Centre for Cities

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Centre for Cities
Predecessor IPPR
FormationMarch 2005;18 years ago (2005-03)
Registration no.Charity 1119841
Company 06215397
Headquarters9 Holyrood Street, 2nd Floor, London, England, SE1 2EL
Budget (2018)
£1.4 million
Revenue (2018)
£1.4 million
Website www.centreforcities.org

The Centre for Cities is an independent, non-partisan urban policy research unit and a charity registered in England. [1] The Centre's main goal is to understand how and why economic growth and change takes place in the United Kingdom's cities.

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History

The Centre for Cities was launched in March 2005 as part of IPPR and became independent in November 2007.

Since 2017, Andrew Carter has been the CEO for Centre for Cities. [2] [3] [4] With his 20 years of experience in urban economic policies for public and private developers. [3] [4]

Research

The Centre produces an annual Cities Outlook report assessing the economic performance of the 64 largest towns and cities in the United Kingdom. [5] [6] [7] From 2016 onwards the Centre for Cities reevaluated its methodology for defining primary urban areas, based on this it now recognises 63 primary urban areas in the UK:

In 2018, the Centre for Cities released a report challenging the Government's approach to improving UK business productivity. They suggest that the Government should focus on the UK's weaker regions to attract more productive exporters, and not just focus on the UK's least productive companies in general. [9]

Funding

In November 2022, the funding transparency website Who Funds You? gave Centre for Cities a B grade (rating goes from A to E). [10]

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References

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  2. "Andrew Carter, CEO at Centre for Cities | Local Government Association". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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