{"id":43000,"date":"2024-08-01T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T13:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/?p=43000"},"modified":"2025-05-30T09:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:58:50","slug":"derby-must-be-bold-be-brave-in-the-face-of-the-naysayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingderby.co.uk\/news\/derby-must-be-bold-be-brave-in-the-face-of-the-naysayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby must \u2018be bold, be brave\u2019 in the face of the naysayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While walking out of the main auditorium at Reach Events<\/a>, along with the other 300 delegates following the conclusion of our latest Derby Property Summit, a phrase uttered by one of the panellists kept turning over and over in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stayed with me on the drive home \u2013 and now, weeks later, it is still lodged in my brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was something said by James Dickens, the managing director of Wavensmere Homes<\/a>, a company that is currently investing heavily in Derby with three major schemes on the go \u2013 Nightingale Quarter, Friar Gate Goods Yard and Cathedral One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The host, Declan Curry, asked each of the panel what their key message to the summit was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James\u2019 message was clear and unequivocal: \u201cBe bold, be brave\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s a pretty good mantra to have \u2013 particularly as it would appear \u2018Derby-bashing\u2019 has become something of a national sport in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those naysayers would\u2019ve done well to have been part of the audience at this year\u2019s Derby Property Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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