New PM Andy Burnham cut business rates for pubs and clubs, which was a good start. However, much needs to be done to help businesses operating at night.
- Professor of Urban Resilience and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol
Residents across the world have seen how the pandemic has ushered in changes – shall and big – to the way their cities look and function.
Melbourne and Sydney are members of 100 Resilient CIties, which the Rockefeller Foundation has said it will no longer fund. So what has the global network achieved? And what can we learn from this?
An expert in urban leadership reports from the UN General Assembly’s high-level conference.
Australia has lagged behind some other countries in its investment in smart cities, but in retrospect that may not have been such a bad thing.
Cities are realising that having great nightlife is not just about entertainment – it also means a 24-hour economy.
It’s critical to protect London’s European connections from Brexit’s isolationism - could independence be the way forward?
It is Tokyo, after all. It was nearly 6am when a few thousand supporters gathered at Komazawa stadium, one of the key venues for Tokyo’s 1964 games, exploded in celebration as International Olympic Committee…
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