Centre for Cities welcomes the first round of City Deals

A new report published today by Centre for Cities calls on mid-sized cities and the Government to work together to create a new investment fund focused on making city centres more attractive to...

How could your city be affected by the crisis in the Eurozone?  New research out today found that the places that have a combination of high levels of domestic enterprise and strong...

The Government needs to provide further rail investment to support economic growth, according to a coalition of business and transport groups. The British Chambers of Commerce, Campaign for...

Making the Grade, a new report out today by Centre for Cities and supported by the British Council for Offices, shows that there is a striking mismatch between where offices are needed in the UK...

Responding to the statement from Eric Pickles on business rate reform, Centre for Cities’ Chief Executive Alexandra Jones said: “We welcome the introduction of 50 percent additional...

New research by Centre for Cities warns that unless cities can grow their local economies, they will see their budgets fall even further in the years ahead, potentially putting the provision of public services in jeopardy.

Responding to the results of the Mayoral Referenda which saw Bristol vote yes, and Birmingham, Bradford, Coventry, Nottingham, Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield and Newcastle vote no, Alexandra Jones said:

Data compiled by Centre for Cities illustrates the size of the task in hand for mayors Elected mayors will have some of the tools to drive real change in the cities that elect them, but they...

New research published today by Centre for Cities calls on the Government to establish a national fund for urban development to drive forward major projects like city centre redevelopment, office buildings and houses.