Spring 2010

Welcome to the Spring Edition of e-generis, the bi-annual newsletter of Regeneris Consulting, featuring analysis of topical issues in economic development and regeneration, industry comment and news from our business...

Turning Culture into Capital

Stephen Nicol, an advisor to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on the UK City of Culture 2013 competition, asks how effective culture is as a tool for regeneration and has some advice on how best to use it. [read more]

Rolling out the Digital Revolution

With broadband speeds in the UK slower than some of our competitors, Simon Hooton asks if there is a case for public sector intervention to develop new networks - or if it should be left to market forces. [read more]

Helping to see the Wood for the Trees

Regeneris Consulting consultant Tim Fanning outlines a recent project to assess the value of the benefits that The Mersey Forest (TMF) offers to local people and the broader economy. [read more]

The Future for Financial Services

Once a priority source of high value, high salary and high skill jobs, the financial services sector has gone from hero to zero in the past two years. Director Dr Jim Coleman assesses whether rehabilitation is on the horizon. [read more]

The Belfast Experience

In November 2009, Regeneris Consulting made a two day visit to Belfast for our annual awayday - part of our ongoing drive to learn from practitioners elsewhere. See what we found out! [read more]

Exploding the Myths of the Media Zone

Creative quarters are part of the regeneration toolkit across the UK. Stephen Nicol asks whether the public sector can successfully build such locations from scratch – and if creative businesses really need to ‘cluster’. [read more]