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Higher expectations

I do not believe we should lower expectations. No one wants to collaborate to make ...

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Who are local joined-up services good for?

Too often we focus on the easy routes rather than asking tough questions about how ...

Local Government Regeneration

Owning the responsibility for change

At the core of this narrative for towns is a re-assertion of the statement of ...

Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Bringing local start ups to the high street

Using empty shops as the platform for local entrepreneurs to test their ideas, Start Up ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

A town of no centres

Imagine a town with no centres. What would this place be? What would its civic ...

Finance

Seeding and scaling

Procurement as a tool for achieving the best public policy outcomes founded on an understanding ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Loneliness and isolation: stark meaning in so little words

Efficiency without love creates the conditions for loneliness and isolation. This a form of robbery ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Housing Local Government

Building ideas

Identity in this context is less about a shiny building, and more about owning and ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Housing Local Government Regeneration

How do you create health? Simple question

To really fix the problem, start thinking about the conditions necessary for that problem not ...

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

Conversation and the civic economy

If Markusen, and the civic economy are right, conversation is the new tool for effective ...