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SmartCitiesWorld News: How micromobility is changing European cities
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] At a glance Who: the Sustainable Urban Transitions Lab, a Europe-wide programme between ETH Zürich and the Bolt...
Latest News | Enterprise Ireland: €18 million Smart Regions Investment designed to Boost Regional Enterprise
Source: Latest News | Enterprise Ireland Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Significant investment in regional projects in artificial intelligence (AI), agritech and food, sustainability, insurance...
Local Economies (UK): Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Jillian Ambrose and agencies Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Energy companies have been given the green light to spend £28bn on Great Britain’s gas and electricity grids,...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Latest cities announced for EU peer learning programme
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Latest cities announced for EU peer learning programmeCartagena in Spain is one of the fourth cohort of cities to be...
Local Economies (UK): Child poverty strategy will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of hardship – biggest gains in North West and Yorkshire, finds IPPR
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Rosie Okumbe Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Responding to the government’s child poverty strategy, Professor Ashwin Kumar, director of research and policy at IPPR, said:“After...
Local Economies (UK): Over half a million children to be lifted out of poverty as government unveils historic child poverty strategy
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] New strategy to lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030 – delivering the largest reduction in child poverty since records began...
Combined Authorities (England): Bradford’s retrofitting sector bringing in millions for local economy
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-02 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] A report by Green Economy has revealed that Bradford's domestic retrofit industry contributed £334 million to the economy in...
Local Economies (UK): RWE to build its largest UK battery energy storage facility
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-01 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] RWE to build its largest UK battery energy storage facility Published by Jessica Casey, Editor Energy Global, Monday, 01 December 2025...
Local Economies (UK): ‘Posh-poor divide’: the rise in areas of England where wealth and deprivation appear side by side
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Jessica Murray and Michael Goodier Date published: 2025-12-01 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The homes of people in Nunsthorpe, a postwar former council housing estate known locally as “The Nunny”, sit...
Local Economies (UK): ‘If we want a stronger, fairer and more globally competitive music industry, the answer lies in partnership.’
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-01 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] PRS Foundation was founded in 2000 by our major donor, PRS for Music, in recognition that, despite the abundance of talented music...
Econ Dev Show Podcast – Economic Development: Economic Development 200: How Colorado Springs Competes Globally with Johnna Reeder Kleymeyer
Source: Econ Dev Show Podcast - Economic Development Author: unknown Date published: 2025-11-30 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Social Network Quick Links View original article at:
Combined Authorities (England): Interim CEO appointed for the Greater Essex Combined Authority
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-11-30 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Following the recent decision to create a mayoral combined authority in Essex, Tom Walker has been appointed as interim chief...