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The empty shops that now line our high streets, with more certainly to come before this pandemic is over, are a source of despair to retailers who have lost their livelihoods, and of concern and disappointment to shoppers and citizens, threatening individual and societal wellbeing. However, might there be an opportunity not only to provideContinue reading “A government scheme to turn empty retail units into employment hubs for the disabled”

There is an asset at the heart of British towns and cities: historic civic infrastructure. Grand municipal buildings, Victorian town halls, fine libraries, museums, galleries and theatres. To return crucial footfall to city centres, those assets are available to be used in imaginative ways that will make people want to go to their town centres.Continue reading “Reviving towns, enhancing education.”

The key opportunity that has come to light through the pandemic, is the love that the British people have for accurate facts and figures that are easily assimilated. For example charts, pyramids, rolling totals. The other key feature is the desire by the many to be part of the societal collective to help. Many peopleContinue reading “Create a rubrik such as the alcohol consumption comparative chart to monetise personal carbon footprints.”

A. “Talk Shop” – the first proposal is for the government to rent (at a moderate rate) empty retail properties on high streets (the properties involved in the project would be zero-rated). These properties would be converted into inviting spaces for people to talk and re-connect (possibly with the assistance of existing charities with expertiseContinue reading “The title for the project is, “Re-connection”.”

There is much discussion over Vaccine Passports and such like to track who has been vaccinated in the UK in order to access certain benefits in the future (eg travel). This is costly, difficult and lends itself to frauds/counterfeits. Much easier to add digits to the National Insurance Number – a letter that would notContinue reading “Tracking Vaccinated Individuals”

OBJECTIVE: This project aims to eliminate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus completely. It also aims to eliminate any Coronavirus particles present in the environment. PRINCIPLE: Understanding the nature of Covid-19 is the key to understand the importance of this project. Covid-19 is a very dynamic problem. That means, people are getting infected at an exponentialContinue reading “AI Vision powered Drones”

New homes are needed, and they are needed more in some places than in others. Successive governments have repeatedly acknowledged the need for new housing, setting targets with no real eye for how to achieve them. Often we hear that hundreds of thousands of new homes must be built somewhere, but nowhere will accept them.Continue reading “A reverse-auction: distributing house-building obligations among local authorities.”

I received my driving license 33 years ago. In all that time my skills have never been reassessed or updated. Yet there are other things in my life, far less dangerous than driving, that I am expected to update. Example first aid – there is a requirement for me to have a first aid certificateContinue reading “Driving Reassessment”

As Harvard and others report, there is very little understanding of the magnitude of global philanthropy. Harvard describes its own major study on philanthropy as “broad strokes” and compounded by lack of data. Consequently the policy framework governing philanthropy is unlikely to maximise the potential of this significant economic activity. The pandemic may provide aContinue reading “A Commission that reveals the potential and power of global philanthropy”

Introduction And Aim There is impending ecological disaster from climate change due to carbon emissions; humanity is not taking the sufficient and effective policies and actions needed to reverse carbon emissions. Countries will not achieve their internationally agreed emissions targets and the absence of such policies will also result in economically damaging and politically divisiveContinue reading “Summary of a paper outlining a scheme to prevent catastrophic climate change.”