Issue 17
RAIL REVIEW, BBC, PLANNING BILL, TRANSPORT IN EDINBURGH, AND MORE PLANNING
Welcome to Issue 17. We hope you enjoy this week's articles - we are interested in similar contributions from others in differing policy areas. In the next issue we will have a focus on consumers so if you have a perspective you would like to share on this or another theme please contact us. As always, we welcome comment and contributions. Please contact us if you would like to discuss advertising in or writing for a future edition at scottishpolicynow@mackayhannah.com. Issue 18 will be published in two weeks' time and fortnightly thereafter.
BBC
It’s here. After much hype, much anticipation, and much expenditure, the new BBC Scotland channel is now in its second month and the political bubble has been active in debating the good and bad, rights and wrongs, fair and unfair.
Government's Rail Review
Tom Harris is Senior Counsel for Message Matters; a former MP and Transport Minister in the Labour Westminster Government; and member of the Expert Challenge Panel supporting the government's Rail Review
Planning and Infrastructure: a little less conversation, a little more action please...
Since 2014, conversations in the property and development sector have centred around the Scottish Government’s vision of creating a "game changing" world class planning system. When the new planning bill was introduced into the Scottish Parliament, over a year ago, many of us hoped it would ultimately reflect this and the aim of enhancing efficiency and improving delivery.
Transforming Mobility And Services In 2019
As we begin 2019, I am struck by the number of concurrently running consultations and strategic decision-making processes that will have an impact on the future of mobility and the provision of transport services in Edinburgh and our near neighbours.
Planning success at the heart of MEA's economic growth
A good litmus test of any council’s credentials is to put its planning process under the microscope.
Gearing up for transport's next revolution
Returning home recently to my family home on the Isle of Arran, and just a few months into my new role as the Transport Systems Catapult’s Director of Engagement for Scotland, I couldn’t help but reflect on how little had changed transport-wise since my days growing up on the island.
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