Senior Sustainability Consultant Jo Dobson reports from last week’s Circular Economy Thinking in Construction Conference: The UK construction industry is embarking on its journey towards the circular economy. Companies throughout the supply […]
The Disruptive Innovation Festival (DIF) 2016 is an online, open-access event staged over three weeks by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The DIF invites thought leaders, entrepreneurs, business, designers, makers and […]
New name, new home! Along with our office move, we’re taking the opportunity to simplify our name to Useful Projects and update our branding too. Introducing Useful Projects We have […]
The Useful Simple Trust has agreed an arrangement that allows Dan Epstein to take up a significant new role at with the Old Oak Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) whilst […]
Why don’t we see a more coordinated approach in the planning of today’s UK infrastructure projects? We could, says USP Director Alistair Lenczner in his latest article for Infrastructure Intelligence. The holistic approach […]
USP Director Dan Epstein has been appointed by the Mayor of London to be one of the new London Sustainable Development Commission (LSDC) Commissioners. The LSDC was established in 2002 to advise […]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Alistair Lenczner as Director within the Useful Simple Trust group, from 1st December. Alistair was most recently a partner at Foster + Partners, […]
Today (4th July 2014) is UK Employee Ownership Day. As an employee-owned organisation, part of the Useful Simple Trust, I thought it would be good to take the opportunity to talk about why […]
We are in growth mode and are are looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Consultant to join our team at Useful Simple Projects. This is an opportunity to work […]
Dan and Judith are off to Sao Paulo next week to facilitate the first Innovation Dialogues event at the Connected Cities Summit. Innovation Dialogues is a programme to spark bilateral partnerships between […]
It’s relatively easy for companies to understand and manage their direct environmental impacts, for example through energy or water bills. But for many companies there are often much greater, hidden […]
The Building Centre’s We Made 2012 exhibition opens today. Our work developing the sustainable water supply strategy and sustainable drainage strategy will be showcased, as will Expedition’s role engineering the […]
