We are growing and recruiting! We have several positions being recruited for within Useful Projects and the wider Useful Simple Trust at the moment, including: Senior Sustainability Consultant Sustainability Consultant […]
How can we create social value through design? For this blog I have interviewed Catherine Ramsden, the founder of Useful Studio (and Useful Projects’ Director of Design) on a theme […]
Two months since publishing our major research report ‘Maximising Social Value from Infrastructure Projects’, here are some reflections on how the findings have been received and taken forward across the […]
Infrastructure projects can, and should, deliver many more benefits for individuals, communities and local economies Infrastructure is essential for society to function – it provides means of transportation, energy supply, […]
Congratulations to Director of Useful Projects Judith who has been named as one of the Top 50 winners of The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Women in Engineering: Sustainability awards! The WE50 is an awards programme created […]
In response to the outbreak of COVID-19, here is a brief update for our clients and collaborators. We have shifted to full remote working. Whilst having 100% of our people […]
Useful Projects is a Certified Social Enterprise, but what does this mean in practice? What is a Social Enterprise? Social enterprises are one of the most exciting and fastest growing […]
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 […]
