Last night my cousin Polly and I cooked up a brilliant (we think) idea for London to eradicate single use coffee cups (Khan’s Cups!). We are not successful innovators, nor likely to be. But she and I are both dyed-in-the-wool …
Imagine a world where… Imagine a world where food orders are securely delivered direct to your car boot while you work. Or maybe you’ve given up on owning a car and use a car club which is all electric and …
Major cities around the globe are currently struggling to cope with the need to: improve infrastructure deliver public services cope with changing demographics At the same time, it is widely recognised that cities can be the engines of future economic …
You may be aware of the Higher Education and Research bill currently making its way through Parliament. This (amongst other things) looks to implement the recommendations made by Paul Nurse in his review of the research and innovation landscape. For …
City focus Most of us either live in, work in, or visit cities regularly. They are engines of growth and by 2050, are expected to be home to 70% of the worlds population. With such rapid population growth, our cities …
It’s hard to imagine the modern world without infrastructure. Think about what we rely upon every day: energy transport digital connectivity Infrastructure is the both the backbone and the nervous system of society and the economy. So it’s vital that …
JG Ballard, expats and cities JG Ballard’s novel ‘Cocaine Nights’ centres on an apparently utopian British expat resort in Spain, Estrella Del Mar, in which life flows happily and seamlessly, and there is nothing to worry about. Then an arson …
Our Urban Living team has been funding and supporting the creation of smart and future cities throughout the UK. As urbanisation increases, it is clear that UK cities need to innovate and work together to create more sustainable, better connected, more secure, healthier, …
Cities are made up of a collection of buildings right? So it makes sense to have a team that covers both? As Head of Urban Living & Built Environment at Innovate UK I have found there are parallels to draw …
Last week, at Bristol Festival of the Future City, we launched our Future Cities Demonstrator report and invited a panel of Urban Living experts across the UK to discuss the benefits and disadvantages of city demonstrators. Advantages and disadvantages of …
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