Sharpening the commercial edge
The case for well-managed council commercial activity is one that needs to be defended if we want a mature and sustainable local state, argues Jonathan Werran.
Battle of the Smart Cities
04/05/2021 Piers Mulroney explores how the race to innovate, digitise and decarbonise is driving the mayoral elections in Birmingham and Manchester. |
Johnson announces £23.6m Truro Deal
07/04/2021 Truro has secured £23.6m from the Towns Fund to boost the local economy, create jobs and new homes. |
Key Cities group welcomes four new members
03/02/2021 Four more cities - Bath, Exeter, Lincoln and Wrexham - have joined the Key Cities group. |
Burnham calls for more Covid-19 support for English regions
12/05/2020 The Government has been urged to provide extra support for cities outside London to deal with the cost of easing lockdown restrictions. |
Southern cities provide more jobs for low-skilled workers than in the North
07/03/2019 Employment opportunities are greater for low-skilled workers in southern English cities than those in the North or Midlands, a think tank has discovered. |
British cities bear the brunt of austerity, think tank reveals
28/01/2019 A think tank has called for an end to local government austerity as it reveals that Whitehall cuts have hit cities twice as hard as the rest of Britain. |
UK cities have 'more than recovered', says latest index
01/11/2018 Improving skills levels and new business formation have been the key long-term drivers of city growth since the financial crisis, according to analysts. |
Whitehall 'neglecting' smaller cities and towns, report warns
03/10/2018 The Government’s focus on major cities ‘neglects’ the contribution that smaller cities, towns and communities can make to economic growth, according to study. |
May announces £840m public transport investment
28/09/2018 Prime minister Theresa May has announced £840m investment in public transport links as part of the £1.7bn Transforming Cities Fund. |
City leaders call on PM to take action on air pollution
28/08/2018 Leaders of the UK’s major cities have joined forces to urge Theresa May to take ‘tough and urgent’ action to deal with air pollution. |
Support cities for a £200bn boost to the economy, says Key Cities
27/06/2018 Key cities could add a further £214bn to the economy over the next decade if the Government supports them to raise productivity to the national average, the Key Cities Group has said. |
Think tank warns struggling high streets are 'too reliant on retail'
26/06/2018 City centres must swap shops for offices, housing and public space if they are to prosper, according to a leading think tank. |
Cities must embrace technological change to prosper in future
18/06/2018 As we stand on the cusp of another age of automation, Andrew Carter says cities need to prepare and adapt to the coming changes to prosper in the future. |
Tax-raising powers for mayors could help reduce health inequalities, report says
15/06/2018 A leading research group has called for cities to be given more powers to help improve public health. |
Tough decisions needed to protect commercial heart of cities
11/04/2018 As urban centres change transform, the priority should be on protecting and expanding the commercial space in city centres, rather than encouraging more residential development, argues Andrew Carter. |
City regions get £1.7bn funding boost to transform transport
20/11/2017 Prime minister Theresa May was today announcing major new government backing for UK research and development in industry and transport between cities. |
Prosperous cities to be hit ‘hardest’ by Brexit, think tank says
27/07/2017 Relatively prosperous cities will be hardest hit by the 'economic shock' of Brexit, according to researchers. |
Jobs boom in cities accompanied by low urban wages, report reveals
25/01/2016 Nearly a million new jobs have been created in British cities since 2010, but the average salary has decreased, according to a new report from Centre for Cities. |
This issue of Public Property examines how how flexible workspaces can lead the way in regeneration for local authorities, Why local authority intervention is key to successful urban regeneration schemes and if the Government’s challenge of embracing beauty is an opportunity for communities.
The March issue also takes a closer look at Blackburn with Darwen Council's first digital health hub to help people gain control over health and care services.
