Ingham Pinnock Associates (IPA) have been appointed to help Acle plan for its future.  IPA will be undertaking research and consultation over the next month or so before identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the village.  The output of this will be a set of practical recommendat

We are delighted to have been appointed to work with Acle Parish Council to develop an economic development led masterplan for the village of Acle, Norfolk. Acle is situated at the gateway to the Norfolk Broads and is a delightful Norfolk village with many attributes.  However, as wit

DCLG announced yesterday a new £10 million fund to support communities develop Neighbourhood Plans.  It appears tht the Department has increased the level of funding available for each community from £20k to £30k.  For further information go to http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/newsr

ONS releases revised Q2 GDP results.  The revised release again shows that the original figures were off the mark. Aren’t the original figures too important for this to consistently be the case?  For a fuller breakdown go to http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/naa2/second-estimate-of-

The deadline for the Big Lottery Village SOS Fund of 12th September is fast approaching.  Bids from community groups in villages with a population under 3000 for funding of between £10k and £15k are invited.  This is a rare and significant fund that can support social and economic dev

Aylsham is launching some exciting and interesting new ideas for the market place, the following press release has been issued by ABEF: Aylsham Market Place is growing. ABEF are working in partnership with Broadland District Council, Aylsham Town Council and Aylsham Cittaslow committe

We are delighted to be working alongside Shared Intelligence conducting some research in to High Street regeneration.

Pickles has outlined plans for expert planning brokers to help local authorities renegotiate s106 agreements on stalled sites. The following excerpt has been taken from the DCLG press release regarding this new scheme, to read the full article please follow this link. Expert brokers w

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Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership received confirmation from BIS that the RGF 3 bid in relation to the high performance technology sector has been selected to proceed to the next stage.  A final announcement about the successful applications will be made later in the Autumn.  Fo