Why academia and business can learn more from each other
On 10th October 2018 at Senate House, University of London, I had the pleasure of assisting in the organisation and chairing of an event titled ‘Data Analytics, Innovation and th
A review of data across GB town centres 2013-18
A review of economic, retail, and property market data across Great Britain relevant to the function and performance of town centres. Download here.
Are your people P.E.O.P.L.E.?
August is for many people a quieter work month or one where you take some well-deserved holiday, farmers excepted! As such I thought I would pen a few words on one of my passions i
Are you and your property investment data fit for purpose?
Time For A Change In Direction? One of the main characteristics of this last real estate investment cycle has been the growth in cross border capital flows that has had a huge impa
Why Westminster can’t save the UK high street
Guest blog by Bill Grimsey. First appeared in Daily Telegraph on 4th July 2018 when #GrimseyReview2 was launched at the Local Government Association conference in Birmingham, UK. M
The Grimsey Review 2 (2018)
The Grimsey Review 2 ‘It’s time to reshape our town centres’ was published in July 2018. It is a ‘five years on’ follow up to the 2013 Grimsey Review
Who is leading change in your organisation – technology, data or people?
The answer should be people leading change empowered by technology and data. The reality is that in many organisations people are not sufficiently skilled to harness the power of t
Data science and technology is identifying the needs for over a million Electric Vehicles in the UK
This is a guest blog by Alice Goudie from Emu Analytics, a massively innovative and capable company in London, that shows how data science, mapping and analysis will help drive a b
Data in action that is creating a vibrant Belgian town
In 2013 I was involved in co-authoring The Grimsey Review – An alternative future for our high streets. Again in 2018 we are doing #GrimseyReview2 which will look at the firs
Where is Roeselare and why are the #GrimseyReview2 team visiting it this week- part 1
This week four members of the #GrimseyReview2 team will visit a town in Belgium. Why I hear you ask? It might seem odd in this time of BREXIT getting all the attention that a team