Epona Land brings together the work of
Janet Mackinnon – Business & Management Consulting and
EPONA – Area & Sector/ 'Cluster' based Regeneration

JANET MACKINNON is an independent animateur, consultant and project developer. Her core professional interests are:

• The natural and built environment

Sustainable development and regeneration

• Planning and land economy

• The role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's)

Her other interests are literary and cultural studies, and horse management and training. 

She has masters degrees in Urban and Regional Planning Studies, and English Language and Literature from the Universities of London and Oxford.

Brought up in North Wales, Janet relocated to London in 1983 to start work for a publishing company. 

She subsequently moved into the environmental, transport and social housing sectors, and then into commercial property development, and business and management consultancy.

Janet became an independent consultant in 1992.

Currently based in the Midlands, she has worked throughout the UK, as well as in Central Europe and Australia.

Established by Janet in 1994, EPONA provides consulting and project services, primarily for organisations involved in area regeneration, and especially where there may be an opportunity for sector or 'cluster' initiatives linked to sustainable local and regional economic development.

EPONA has worked with craft-based and cultural industries, and the equestrian and land-based-sectors.

Clients have typically been property companies, professional services firms, SME's and local government, but also community groups and private individuals.

Assignments have been undertaken in most of the English regions.

EPONA works as necessary with a number of associates who have expertise and experience specific to a client’s requirements.

The consultancy approach is likely to suit clients who favour real outcomes rather than bureaucratic programmes, and/or who are motivated by robust projects solutions rather than positioning for public funding regimes.

The following two case histories illustrate our organic approach to area regeneration:-

Camden, London City Fringe
Working with ARUP, EPONA, was commissioned by Camden Council to produce a regeneration strategy for the London Jewellery Quarter centred around Hatton Garden.

This led to further consultancy with jewellery industry organisations and Business Link.

EPONA also undertook research for the Workspace Group plc – a leading provider of accommodation for SME's - who were seeking to expand their property portfolio in the City Fringe.

This work helped the company acquire Clerkenwell Workshops which have since been refurbished.

Greenwich, London Thames Gateway
Following successful campaigns to stop the East London River Crossing, EPONA helped the Woodlands Farm Trust acquire a large area of metropolitan countryside blighted by road plans and threatened with housing development.

This project was linked to an initiative called 'A Sustainable Millennium' which Janet undertook with the United Nations Association’s Agenda 21 'Sustainable Communities' team on behalf of Greenwich Council.

Janet maintains an interest in the Thames Gateway, particularly in regard to environmental sustainability.

To contact EPONA LAND please call Janet on +44(0) 7990 633190

Email janet@epona-land.co.uk

Studio 13, 79 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NT UK

 

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