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Creative Business Mentor Network 2012
We have recently announced the results of our matchmaking in this year’s Creative Business Mentor Network. From an impressive array of applications, 25 companies were selected from sectors ranging from...
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Creative Business Mentor Network: Welcome Workshop
A few weeks ago we hosted a Welcome Workshop for all memebers of this year’s Creative Business Mentor Network. Here are some photos to give a sense of the event – if it looks like people were talking...
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Mapping our Creative Business Mentor Network
View Larger Map Our Creative Business Mentor Network spans the UK. This map shows exactly where all each of our 25 companies are based.
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Independent films meet individual choice
By Gillian Easson Are you thinking of going to the cinema tonight to see that new independent film you’ve heard about? Although I am a big fan of supporting local film theatres and I really enjoy the...
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Connecting civic change agents
Six forward-thinking city authorities across Europe are currently working with talented data technologists and designers to leverage technology to innovate their services. The Code for Europe...
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Show me the Money – the size of the UK hyperlocal media advertising market
When we began our programme Destination Local – designed to understand and to stimulate activity in the UK’s nascent hyperlocal media industry – there was a lot of assertion and very little hard...
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Exploring collaborative development in local government
Within my Code for Europe role to explore how to increase civic software reuse, I’ve been looking at a couple of areas: Building an apps catalogue similar to the Code for America Commons, to show civic...
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R&D in the city
I’m not easily impressed with live streamed games of hide and seek. To me, they have never seemed to live up to the promise of the first internet-age, genre-busting programme Wanted (full disclosure...
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A common civic platform for Europe
Today, Nesta and our partners launch EuropeCommons.org. The site is a catalogue of civic software and services across Europe that help governments work better. By capturing applications and...
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But is it Hyperlocal?
While running our Destination Local programme, we often debate about the scope and nature of hyperlocal media. It’s such a new term that a number of very different types of service get described as...
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