Overview

Kick off the year with an energising breakfast that re-examines the world’s greatest city with fresh eyes and renewed optimism.

Join fellow facilities management and built environment professionals as the sun rises for a forward-looking morning featuring insights from a leading economist on London’s outlook, opportunities, and resilience.

Then step back and see the capital like never before with a guided tour of the NLA’s iconic London City Model, offering a powerful visual perspective on how the city works, grows, and reinvents itself.

IWFM London Region’s first event of 2026 promises to be practical, inspiring, and a little bit provocative. It’s your chance to look at the Big Smoke in a whole new way and start the year thinking bigger and better about London’s future and how our amazing industry contributes to the greatest city in the world.

What is the NLA? The NLA, (New London Architecture) is an independent organisation that focuses on London’s built environment, bringing together professionals and the public to explore how the city is designed, developed, and managed.

The London City Model is one of NLA’s most iconic features – a large-scale interactive model of central London that provides a visual representation of the city’s layout, growth, and future plans. Find out more here. 

Expert insight

Plus, there’ll be an expert hot take from HSBC economist Emma Wilks. The UK Economy - It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward!

The UK economy was riddled with uncertainty for much of 2025, could the next 12 months provide more stability? Emma will offer insights into the health of the UK economy and the outlook, including the path for interest rates, the labour market, and the impact of government policy decisions. The outlook is fragile and risks are aplenty, Emma will give HSBC’s take on key global and domestics risks that you should be watching out for. 

Ticket prices

Members: Free

Non-members: £10 + VAT

Speakers

Andrew Hulbert

Founder and Managing Director, Pareto FM

Andrew’s experience spans across all service lines, both managed and self-delivered, in the UK and Europe, as well as extensive experience in law, investment banking, retail, managing agent, media, hotels, TV studios and ICT sectors. He founded Pareto Facilities Management in 2014 to create ‘the most customer service focused FM provider in the UK’, going on to become one of the fastest growing FM Services providers within the sector. Andrew has an MSc in Facility and Environment Management from UCL and has volunteered for the IWFM in various capacities for over eight years.

Emma Wilks

HSBC UK Economist , HSBC

Emma Wilks is HSBC’s UK Economist, based in London. Before joining HSBC, Emma spent over six years at an international bank, where she held a variety of roles including in FX trading before becoming a UK Economist. She is responsible for UK forecasting – ranking consistently in the top 5 by Bloomberg - and producing insightful analysis to support corporates through an ever-changing economic landscape. Prior to that she worked in government covering UK economic priorities overseas.