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Eurocities report on cities’ strategies against homelessness: The integrated chain approach
Posted on: 19 February 2013
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Report from Barcelona, Bergen, Munich, Newcastle, Oslo, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Utrecht and Vienna on how they deal with homelessness.
The economic, social and cultural impact of the City arts and culture cluster
Posted on: 19 February 2013
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This research report, prepared for the City of London Corporation by BOP Consulting, explores the range of benefits that derive from the City’s arts and culture cluster. Yet the benefits that flow from the arts and culture cluster go beyond the economic. The research quantifies how these organisations allow the City to reach out to surrounding boroughs and provide invaluable learning, enrichment and volunteering opportunities for people of all ages, as well as analysing the access these places provide for the City’s residents, workers and visitors to a vibrant and diverse range of world class cultural activities.
Delivering flood and coastal schemes and projects: Funding and partnerships -Opportunities and emerging lessons. London, 30 January 2013
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This is the annual conference of the CIWEM (The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management) Rivers and Coastal Group. Presentations are available online.
Poland Meetings and Events Industry
Posted on: 18 February 2013
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The Poland Convention Bureau holds market reports for the meetings and events industry in Poland, including information on the cities of Warsaw and Krakow.
Zero carbon strategies for tomorrow’s new homes
Posted on: 18 February 2013
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The UK Government has set out an ambitious plan for all new homes to be zero carbon from 2016. This guide, published by the Zero Carbon Hub, uses newly built housing schemes to illustrate the approaches that a house builder could take to meet the expected 2016 zero carbon requirements. It provides specification details allowing each scheme to be categorised as a Balanced, Extreme Fabric or Extreme Low Carbon Technology approach.
The reshaping of retail
Posted on: 18 February 2013
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The total number of shops in the UK will fall by more than 10% by the end of the decade, according to a report commissioned by Hammerson from retail consultant Conlumino. The report finds that pressures on spending, and the continuing rise of multi-channel retail will cause floorspace to shrink by 5.7% to 527m sq ft by 2020. Retail spending, however, is likely to increase in the period to 2022, as the twin influences of smartphones and an ageing population exert themselves over the direction of sales growth.
The draft Anti-social Behaviour Bill: pre-legislative scrutiny
Posted on: 18 February 2013
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This report from the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee looks at the proposals set out in the government’s draft Anti-Social Behaviour Bill, published on 13 December 2012. This includes the role of social landlords in tackling anti-social behaviour.
Cycle City Ambition Grants
Posted on: 18 February 2013
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On 30 January 2013, the Minister, Norman Baker, announced $42 million of investment in cycling which would comprise of two elements – an urban element and an element for rural areas covered by a national park. The cycle city ambition grants guidance details the scope of the fund, the assessment criteria and the application process. The application form and pro forma templates are both required when submitting a bid for cycle city ambition grant funding.
Cycling in national parks grants
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This guidance links communities guidance on applications for grants to support cycling in national parks.
Unique Venues of London : A year in review
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Unique Venues of London has issued this Conference News Supplement, looking back at 2012.
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