- Role: North Region Director
- Company: Built Environment Communications Group
- Field: Public Consultation + Political Engagement
- Call: 0161 359 4103
- Email: kevin.whitmore@becg.com
Seven principles for engaging with neurodiversity
Great minds don't all think alike. Over 15% of the UK is neurodivergent, and when we plan community engagement events, we need to recognise this.
Councillor attitudes to net zero and the climate crisis
We commissioned polling to test the attitudes of elected councillors and MPs to the climate emergency and how property should be part of the UK's response.
What can we expect from this year’s local elections?
Voters across the North West will go to the polls on 6 May, in what will be the UK’s largest set of local elections since 1973.
How much longer can we cope with Zoomocracy?
A recent infamous video that I'm sure you have seen throws a spotlight on whether the move towards virtual council meetings is good for democracy in the long term.
Will 2021 be the year Garden Communities finally bloom?
It’s fair to say Garden Communities did not have a vintage 2020. Some question whether the Government's ambition to deliver the 49 sites is realistic.
What do councillors really think about Planning for the Future?
Councils across the North West are considering their responses to the Government’s proposed reforms to the planning system, with some describing the Planning for the Future White Paper as...
DevoLancs: A step closer to the North West’s next elected mayor?
According to Regional Growth Minister Simon Clarke MP, “the greatest decentralisation of power in our modern history” is going to hit the region’s politicians in the autumn.
Let’s talk about home
The recent Design Council report, A Public Vision for the Home of 2030, makes for fascinating reading as we see new housing developments start to come forward again.
Reflections from a virtual world
All it took for the development industry and local authorities to embrace digital technologies was a global health pandemic.
Towards a post-Covid world
As we head into another three weeks of lockdown to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, it seems the time is right to start thinking about what the world could look...
