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The London Development Agency (LDA) is the Regional Development Agency
Regional Development Agency

A regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions....
 for Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is a functional body of the Greater London Authority
Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority is the region-wide governing body for London, England. It consists of a directly-elected executive Mayor of London, currently Boris Johnson, and an elected 25-member London Assembly with scrutiny powers....
. Its purpose is to promote London's economy, with an emphasis on Small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The principal way in which this is done is via the CompeteFor
CompeteFor

CompeteFor is a website set up in a partnership between The London Development Agency and the London Business Network to facilitate the awarding of public contracts to business....
 service it launched in 2008.

The LDA is based in Palestra House, a new distinctive building at 197 Blackfriars Road
Blackfriars Road

Blackfriars Road is a road in Southwark, SE postcode area. It runs between St George's Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London....
, Southwark
Southwark

Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
, south London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 (across the street from Southwark tube station
Southwark tube station

Southwark tube station is a London Underground station on the corner of Blackfriars Road and The Cut in the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Waterloo station and London Bridge tube station....
).






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The London Development Agency (LDA) is the Regional Development Agency
Regional Development Agency

A regional development agency is a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions....
 for Greater London
Greater London

Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was officially created in 1965 and covers the City of London , the City of Westminster and the other 31 London boroughs....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is a functional body of the Greater London Authority
Greater London Authority

The Greater London Authority is the region-wide governing body for London, England. It consists of a directly-elected executive Mayor of London, currently Boris Johnson, and an elected 25-member London Assembly with scrutiny powers....
. Its purpose is to promote London's economy, with an emphasis on Small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The principal way in which this is done is via the CompeteFor
CompeteFor

CompeteFor is a website set up in a partnership between The London Development Agency and the London Business Network to facilitate the awarding of public contracts to business....
 service it launched in 2008.

The LDA is based in Palestra House, a new distinctive building at 197 Blackfriars Road
Blackfriars Road

Blackfriars Road is a road in Southwark, SE postcode area. It runs between St George's Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London....
, Southwark
Southwark

Southwark, or the Borough, is an area of south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark, situated 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross....
, south London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 (across the street from Southwark tube station
Southwark tube station

Southwark tube station is a London Underground station on the corner of Blackfriars Road and The Cut in the London Borough of Southwark. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Waterloo station and London Bridge tube station....
). The LDA Olympic Land team is based at London 2012 headquarters in Docklands.

The London Development Agency also own the London Climate Change Agency
London Climate Change Agency

The London Climate Change Agency Limited , a municipal company owned by the London Development Agency that works in partnership with private sector companies to design, finance, construct, own and operate Distributed generation low energy and zero-carbon projects for London, as well as providing services to others....
.

Board


The board members are appointed by the Mayor of London, and are:

  • Harvey McGrath (London Development Agency) — chair
  • Ann Humphries
  • Edmund Lazarus
  • Fran Beckett
  • Ian Barlow
  • James Cleverly
    James Cleverly

    James Spencer Cleverly is a member of the Greater London Assembly. He was elected for the Bexley and Bromley in May 2008 as a candidate of the Conservative Party ....
  • Jeremy Mayhew
  • Cllr Mike Freer
  • Megan Dobney
  • Cllr Peter Truesdale
  • Steven Norris
    Steven Norris

    Steven John Norris is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He was the official Conservative candidate for Mayor of London in London mayoral election, 2000 and London mayoral election, 2004, reducing the gap between Mayor Livingstone and himself and attracting sufficient second preference votes to achieve 45% of the vote on the fi...
  • Susan Angoy


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