The annual SURF conference took place in Edinburgh on the 1st September 2016. The theme for this year’s conference was Local poverty, national wealth: resourcing regeneration. Delegates came from a range of organisations across Scotland, including local authorities, the Scottish ....
By Steven McGinty In May, ‘Bristol is Open’ was named as a leading smart city, just behind London, in Huawei UK’s Smart Cities Index. In the same month, Bristol is Open was also announced as Smart City Innovator of the ....
A new report on the instructive role of failure has been published this summer by the Institute for Government. Failing Well describes the experiences of four previously failing public services organisations which managed to turn their services around. Introducing the ....
By Heather Cameron ‘Uncertainty and volatility’ – these were two key terms highlighted at a recent event focusing on the impact of Brexit on the economy, hosted by STEP Stirling. Following the historic decision of the UK to leave the ....
