Sponsors’ Profiles

Aedas

Aedas is a global architectural practice with a reputation for international design quality, combined with strong reliable project delivery.

Capable of drawing on talents and experience of over 1,700 staff worldwide from offices throughout the UK, Central Europe, Hong Kong, China, Middle East and the Americas, Aedas focuses on sharing knowledge, expertise and cultures with an overwhelming desire to improve our environment. By applying global resources through the Aedas network we deliver progressive local solutions, tailored to the needs of our clients.

Our aim is to make a positive contribution to the quality of the built environment and create places which enrich people's lives.

Aedas have actively contributed to the architecture of Leeds City Centre for many years, and continue to enhance the city's international image through projects like No 1 City Square, City Point - King Street and Bridgewater Place. These commissions, combined with numerous others, create an enviable portfolio of work for the city.

Arup

Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to our clients around the world. Sustainability underpins our work and the firm is the creative force behind many of the world’s most innovative and sustainable buildings, transport and civil engineering projects.

Established 60 years ago last year, Arup has nearly 9,000 employees, based in 86 offices in 37 countries, working on up to 10,000 projects at any one time. Our unique structure, with the firm held in trust on behalf of its employees, gives us complete independence. 

Arup’s multi-disciplinary approach means that any given project may involve people from any or all of the sectors or regions in which we operate. Our aim is to achieve excellence in all we do by bringing together the best professionals in the world to meet our clients’ needs.

Arup has been established in the Yorkshire region for more than 50 years, working from offices in both Leeds and Sheffield.  Arup is committed to supporting the development of Leeds, and we are actively involved in many of the major regeneration projects across the city region and beyond.  By organising and supporting the Leeds City Centre Vision conference with Leeds City Council, we hope to further raise the profile of the city as a vibrant and exciting place in which to live and work.

Drivers Jonas

Drivers Jonas is a private partnership of commercial property consultants. Although we have over 275 years of experience behind us, at DJ we prefer to look forward and we have a reputation for taking an independent and innovative approach to property advice. We are a multi-discipline chartered surveying practice numbering over 600 partners and staff. The firm is owned by 23 partners and takes pride in its independence. We have offices in London, Slough, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow & Edinburgh and three offices in continental Europe ( Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid).

Leeds is the newest of DJ's UK regional offices, opened in 2007 in response to client demand. The office provides development, construction, planning, regeneration and strategic consulting advice to developers and occupiers in both the private and public sectors.

ISIS

ISIS is a leading regeneration specialist, delivering vibrant waterside places and communities across British towns and cities. We are delivering this through a commitment to high quality and well-designed public realm designed around complementary uses - leisure, hotels, residential, businesses and retail.

Our motivation is to create great places to live, work and play in, and, in doing so, make the most of our natural waterside environment for everyone's enjoyment.

Launched at the Urban Summit in the Autumn of 2002, with a £100 million initial equity investment from British Waterways, Muse Developments and Morley Fund Management’s Igloo Fund, ISIS is now revitalising more than 170 acres of land in 7 towns and cities across the UK.

Our portfolio builds on the natural strengths of the country’s waterways and offers well designed, affordable, high quality, aspirational and energy efficient business space and homes.

Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons is a forward-thinking full service commercial law firm acting for private and public sector clients worldwide. The firm's constant drive is to achieve the highest standards across all areas of activity, bringing benefits to clients and staff alike.

We have a fundamental commitment to good client service, which starts with values encouraging strong team working and personal development. This values-driven approach is reflected in the role we play in the community, both through our corporate responsibility programme and our commitment to the environment.

Pinsent Masons is ranked in the top 15 law firms in the UK and in the Global 100. In addition to Leeds and our London HQ, we have offices in the key UK economic centres of Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester. Worldwide, we have over 280 partners, a total legal team of around 1,000 and more than 1,600 staff.

Notwithstanding this international reach, Leeds is at the very heart of our business. It is where the firm started and we are proud of our connections with the city. Leeds is a vital economic hub, but it gives us much more - a quality of environment and community essential if we are to attract and retain the best people for Pinsent Masons.

We are proud to support the Leeds City Vision Conference. The future success of Leeds is the future success of Pinsent Masons.