your, or anyone else's, personal information, such as contact details

• Do not advertise products or services

• Do not impersonate someone else

Hereford Futures reserves the right to remove any contributions that breach these rules. If posts are removed because the contributor has not moderated themselves, then the reasons for removal will be given. If the deleted post is revised to comply with the Fair Usage Policy it can be reposted.

30/08/2013

Unfortunately, this page will no longer be managed by Hereford Futures and will be handed over to Herefordshire Council.

We would like to know how you would like to see this page managed in the future:

a. should the page be taken down
b. should the page be managed by the council
c. should the council post on its own Facebook account about Hereford Futures related topics

Your feedback will be much appreciated.

08/07/2013

Hereford Cattle Market development

03/07/2013

Rumours that Futures has commented on the Council's bypass proposals are wrong. Apparently, there was a slip-up on the Council's website regarding LDF Core Strategy consultation replies.
Futures has no involvement in the bypass project and, therefore, won't be commenting.

04/06/2013

30/05/2013

24/05/2013

The cattle market and environs, Hereford, 1933 | Britain from Above Part of the Aerofilms collection found on the Britain from Above site.

23/05/2013

Changes to the way regeneration in the city is co-ordinated

Changes are being made to the way Herefordshire Council supports economic development in Hereford. Council funding to Hereford Futures, the city development company which has successfully secured over £100M of investment in Hereford, is to be reduced. Revenue funding will be halved for the current financial year and the company’s Blackfriars Street offices will close by the end of June.

The Council will see through the remaining elements in the development programme, including the construction of the planned Link Road and Urban Village by using in-house expertise and resources. Jonathan Bretherton, CEO of Futures will remain through to next spring to oversee the completion of the Old Market scheme and support the council on various projects including the marketing of the Urban Village and the Link Road CPO.

Cllr Roger Phillips explained that the council hopes to retain the expertise and experience of the Hereford Futures board. He said:

“The Hereford Futures board has brought valuable commercial expertise into the county. In the latest budget round we have had to look very hard at all of our funding decisions. Though times are hard in terms of public funding, the council has made the creation of jobs and homes a priority. With the Old Market site secure and other key regeneration projects well under way, now is the right time to co-ordinate all the council’s regeneration work within the council.

Jonathan Bretherton said “securing the construction of the 310,000ft retail and leisure scheme with Stanhope and British Land is a major achievement of which all concerned can be very proud. I am confident that Hereford will enjoy continued success on the back of this investment.”

Hereford Futures is the successor company to ESG Herefordshire which was established in 2006 with a brief to regenerate 100 acres of central Hereford. The name of the company was changed to Hereford Futures in 2010 when the company’s remit was enlarged to encompass the whole of Hereford and its environs.

The company led the design, CPO and planning of an innovative Flood Alleviation Scheme which opened in April 2012, on budget and ahead of programme. The scheme has since saved an estimated £3M of flood damage to existing properties. The £4.5M construction cost was funded by Advantage West Midlands and protects over 100 existing homes, businesses and city infrastructure, including the A49 trunk road. The scheme has paved the way for a planned 800 home Urban Village and other commercial development.

Hereford Link Road. In 2010, the company secured planning consent for a £27M Link Road with construction planned to start in 2014, providing access to future development sites, transforming cross-city communications and pedestrian connectivity with the historic city core.

Plans for a refurbished Buttermarket were also developed and are currently being considered by Herefordshire Council.

Since its inception, the company has received approximately £2.27M in core funding from Herefordshire Council which has allowed the company to successfully drive forward a £multi-million programme. With £90M private funding secured by the company to date and at least £15M more in the pipeline, Futures has returned £46 of private investment for every £1 spent on the company by council taxpayers.

23/05/2013

Riverside Training Based in Hereford and Somerset, we offer work-based learning through nationally accredited qualifications that meet the needs of individuals and businesses.

22/05/2013

The steel frames are going up quickly now. As well as Debenhams, the cinema building has started to take shape. You can see it to the left of our new cover photo, or better still, take a look from the Tesco car park.