Census Area Profiles The 2011 Census The population Census is conducted every ten years across the United Kingdom – the last Census was in 2011. The survey results help to paint a picture of the nation and how we live, …

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We’re happy to provide an update on progress with the Hub platform and also tell you a bit about Local Open Data: reaping the benefits – a one day event we’re hosting in Manchester on 21st April 2015. Since our …

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This is a slightly edited version of a post originally published on DATA.GOV.UK It’s almost a year since my first post on the DATA.GOV.UK blog, introducing Hampshire Hub – the local information system for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. …

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In the past ‘research’ was sometimes seen as a dirty word in the development sector, with the belief that any amount of money raised should be spent directly on practical aid projects. The issue with this, of course, is that some …

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Version 4 of open supermarkets is now available with the following notable additions to its predecessor: The Co-operative Group Makro Costco Tesco Homeplus Netto You might notice not all Co-ops are in this version of the database, about 900 are …

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Every year fuel poverty in the UK makes the headlines, for example: http://www.theguardian.com/big-energy-debate/2014/sep/19/fuel-poverty-no… http://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2014-10-20/the-cold-weather-causes-… Fuel poverty is caused by a combination of fuel costs, poverty and inefficient housing stock, and can have a range of effects including Negative environmental effects …

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When Cambridgeshire County Council received the funding to develop our approach to Open Data in the County we were naturally very pleased. Eight months later after the hard slog of delivering a project to time / budget we can reflect …

Cambridgeshire Insight: Open data – ‘Open for Business’ Read more »

There are more than 70 providers who own and manage social housing across the Cambridge sub-region. These include Cambridge City Homes and South Cambridgeshire District Council housing who are the two councils who have retained management of council housing. The other …

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