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Bank lending data by postcode – what does it tell us?

In summary, while it's certainly a 'thumbs-up' that banks are starting to reveal this information, ...

Communities Good Local Economics

This is no time for charities to cower

The voluntary and community sectors must argue for the repeal of the lobbying bill, find ...

Built Environment Good Local Economics

Wadebridge: Re-building its local economy through energy

Wadebridge, a small town in Cornwall, is going 'back to the future', localising its energy ...

Communities Finance Good Local Economics

Q & A with Dawn Austwick: Building an open source, bottom-up, funding model

Dawn Austwick joined the Big Lottery Fund as its chief executive in October last year. ...

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The great house price divide

The Smith Institute’s report on the Great House Price Divide, which we published today, shows ...

Communities Regeneration

2013: A year of creative disruption?

As austerity set in, 2013 became for many a year of creative disruption. Of shedding ...

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2013: A year of creative disruption?

ISSUE 517, DECEMBER 2013 *SPECIAL FOCUS ON CREATIVE DISRUPTION*

Communities Good Local Economics Regeneration

Ten Ideas for Change: the best of 2013

It's been a year of innovation and change for local economies and communities as they ...

Communities Good Local Economics Local Government

Jim Diers: Disrupting the relationship between citizens and state

Jim Diers has been involved in asset-based community development (ABCD) since the 1970s. He’s seen ...

Communities Regeneration

Prototyping a ‘library of the future’

As traditional libraries continue to close their doors, can a new vision of a library ...