Good Local Economics

The Futurebuilders story must be told if we’re to open the door to new social investors

When I was interviewed to be chief executive of the Social Investment Business (SIB) in the summer of 2011 I was asked whether I had any questions. One was top of my list. Was the financial performance of Futurebuilders really as strong as SIB professed it to be? As I kept probing, the panel became a little irritated with my persistence. ‘Why do you keep asking about this?’ one panel member asked. ‘Because I don’t believe it,’ I replied, ‘and neither does the wider market.’

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With full disclosure banking could be a race to the top

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Placemaking must be framed by fairness and equity

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Risky business: how cutbacks are leading local authorities into ‘exotic’ waters

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Local authorities and housing associations must work together in tough times

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Analysis: From ‘civic’ to ‘civil’ society

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Sandwell: A new hospital at the heart of local economic change

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Black Country Make: Building a digital factory on a 1960s estate

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Brisbane’s redevelopment: the perils of excluding residents

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Book review: Taking Power Back

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Do you have a dream?

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Housing – a multidimensional crisis

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Extending Right to Buy could kill community-led housing

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Marks out of Tenancy

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What’s the difference between John Bird and Camila Batmanghelidjh?

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Local areas should embrace English devolution – but on their own terms