Regeneration

Could Portas be just the catalyst my neighbourhood needs?

My neighbourhood, Bedminster, has been named as one of 12 Portas pilots in the face of huge competition from 370 larger towns and cities.

Communities Economic Development Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

The government needs a strategy for growth – why?

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A permanent home for temporary initiatives

Communities Good Local Economics Regeneration

Varying unemployment across UK cities shows we’re Europe in a microcosm

Communities Economic Development Local Government Regeneration

What now for Labour’s neighbourhoods?

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Indy Johar: reinventing the corner shop

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

Finance Good Local Economics Local Government Regeneration

In diamond jubilee year let’s create a network of ‘Elizabeth’ parks

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Culture-led regeneration in an age of austerity

2012 is shaping up to be an interesting year for culture in the UK. The 2012 Olympics and Cultural Olympiad are providing a welcome boost to attention and spending on culture and sport, but these are offset by continuing austerity, economic gloom and some rather Dads Army-esque political shenanigans over pasties, grannies and gay marriage. It would be easy to write culture off as a luxury of the past, no longer relevant in a time of such economic and political uncertainty.