by Paul Mackay | 1 October, 2016 | Circular economy, Metroflows
Folk Labs are thrilled to announce we were one of six winners of InnovateUK’s funding competition Digital innovation in the sharing economy which we are using to develop new software for circular economy cities.
by Paul Mackay | 10 May, 2016 | Circular economy
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation held their first ever #Hack_DIF global hackathon challenge in March and our team beat fourteen others from three continents as overall winners For some time now, we’ve been evolving an idea for a service to help grow local circular...
by Paul Mackay | 15 February, 2016 | Local democracy
I spent Friday and Saturday at the second Notwestminster Maker Day and Conference, getting thoroughly immersed in rock and roll local democracy stuff. It was my first Notwestminster but only the second since its launch, which coincided with the start of Open Data...
by Paul Mackay | 28 May, 2015 | News
“Government as a platform”, a term originally coined by Tim O’Reilly in 2010, has been a growing topic of discussion in central and local government in the UK, particularly in the past 12 months. The work we’re currently doing with DCLG on Waste standards will hopefully form a piece of the puzzle in supporting the government as platform concept.
by Paul Mackay | 9 April, 2015 | News
Engaging readers with practical action steps could offer a new journalistic direction for hyperlocal media and a shot in the arm for community volunteering
by Paul Mackay | 19 October, 2014 | Open Local
Many distributed organisations with local affiliates coordinated by centralised headquarters face similar challenges: how to exchange structured data and aggregate local achievements to present a global picture of their impact. In today’s fundraising environment,...
