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Make It Local

Enter our prize challenge to encourage local authorities to open up their data and provide innovative web-based services to the public.

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Small is beautiful


Innovation led by local authorities and frontline staff is vital to provide better public services at a lower cost.

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The revolution starts here


It's taken a while, but at last a new type of high street bank has emerged from the wreckage of the credit crunch.

Stian Westlake
29/07/2010 0

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Games report

The Government has asked NESTA to produce a report into the skills needed for school leavers to fully engage with the UK's games industry.

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NESTA is the UK's foremost independent expert on how innovation can solve some of the country's major economic and social challenges. Our work is enabled by an endowment, funded by the National Lottery, and we operate at no cost to the government or taxpayer.

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Driving Innovation in Cities

Our latest event discussed how to transform cities' capacity to innovate, based on our unique practical experience in Manchester.

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