Nicholas Ebbs is part of the Igloo Regeneration team and specifically the Chief Executive of Blueprint, an innovative Property Regeneration Partnership set up to deliver new solutions for urban regeneration in the East Midlands. The Partnership comprises English Partnerships, East Midlands Development Agency and Morley Fund Management's Igloo Regeneration Fund.

Nicholas was previously a founder member of Innes England Consulting Surveyors where he was responsible for regeneration and development consultancy. Prior to Innes England he was a director of Black Horse Commercial (Midlands Division). He is a Chartered Surveyor and commenced his surveying career with the Valuation Office where he trained. He also has a degree in Philosophy and Theology.

Over the last 25 years Nicholas has worked on many of the East Midland's major urban regeneration / development projects including City Challenge, Coalfields renaissance and the Government's Sustainable Communities Plan. He has also written or co-authored a number of Economic Development Studies.

He is a regular conference speaker, was previously a "Special Lecturer" at the Geography Department of Nottingham University and is an occasional lecturer in the Architecture Department.

He is a Board member of Broadway Cinema, the National Ice Arena, Greater Nottingham Partnership and Nottingham Regeneration Ltd.

He has recently been appointed as a special professor in the Dept of the Built Environment at the University of Nottingham.

Call Nick on 07966 256136 or email nick.ebbs@blueprint.gb.net