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Public sector debt on the rise

26 November 2004

Public sector debt as a proportion of national output is on the rise again after the frugal years around the turn of the millennium, figures released last week by the Office for National Statistics reveal.

Nationalism threat to Euro dream

26 November 2004

The rise of nationalism is just one of a raft of key challenges that lie ahead for economic regeneration across Europe, a distinguished spatial planning expert warned last week.

Growing rural crafts sector can overtake farming within ten years, says agency

26 November 2004

The influence of the crafts sector on the rural economy could exceed that of farming within ten years, according to new research.

Phoenix award plan for enterprise

26 November 2004

An award to encourage failed entrepreneurs to take a second stab at starting a business is to be launched by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Planning academic backs demands for bigger city regions

26 November 2004

One of the UK's leading planning academics this week joined the calls for revamped metropolitan government.

Attack of the clones?

26 November 2004

A massive new wave of fast-track housebuilding further threatens the local identity of the growth areas unless effective new tools are put in place quickly to build on local character and heritage, says Michael Mehaffy. Under deputy prime minister John Prescott's Sustainable Communities agenda, the South-East is targeted for a wave of 500,000 new homes, and more are on the way elsewhere. Fast-track planning approval processes and offsite production methods are key aspects of the plan, as it seeks to encourage more affordable housing.

Holding the new corporate baby

26 November 2004

Britain's first new Urban Development Corporation in a decade is up and running on the north bank of the Thames. Colin Marrs meets its new chief executive, Niall Lindsay.

History is on the side of the road

26 November 2004

I can see now that the Romans needn't have bothered. They should have stuck to dragging their collective imperial might across the mud and muddle of the territories they so effectively crushed instead of building all those frankly over-rational straight roads through 'em. After all, what good did those bloomin' roads ever do any of us?

Old values are holding us back

26 November 2004

Alongside humour, politeness, snobbishness and the 'bulldog spirit', individuality ranks as one of the characteristics of the British. This is the conclusion of a Mori survey exploring Britishness. It is an unusual piece of work, being entirely based on eight focus groups and some in depth interviews from Britain, India, Italy and the United States.

Time and space open the door to the good life

26 November 2004

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which markets top-quality market information to top-earning companies able to pay top prices to keep ahead in the global marketplace, also releases titbits for us ordinary mortals, just so that we know what we're missing. Last month it covered quality of life in cities, as measured by global expats (Regeneration & Renewal, 1 October, p18). Now it's done the same for countries. And surprise, surprise, it's the same story: nine of the top ten countries are European, as are five of the top 12 cities.