An essential ingredient for place making. How can communities and local government work together to make local life fun and enriching and attract visitors for economic development?
The night-time economy makes a key contribution to the UK economy and employment but has confronted numerous challenges including the changing nature of the high street, the pandemic and cost of living crisis. This briefing considers the role of local authorities in managing, regulating and supporting local night-time economies.
In this week's Global Local, we're looking at how music can foster social cohesion, cultural identity and wellbeing.
Music has always been an integral part of human societies. This briefing looks at how music, particularly live music, can foster social cohesion, cultural traditions and identity, and health and wellbeing. It discusses how local government can support music participation, drawing on evidence and examples from around the world.
The England women’s football team narrowly lost the football world cup final to Spain in Australia last weekend. Our England commissioning editor, Peter Smith, shares his thoughts on what lessons we can draw from the tournament.
This briefing explains the two key concepts of the economic consequences of investment, in the context of parkland and public open space investment, and the role of economic analysis in informed decision-making.
Councils in Scotland should soon have the power to charge tourists who stay overnight a visitor levy. With legislation before the Scottish Parliament, this briefing looks at how the levy will work and what it might mean for local authorities.
Tourist taxes are increasingly common in parts of the world, but how much do they raise and what are they designed to achieve? A new briefing looks at the option of taxing visitors to a city or country and the role local government can potentially play in ensuring they are effective.
How local authorities can support tourism for heritage, sustainability and economic development.
Increasingly, councils are tasked with balancing the health and wellbeing benefits of their community sports assets with a tougher financial outlook. In this article, Glen Eira City Council, Australia, shares how they’ve risen to the challenge while redeveloping an old swimming pool.
Next up in our series of articles showcasing the latest local government innovation from the Chambers Ireland 2022 Excellence in Local Government Awards, Clare County Council tells us about the success of Ennis MELA.
