We are delighted to report that the training day for local volunteers taking part in the pilot held on Saturday 6th April was a great success. The approach we have developed with Broadland District Council to undertaking our pilot is reliant upon empowering local volunteers and traini

We are delighted to have been appointed by Acle Parish Council to help them undertake a Neighbourhood Plan. Further information is available by visiting the new project page on our website by following this link.

Brackley Town Council, working with South Northamptonshire Council, has recently commissioned local specialist stone masons to undertake a programme of minor repairs to the Town Hall external masonry. The repairs, which were identified during regular monitoring of the condition of the

To learn more about the work we have been doing with West Northamptonshire Development Corporation and Camlin Lonsdale on the Foot Meadow in Northampton, please take a look at the new project page by following this link.

We are delighted to have been commissioned to work with Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership to develop a round four Regional Growth Fund bid for Northamptonshire’s high performance technology sector. Following on from providing support for their successful round three applic

Have a look at our new project page for the lecture we have recently given for Writtle School of Design by following this link.

To learn more about progress on Reepham Economic Strategy please follow this link to the project newsletter.

We are all familiar with the difficulties faced by retail tenants locked into short and medium term fixed leases, faced with static overheads (at best) and sustained weak demand.  Rents and rates are often simply too much and it is no coincidence that this is one of the most common re

Acle Academy and Acle Parish Council are delighted to announce the creation of two Youth Ambassador roles, to increase liaison between local young people and the Parish Councillors. At the January 2013 Parish Council meeting, Councillors voted in favour of inviting two Youth Ambassado

The Guardian small business network is doing a love Q&A for retail businesses at 1pm today. The event will look at ways in which retail businesses can survive in a downturn. Tomorrow the theme for the Q&A is online retail for small businesses. Have a look at the following link