Richard Bonner
@Richbonner
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Passion for cities | Views my own.
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Joined May 2010
Thanks for many kind messages & to those who nominated me in first place for MBE in New Years Honours I am particularly grateful @NP_Partnership members, led by chair’s @George_Osborne, Lord O’Neill & now @JulieExMP as well as colleagues past & present https://t.co/jCclEija9F
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Recipients include pair who led the programme for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
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Delighted to see @henrimurison @NP_Partnership awarded MBE for services towards the economy in the NY honours. A great colleague and friend.
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Kicking off our Conservative Party Conference programme with our Welcome to Manchester Reception. Hearing from Emma Holt @gmchamber, Shadow HCLG Minister @pauljholmes and John Rayson @atkinsrealis.
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Kicking off Labour Party Conference 2025 with our welcome to Liverpool reception ft. @liamrobinson24 @LCRMayor @Alison_McGovern and Chris Ball from @atkinsrealis
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Interesting group of commuters at Bath Spa Train Station last week!! May be a Bridgerton time warp!?😎
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Great to continue our 'London's pitch to the world' roundtable series in @derwentlondon's fantastic DL/28 space yesterday, led by our Chief Executive John Dickie and Director of Competitiveness Matthew Fell. Against an uncertain international backdrop, the capital now has an
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From Bristol to Space 🌖 Nasa astronaut Colonel Anne McClain, who graduated from the University of Bristol in 2005, is now the commander for the SpaceX Crew-10 mission which was launched earlier in the year. And she sure is representing Bristol up there! 😄
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Supercomputers process huge amounts of data very quickly, and this power can be used to train AI models that advance research in cancer diagnoses, develop new medicines & sustainable materials. Watch Science Secretary @PeterKyle switch on the UK’s most powerful supercomputer👀
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Science Secretary @PeterKyle visited @BristolUni to switch on Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer. The UK’s AI Research Resource is now fully functioning and will be used to advance AI models that help improve lives and deliver the Plan for Change.
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Isambard-AI was turned on by Tech Sec Peter Kyle today, after being built in a year on what was a car park in Bristol and is now being offered up to all UK scientists and some businesses to use its compute power… insiders told me for the first time it had enough training power
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🚀 The UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer, Isambard-AI, is now live in Bristol. Officially launched at the @NCCUKinfo today by @peterkyle, from @SciTechgovuk. It can complete 80 years of human work in one second. A new era for research begins🔬 Read more https://t.co/bgphrw0ous
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NEW UK switches on Isambard-AI at the University of Bristol, one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers, UKs most powerful, and I get hold of one of the 5300 Nvidia GH200 chips - the building blocks of the global AI revolution…
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🎉 10 years. 16,738 businesses. Last week we celebrated a decade of the @WestofEnglandCA Growth Hub. With inspiring stories from Salha’s Sudanese & Pilates Quarter, we were reminded how vital support is for small business growth. Here’s to the next 10! 🔗
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It was a pleasure to meet @MayorOliviaChow this evening. I’m proud that London and Toronto continue to be global champions of openness, tolerance and diversity, and I look forward to building on the strong relationship between our two cities.
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Construction has begun on the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) in Reading, marked by a breaking ground ceremony yesterday. Once operational the building will accommodate up to 300 scientists and staff 👉 https://t.co/KGnn6bXfXF
#Sustainability
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Adjustable hard hat launched for different hair types
constructionenquirer.com
AtkinsRéalis initiative will also make PPE more comfortable for bald builders
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Just the ticket! Helen Godwin joined @SadikAlHassanMP Cllrs Mike Bell & Tony Dyer to welcome news that the government has given the go ahead to reopen the Bristol to Portishead line. It means we can start getting ready to go out on site spring 2026 - https://t.co/iCv2WkYQcR
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📍Early ideas for the future of St Philip’s Marsh are live and we want your feedback! This'll help shape a final masterplan that will set out ambitions and potential delivery options The plan is likely to be a mix of ideas from each scenario & will be published later this year
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This week we marked 21 years of the Leadership Centre - and of working alongside extraordinary people across the UK. Thanks to all who joined us at BT Tower to celebrate - and to connect & explore the theme: 'How do we lead when the rules aren’t clear?' 📎 https://t.co/9buNmjuVAa
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Our 26 Whitehall refurbishment is edging closer to completion! Since achieving practical completion in May, the Grade 1 listed building is now being fitted out with IT, furniture and flooring ahead of the arrival of civil servants from @SciTechgovuk in July.
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