From designing a clean recovery to a night time safety app – ADEPT celebrates success at annual awards

The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) President’s awards took place virtually today, celebrating the outstanding achievements of ADEPT members and partners across the country. This year’s awards categories were: Delivering Clean Growth, Digital Innovation and Technology, and Shaping Places for People. The Delivering Clean Growth category, sponsored by…

ADEPT’s new president calls for a radical, far reaching national housing policy

A radical new policy is needed, which must be fit for purpose in a post-Covid environment and address climate change, health and inequality. Paula Hewitt, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT) also warned against imposing formula-driven targets on local authorities. ADEPT’s…

South West Business Council appoints new board members

The South West Business Council (SWBC) has added further quality and diversity to its board with the appointment of new members, Jabo Butera, Justin Olosunde and Martin Williams. Jabo Butera is the co-founder and Managing Director of Diversity Business Incubator, a community interest company that provides comprehensive and sustainable business…

Live Labs White Paper #3 – a new approach to monitoring & evaluation

The ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Places and Transport) SMART Places Live Labs Programme has published its third white paper, A New Approach to Monitoring & Evaluation. The Live Labs approach to monitoring and evaluation has been co-designed with Proving Services, a research organisation based at Cranfield University. It…