My Journey to 2023

I spent my early years working in many industries including retail, hospitality and education before climbing my way up the property and construction industry. I started labouring on small one-off projects in London and then went on to manage the commercials on high-profile projects spanning from Heathrow Terminal 2 to Tottenham Hotspur’s Stadium. From then on, I launched a number of businesses and am Founder and CFO at EEDN ltd. which is a specialist design and project management company for the technical real estate area. As a testament to how far we have come in a short space of time, we recently launched the construction standards for life science real estate in conjunction with some heavyweight industry players – www.constructingscience.com.

I have a degree in Psychology, Quantity Surveying and a Masters in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College, London, where I received the much-coveted award for Best Dissertation as well as a high commendation for the Society of Construction Law’s Hudson Prize. I have also been published by the Construction Law Journal and this led to running another business, CostPro Consulting, which is an independent claims and disputes consultancy.

My passion for both industry and business led me to join several boards in organisations either driving philanthropic operations, such as the Constructors’ Livery and YMCA, or tackling the most important issues in the industry such as the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and BPIC Network.

In 2022, I was elected Councillor and Policy Lead for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) for the City of London Corporation (COLC) and sit on the Audit & Risk, Investment and Finance committees. I was also appointed to the Advisory Committee of City of London Chamber of Commerce, subcommittees of City of London Police, and the Council of Heart of the City. The latter is an organisation, funded by the COLC and Bank of England, that drives SMEs to become responsible businesses.

My focus now is tackling the most important and common issues facing businesses such as driving new business/customers, access to funding and good advice, recruitment and retention of quality staff, rising costs of doing business and the challenges faced by the gig economy and remote working – to name but a few!

As you can see, I am up for the challenge as this unique and wonderful City has placed me in positions to make necessary and positive changes. I would therefore love the opportunity to give back to it should I put myself forward for elections.

If you would like to know more about my CV please visit my professional website at http://www.paulsinghgroup.com.