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Internet Access Review

Sheffield Community Network recently launched their Internet Access Review. It shows how the Sheffield Community Network is engaged with the current and future ecology of UK ICT provision to deliver social gain objectives whilst facing an uncertain economic climate.

Download your copy here http://integreatplus.com/sites/default/files/Internet_Access_Review.pdf

Design Network: Improving the availability of Design Review

Integreat Plus and the Design Network present a prospectus for quality housing growth.

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Hull Trawlermens Memorial - Design Competition launched

Design competition launched for a memorial to remember the 6000 trawler men from Hull who have lost their lives

We're looking for an Urbanist...

We are looking to recruit an urbanist with excellent design and visual communication skills to join the Integreat Plus team.

Report on Responsible Recovery by Julian Dobson

This report produced for the think tank ResPublica challenges the 'strivers and skivers' view that politicians all too often present. It argues that people who live in disadvantaged, poor and deprived neighbourhoods should be able to develop their own solutions to poverty and injustice. It recommends actions for central, local government, housing providers and local communities.

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Glasgow wins £24 million of “smart city” Government funding

A grant of £24 million grant has been offered to Glasgow by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a body which was set up by the government in 2007 to stimulate technology-enabled innovation.

Design Network Launched!

 

Eight not-for-profit organisations that promote better places have come together to form The Design Network.

European Second Tier Cities in Austerity: Why Invest Beyond the Capital?

A new report from Liverpool John Moores University's European Institute for UrbanAffairs answers a single crucial question. Why should policy makers invest beyond the capital cities in an age of austerity?

Based on an analysis of over 150 European cities, it argues that over-investment in capital and under-investment in second tier cities is unsustainable and leads to economic under-performance.