Scotland's infrastructure and capital investment in challenging times: what happens next?

Tuesday 13th June 2023
Scotland's infrastructure and capital investment in challenging times: what happens next?

Scotland's need for capital investment in infrastructure is well researched, documented and signposted.  However, our ability to deliver in core areas such as net zero, transport, housing, digital infrastructure and projects supporting public service delivery is now acutely challenged by the state of our public finances following pandemic, war, recession and budget recklessness.  So, how bad is the picture on our infrastructure prospects and what can be done to prioritise spending, innovate on funding, attract additional investment and find new ways to partner in project delivery?

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Debt Advice, Debt Prevention and Debt Advice Practitioners in Scotland: understanding and meeting the challenges ahead

Tuesday 18th April 2023
Debt Advice, Debt Prevention and Debt Advice Practitioners in Scotland: understanding and meeting the challenges ahead

Debt in Scotland has become a new epidemic. It has claimed more and more individuals and households as the cost of living has risen dramatically and the value of incomes has declined in parallel.  However, for many, options to tighten budgets in order to meet rising costs were already exercised long ago.  There is nowhere left to go.  What advice, support and assistance can be given to the rising number of people falling into debt that they cannot manage?  Can their debt be reduced and stability restored to their living costs?  Can our statutory debt management, debt relief and debt advice resources meet the volume of demand and the scale of need within that demand?

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7th Annual Scottish Transport Conference: delivering reliable joined-up transport for Scotland in a climate of global uncertainty

Tuesday 17th January 2023
7th Annual Scottish Transport Conference: delivering reliable joined-up transport for Scotland in a climate of global uncertainty

Scotland needs a vibrant, joined-up, reliable transport system to fuel economic success and nurture thriving, stable communities. However transport provision and future development now face threats from post-COVID adjustment, new work patterns, outcomes of war-driven economic uncertainty, global inflation and the likely spending consequences of high public debt. So what really lies ahead for transport and where and how should we plan and invest for resilience, reliability and growth in our transport systems and services? How does Scottish transport deliver on demand, affordability and net zero when faced with both a climate of global uncertainty and global uncertainty on climate?

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12th Annual Scottish Rail Conference: the future for rail in Scotland (online)

Tuesday 22nd November 2022
12th Annual Scottish Rail Conference: the future for rail in Scotland (online)

Scotland’s railways have a critical role to play in supporting the wider economy, our communities and Scotland’s push for Net Zero. However, the impact of the past two years presented a fundamental challenge to the scope, viability and purpose of rail as passenger numbers plummeted and travel patterns altered. What therefore needs to happen next to ensure rail in Scotland’s long-term sustainability?

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Scotland’s housing/energy cost crisis: how do we fix it?

Tuesday 23rd August 2022
Scotland’s housing/energy cost crisis: how do we fix it?

Access to an affordable home and the ability to live in it without financial anxiety is one of the most basic needs for any individual or family. However, in Scotland we face a dual crisis - insufficient supply and lack of affordability in housing coupled with a spiralling energy cost emergency. The housing crisis is driven by structural failures in supply. The energy cost crisis results from massive price rises, energy company failures and instability in energy markets. The combination of both of these is toxic to the finances and life chances of families and individuals throughout Scotland. How do governments, local authorities and housing and energy suppliers act to fix this?

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Planning, Place and 20 Minute Neighbourhoods in Scotland - what is the recipe for success? (conference online)

Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Planning, Place and 20 Minute Neighbourhoods in Scotland - what is the recipe for success? (conference online)

The Scottish Government wants to partner with Scottish councils and others to deliver 20 minute neighbourhoods in Scotland. Its intent to do so is included in the 2020-21 Programme for Government and many places in Scotland do seem to have the building blocks needed to become 20 minute neighbourhoods. However the same is also true of many other communities globally – and yet few have so far succeeded. So what does it take to move from just proposing 20 minute neighbourhoods to really delivering them on the ground in Scotland?

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City Centres, Town Centres and High Streets after COVID: Rediscovering localism, redefining purpose

Thursday 15th April 2021
City Centres, Town Centres and High Streets after COVID: Rediscovering localism, redefining purpose

This webinar will explore the effects and consequences of the COVID pandemic for how we live and work in our city and town centres and our high streets. It will examine the opportunities for transformational change in the centre of our urban spaces and will consider current thinking and initiatives to turn threat into opportunity as dramatic structural changes are already unfolding.

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Online

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Rethinking Smart Cities and City Regions After Coronavirus

Tuesday 16th March 2021
Rethinking Smart Cities and City Regions After Coronavirus

This webinar will discuss the immediate and long term effects of coronavirus upon our cities and city-regions with a focus on the potential of data, the meaning of smart cities post-Covid and approaches to smart city region economic recovery in the key engines of our economy.

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Organisational Leadership and Culture During COVID and Beyond: What have we learned in adapting to virtual?

Tuesday 09th February 2021
Organisational Leadership and Culture During COVID and Beyond: What have we learned in adapting to virtual?

Organisations in the public, private and third sectors have all had to cope with new working practices driven by the COVID pandemic. Almost overnight, organisations, teams and individuals have had to move to remote virtual working and to remain that way for most of a year. While trying to continue to fulfil their roles – or learning new ones in response to emergency – staff have been expected to deliver for consumers and customers while also coping with the isolation and disorientation of remote home working.

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Online

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Funding Recovery From Coronavirus: How will we pay?

Tuesday 29th September 2020
Funding Recovery From Coronavirus: How will we pay?

Huge government deficits are being created in order to fund the vast range of support required to keep the economy afloat. How will this debt be paid for in the short, medium and long term and what is the best way to ensure that the associated expenditure most effectively supports the economy, households and a return to growth?

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Online

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