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Economic Development

Property professionals get together at the ICC

More than 400 people attended the Investment Property Forum annual Midlands lunch at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.

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04:00, 8 MAY 2015

IPF Midlands Lunch held at the ICC

Guest speakers, Chris Ireland, JLL Vice Chair, IPF; Steve Norris, Former Politician and Contender for the Mayor of London; James Cubitt, IPF Midlands Chair, at the IPF Midlands Lunch held at the ICC.

hosted its annual Midlands lunch for the region’s property professionals.

More than 400 people attended the event, , at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.

Guest speaker Steve Norris, former Conservative MP, Minister for Transport and two-times candidate for London Mayor, shared his views on regional devolution, HS2 and the general election.

The lunch was sponsored by .

Pictures by John Hipkiss

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