Sheffield Chamber of Commerce’s Post

It was great to interview the Housing Minister last week and have a conversation about housing in the North West. Getting a government perspective on such an important topic was really interesting, and I look forward to seeing how the future shapes up with all the hard work taking place within the region! #HousingLeaders #HousingLinkNW #housingnews

Have your say on the city! The Town and City Centre Survey is now live giving you an unique opportunity to share your views on Sheffield. This survey is part of the British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey, that allows respondents chance to impact local, regional and national policy. Along with the usual questions around workforce levels; recruitment difficulties; cost pressures and cost pressures, this survey has a around the specific focus is on civic centres. Asking your views on the cleanliness, safety, green spaces, retail offer and cultural scene of the nearest town or city centre, while also asking for you to identify their top three priorities for making it a better place to do business. Make a difference, not only for your business but for the entire community. Fill it in now 👉 https://bit.ly/4ae2VfM

How did we decide where and how best we could change the UK’s urban development system to improve health outcomes?     Our new report sets out the methods, data and findings from the first phase of TRUUD.    It spans: 🏙 Mapping and understanding how urban decisions are made ⏹ Where and how we can make interventions, including in national government, law, public engagement, city plans and the private sector 💯 Putting a value on external factors such as air pollution, extreme heat and storms 🔃 Co-ordinating large-scale, highly integrated research, which aims to address complex real world problems Read the report, ‘How can we prevent non-communicable disease and health inequalities resulting from UK city property development and transport planning systems?’ https://bit.ly/48rIpHD Daniel Black Sarah Ayres Holly Bain Habtamu Bashir Geoff Bates Krista Bondy Neil Carhart John Coggon Eleanor Eaton Tracey Farraghar Eleonora Fichera Andy Gibson Matthew Hickman Alistair Hunt Dr Janet Ige Judi Kidger Edward Kirton-Darling Caglar Koksal Anna Le Gouais Clare Millar Kathy Pain Sian Peake-Jones Jane Powell Ges Rosenberg Gabriel Scally Arpana Verma Julia Walton David Williams Jo White Cecilia Wong

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🗺️ Help Put Your City on the Global Map! 🗺️ Report SDG 11.3.2 indicator on civic engagement and participation in your city! We have gathered preliminary results from 158 cities and 66 countries*, but we need more responses to safeguard this key indicator! Please answer the survey and share it with other people in your city and country: https://lnkd.in/dq3Gp3ZF  *Source: UN-Habitat SDG 11.3.2 Indicator Survey until May 14th 2024. Includes 158 cities with at least 3 responses from 2 sectors. By filling out the survey, the people from your country can help us ensure their cities are represented as we want to make sure that every city counts. We will be reporting the official scores in June.    The deadline for submissions is May 31st.  Click here to access the survey:  https://lnkd.in/dhZB-kkt

Here is our report summarising the results of a survey with community housing organisations. This outlines our thoughts on unblocking constraints on the delivery of new social housing in Aotearoa.

Hertfordshire Growth Board has asked people connected to the county to take a short survey. It's a chance for them to share their views on how Hertfordshire's leaders can best focus their efforts. The quick online survey aims to collect public opinions on important areas that can positively influence Hertfordshire's future. People who want to contribute are urged to finish the survey by 📅 10th December for a chance to win a prize🏆 Fill out the survey here👉 https://bit.ly/49yUEns #Hertfordshire #HertsGrowthBoard #HertsResidents #HertsSurvey #BusinessGrowth

🗺️ Help Put Your City on the Global Map! 🗺️ Report SDG 11.3.2 indicator on civic engagement and participation in your city! We have gathered preliminary results from 158 cities and 66 countries*, but we need more responses to safeguard this key indicator! Please answer the survey and share it with other people in your city and country: https://lnkd.in/dq3Gp3ZF  *Source: UN-Habitat SDG 11.3.2 Indicator Survey until May 14th 2024. Includes 158 cities with at least 3 responses from 2 sectors.

[#QUIZ] How Well Do You Know #Alabama?: Take our latest quiz to test your #knowledge of the #state of Alabama as it relates to #economicdevelopment & state #resources. Can you get 100%? #CorporateRealEstate #EconDev #SiteSelection Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

This is long overdue. The National Housing Federation and Chartered Institute of Housing have at last recognised that the right thing for the #socialhousing sector is to pool their resources and hold a single unified annual conference. These events are costly enough and it has becoming increasingly difficult to justify the use of tenants' rents to send board members and executives to attend two rounds of conferences each year that invariably cover overlapping themes. Following their collaboration on the Better Social Housing Review, could this be the next stage towards merger for two organisations which are set to face difficult financial challenges in the next few years? At a time of heightened political and financial pressures, social housing needs one single, clear and unambiguous voice to represent it to government, regions, local councils, politicians. developers and other key stakeholders... Kate Still FCIH FRSA Leslie Channon MA, CIHCM, steve walker Matthew Gardiner Tom Murtha Jim Ripley Lara Oyedele alistair mcintosh martin hilditch Carl Brown Sarah Williams #commonsense #rationalisation