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SmartCitiesWorld News: Manchester outlines vision for a ‘smarter’ city and economy
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-16 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Manchester City Council has launched a report that aims to explore the current and future role of the Tech for Good...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Six cities named as European Capital of Innovation finalists
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-15 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Six cities named as European Capital of Innovation finalistsRotterdam, one of the finalists, has positioned itself...
African Centre for Cities: URBAN 2063 Special Report “An Unstoppable Force” now available
Source: African Centre for Cities Author: Belisa Rodrigues Date published: 2025-10-15 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] URBAN2063 SPECIAL REPORT | Africa’s cities are at a tipping point. Rapid growth, informal work, and underinvestment have...
News: Liverpool City Region Growth Plan is 10-year blueprint to boost the economy
Source: News Author: unknown Date published: 2025-10-15 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Liverpool City Council Leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, joined Mayor Steve Rotheram and other city region leaders today to launch a ‘bold and ambitious’...
Local Economies (UK): All-island Cluster Development at Global Clustering Conference
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-10-15 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The advancement of all-island cluster development was endorsed by the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, and First Minister, Michelle O’Neill,...
𝗧𝗵𝗲 **𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀** 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
Let's cut the fanfare. Economic Development is not a press release, its not a claim of a golden future in a manifesto or strategy. It's a job, on the ground, in a neighbourhood. In the UK, we've perfected the art of the launch event—the glossy, aspirational strategy,...
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 ‘𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮’ 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
You have a brilliant economic development plan. You present it to the City Council, the Board, or the Regiona/State Committee, and it dies a slow, bureaucratic death. Why? Because getting the green light to proceed in economic development is a game of two halves: 1)...
𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨
At Economic Development World, we like to think "what if" and how we'd respond professionally to a challenge. Here's our thoughts on this one - what would you do? 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 £𝟤𝟢𝟢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Sunderland hosts inaugural Smart City Symposium
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-14 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Sunderland hosts inaugural Smart City SymposiumSunderland Spire Bridge smart cities AdobeSunderland is bringing...