Cities Articles

Hoist Hire | Making london more liveable

When lifting, lowering or moving a load, a hoist is a useful device in making the job easier. Hoists come in a variety of shapes and sizes, each suited to different tasks and different contexts. They can be operated manually or electrically and may be fixed or mobile....
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HIAB Hire | Moving in london

Moving house can be a tricky situation, which may involve needing to move large household items through very small spaces. Questions like “How did we even get this sofa in here in the first place?”, backaches and frustrated friends or family who volunteered to help...
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The prospect of vertical, indoor farming in Cities

The idea of farming, as we have known it for centuries, typically recalls images of open fields, fresh air, and the sound of birds. So, when considering farming in cities, the thought can seem understandably foreign. But then, everything is foreign until it becomes...
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Crossrail | We wait with eager expectation for London 2019!

Crossrail is ambitious. Ambitious but necessary. As lung like London expands it leaves little room to breathe on a subway near you. Hence: Crossrail. We all know this, but let’s take a step back and appreciate just how far we have come.  Many eons ago (like 150...
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We are all going to live in cities. Well, not really, but it’s getting more like that each day. For me, Geneva is the perfect size – 500,000 people cruise around there – but all the world’s cities are good and bad for a variety of reasons, and that is something very subjective too, generally. As the world urbanises, how we run cities, experience them, collect and use their data (the people and the city) will have a profound impact on the world. Think of Tokyo: if you ignore the rest of Japan, Tokyo alone has the 9th biggest GDP in the world. Or at least close to, I don’t feel like doubled checking that, especially considering it will change down the line. 20 million people live there and they really make a huge difference in their decision-making and lifestyle. To market well, you need to know your target market, and to do that, you likely have to grasp cities somewhat. And, lastly, I did some work within a behavioural economics firm for 2-3 years – as a partner/director until SEO overtook my life – and cities, cities, cities was all you hear about. ‘Fix the cities of a country and 95% of your problems are solved’ said no-one until you read this out loud, but you get the drift.