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Comic timing - Comedian in 24-hour creative event

27 June 2008

Actor and comedian Steve Coogan together with a host of other leading creative figures, including novelist Irvine Welsh and Tom Bloxham, chair of developer Urban Splash, took part in a 24-hour talking marathon last week to promote Manchester's creative industries.

City unitary areas to be investigated

15 February 2008

The best scale for unitary authorities proposed by Exeter, Ipswich and Norwich is to be assessed by the body that reviews local government boundaries in England, the Government revealed last week.

RDAs get investment tool go-ahead

15 February 2008

Regional development agencies have been given the green light by the Government to draw up plans to use a new Brussels-backed investment tool for urban areas, Regeneration & Renewal has learned.

Peripheral problems

By Sir Peter Hall

18 January 2008

Areas in core cities are improving at the expense of places further out.

SW told to raise its homes target

18 January 2008

The planned rate of housebuilding in the South-West should be raised by over a fifth to more than 28,000 new homes a year, a government-appointed panel has told the South-West Regional Assembly.

Birmingham fears over homes grant

18 January 2008

A proposed £510 million government fund to encourage councils to raise housebuilding targets in their areas is biased against major urban areas, Birmingham City Council claimed this week.

Midlands plans backed

18 January 2008

Plans to focus future growth in the Black Country on four strategic centres were endorsed this week by the Government.

Courting controversy

4 January 2008

A review of three issues which sparked debate in Regeneration & Renewal during 2007.

2007 round-up: England

14 December 2007

Out with the old; in with the new-ish. With his familiar winning grin reduced to something more akin to a pained grimace, in June Tony Blair shut the door on...

2007 round-up: Northern Ireland

14 December 2007

The return of the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont in May after a five-year suspension brought major change to the province. With UK and Irish premiers Tony Blair and Bertie...