press releases 2007
UK must drive innovation beyond 'golden triangle'
Date: 13/12/2007
In December NESTA released Innovation and the city: How innovation has developed in five city-regions. This was written for NESTA by the Centre for Cities.
Cities Outlook 2008: More jobs in Northern cities, but still a long way to go
Date: 10/12/2007
Our latest research shows that half of the UK's most improved cities, in terms of employment growth, are in the north. But with below average employment rates, these northern improvers still have a long way to go.
New research shows ';hidden' economic benefits of city transport investment go uncounted
Date: 28/11/2007
New research reveals up to a quarter of the ‘hidden’ economic benefits of investing in city transport are uncounted by transport planners.
Housing experts to testify before MPs
Date: 27/11/2007
A panel of Housing experts will testify before a cross-party committee of MPs and Peers next Monday 3rd December to give their verdict on the Government’s proposals to deliver 3 million new homes by 2020.
New report into the North East economy
Date: 19/11/2007
A new report by the Centre for Cities and ippr north looks at the North East economy, one year on from recommendations by the OECD.
Regions should be doing more to reap economic benefits from London
Date: 12/11/2007
New report on London’s economy from the Centre for Cities exposes wide regional disparities.
New beginnings
Date: 29/10/2007
The Centre for Cities is now a fully independent research institute, located in new offices on London's South Bank.
Centre for Cities response to City's report on London's economy
Date: 17/10/2007
In response to the City of London's report on London's Place in the UK Economy 2007-08, Dermot Finch (Director, Centre for Cities) said:
Party Conferences 2007
Date: 09/10/2007
Centre for Cities will be running a double series of fringe events at all three party conferences this autumn.
The Vital City
Date: 12/09/2007
This is a major conference on the theme of The Vital City being held under the auspices of the European Urban Research Association. Paula Lucci, Researcher at the Centre for Cities, will be presenting a paper co-authored with Max Nathan on 'The 'Consumer Economy' in UK Cities: An Economically Sustainable Strategy?'.
Local business rate top-up could hold the key to better transport and economic growth; new figures from the Centre for Cities
Date: 28/08/2007
Gaps in Britain’s urban transport systems and other infrastructure needs could be filled if our cities were able to raise and spend more of their own money, according to a new report published today (Tuesday) by the Centre for Cities.
Centre for Cities response to Rail White Paper
Date: 24/07/2007
Commenting on the launch of today’s Rail White Paper, Dermot Finch, Director Centre for Cities, said:
Radical regeneration reform needed, says new parliamentary report
Date: 19/07/2007
A new parliamentary report out today is calling for a radical overhaul of regeneration policy to tackle investment in deprived areas.
Research has shown that investment in run-down communities can be more profitable than investing in well-off areas, but preconceptions over crime and inadequate infrastructure put developers off investing.
Centre for Cities response to Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration
Date: 17/07/2007
Responding to the Sub-National Review of Economic Development and Regeneration, announced this afternoon, Dermot Finch, Director of the Centre for Cities, said:
England's 'two track' cities show different growth
Date: 09/07/2007
England’s cities are growing but at two different rates, according to a new report published today (Monday) by the Centre for Cities at ippr. The report includes a new index of performance indicators which combine different measures of employment, population and skills.
City leaders call on Prime Minister Brown to empower England's cities and towns
Date: 25/06/2007
Prime Minister Gordon Brown should give England’s major cities new powers, according to the Core Cities Group and the Centre for Cities. In a letter to Gordon Brown to be sent on Thursday, the leaders of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield will urge him to give cities new powers over transport, economic development, housing and skills and the ability to raise more of their own cash.
Heseltine's City Task Force
Date: 15/06/2007
Responding to Lord Heseltine’s proposal to introduce directly-elected mayors in England’s cities, Dermot Finch, Director Centre for Cities, said...
Cities need greater financial freedom to improve transport
Date: 21/05/2007
England’s cities need new fund-raising powers in order to pursue much needed local transport improvements, according to a new report published today (Monday) by the Centre for Cities at ippr.
Centre for Cities reaction to the Lyons Report on Local Government
Date: 21/03/2007
Dermot Finch, Director Centre for Cities, said, 'Ministers should now implement Sir Michael's short-term recommendations – especially supplementary business rates, extra funding flexibility for local councils, and proposals to make Council Tax clearer and fairer."
Whitehall bureaucracy stifles transport improvements
Date: 26/02/2007
All Party Urban Development Group Press Release reacting to crisis in transport improvements caused as the reason that city councils are refused to fund essential transport projects
Manchester super-casino is a good call - but the benefits are not guaranteed
Date: 30/01/2007
The Centre for Cities warns that Manchester must be realistic about the potential costs and benefits of hosting the UK's first super-casino, and quickly begin a clear forward strategy in order to maximise the regeneration boost it could bring.
Blackpool should host UK's first super-casino
Date: 29/01/2007
Britain's first super-casino should be located in Blackpool, according to the Centre for Cities, an urban research unit based at ippr.
