The complexities of buying and selling in public sector markets can be a significant hurdle and there have been many reports produced aimed at helping to showcase the range of possibilities open to innovative procurement teams. However, recognising that many procurement teams don’t have time to read and keep up… Read More
That’s why Connected Places Catapult is engaged with experts and representative bodies from across the public procurement ecosystem to challenge the myths surrounding public procurement, share pioneering practice, and set out new pathways for the procurement of new solutions by the public sector. We’re working with our partners including the… Read More
Connected Places Catapult’s mission is to help British businesses address the public procurement challenges of today in order to create connected places, fit for the future. Places are unique, but the challenges they face are not. Local authorities and their strategic partners face a myriad of local, national and global… Read More
Business rates provide more than half of Belfast City Council’s annual revenue, used to fund local services. However, with a constantly changing business community, the maintenance of an up-to-date register of businesses in the city to inform the timely and accurate collection of rates income can be challenging. The Small… Read More
Innovation is driving significant changes in the way we work, live, and interact with each other. In many ways it is quite literally redefining the fabric of our places through new levels of digital and physical connection. However, the rules and regulations which govern public procurement are regularly cited by… Read More
Below are some resources that can help you on your journey to learn more about how innovation in how we think about procurement is key to procuring innovation. Creating Connected Places: A Series of Online Courses for Innovation-driven Placemakers Creating Connected Places is a series of online courses provided by… Read More
Ask pioneering place leaders why they are not harnessing the creativity and innovation procurement opportunities of the market to solve their pressing service and policy challenges and you will often get the response –“procurement policy doesn’t allow it”. That’s why Connected Places Catapult is engaged with experts and… Read More
The Catapult is seeking to commission a research piece into the state of the art of digital innovation in architecture and other related disciplines (landscape architecture, urban design etc). The objective is to produce a report and/or interactive web platform providing detailed insight into products, projects and discoveries being… Read More
We worked with Belfast City Council to run an innovative procurement call (SBRI) to identify new ways for city to maximise business rates capture. The project funded four companies, resulting in the creation of innovative tools by two UK firms, and the identification of more than £1 million additional annual… Read More
Between 2016 and 2018, Connected Places Catapult supported place leaders in Belfast to grow in confidence and create new opportunities for businesses, leading to a successful bid for a Belfast City Region Deal that will deliver £2 billion in additional GVA and 10,000 new jobs. Early in 2016, Connected Places… Read More