Economic Development

Indy Johar: reinventing the corner shop

Indy Johar is co-founder of architectural practice 00:/. Through the launch of projects including the Compendium for the Civic Economy, the Civic Crowd and HubWestminster, he and his team are co-creating the civic economy and leading by example

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Oh benevolent chancellor! How grateful for these crumbs we are!

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Culture-led regeneration in an age of austerity

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Never mind Plan B, let’s get Plan A right

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Development banks for the local economy

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LEPs need to develop resilient local economic futures

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One giant step for humankind

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Why economic recovery may be bad news for low income households

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The big sobriety

If we tap into the assets of communities we can make an impact in ways that regeneration schemes never could. But it requires investment, says Nick Massey

It was sad but probably inevitable that the People’s Supermarket in Camden ran into money troubles earlier this year. The shop was highlighted last year in a Channel 4 documentary as a perfect example of the Big Society, but ran into trouble recently when a bill for unpaid business rates popped through the letterbox.