Blast from the Past: City Markets
‘Rebalancing’ remains a mantra for Government. But the scales still tip towards our most affluent cities.
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Detroit’s Bankruptcy: Where did it all go wrong?
£12 billion. That’s the amount of bad debt the US city of Detroit had when it filed for bankruptcy this week—roughly equal to the yearly revenue spending of Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds combined. So, how does a city get itself into that position?
Small Business Outlook 2013
SMEs are important to city economies. We look at the challenges they face.
London 2030: Tackling growth challenges
Now is a good time to debate London’s future. Major reports, setting the policy agenda, have been published in the last few weeks...
Why do mid-sized cities matter?
Can you name the largest city in England? London, of course. The next largest? A little harder, but Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Bristol, and Nottingham slip fairly easily off the tongue...
Mid-Sized Cities
This report looks at how closer collaboration of the 26 largest cities after the Core Cities might benefit the national economy.
Should we send businesses back to the library?
In our recent policy briefing we argued that the current business support system is too complex to be efficiently managed, accessed and navigated.
Blast from the past: Innovation, science and the city
In the current environment of rising unemployment, economic stagnation and the search for growth, previous research can shed some light on the role that universities can play in our city economies.
Driving growth: supporting businesses in Coventry and Warwickshire
This report assesses how business and innovation can best be supported in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Business support: more is not always better
The new Centre for Cities policy briefing looks at state funded business support in the UK and reveals that current system needs simplification and re-structuring.