Smart Cities

Smart cities consultancy

Making places work better for everyone

Transforming public services and infrastructure with technology, data, and new ways of working.

Why Urban Foresight?

1/ World's first smart cities consultancy

Over a decade of developing solutions to achieve transformational outcomes.

2/ Our mission

We use innovation to promote sustainability, resilience, and wellbeing.

3/ Our focus

A trusted, neutral partner with an exclusive focus on smart cities.

4/ Practical expertise

Experience and know-how to turn good ideas into great projects.

5/ Investment secured

Track record of securing major investments for transformational projects.

How can we help?

Strategies and governance

Defining ambitions, opportunities, and practical actions to achieve transformational outcomes.

Framework for digitally connected communities

The London Borough of Southwark

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Smart city toolkit for London’s new town

Peabody Group

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Mapping Newcastle’s smart city ecosystem

Newcastle City Futures

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Use cases and investment

Discovering user needs, developing options, and creating investment-ready business cases.

Modern methods of construction for social housing

Wrexham County Borough Council

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Use cases for commercialising city data

Engie

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Virtual taxi rank concept for city centre transport interchange

Newcastle City Council

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Service design and digital transformation

Sustainable solutions that deliver better experiences for both users and service providers.

Single source of intelligence on land ownership

Newcastle City Council

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Preparing the Ostara telecare service for the digital switchover

Your Homes Newcastle

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Smart parking pilots focused on real world needs

Hull City Council

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Innovation programmes and living labs

Testing and implementing new solutions.

Newcastle’s smart city innovation partner

Newcastle City Council

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National test bed for assistive technologies

Sunderland City Council

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Dundee’s mobility innovation living lab

Dundee City Council

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Latest

News

Launch of 5G innovation challenge for improved healthcare delivery in Scotland

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Smart towns and villages in Northern Ireland and the border counties

News

Newcastle City Council and Urban Foresight launch new smart city website: NCLEUS

Speak to an expert

Emma Clement
Principal Consultant

The Catalyst
3 Science Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 5TG
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0)191 814 2210

30 City Quay
Camperdown Street
Dundee
DD1 3JA
Scotland

T: +44 (0)1382 549 946

E: hello@urbanforesight.org

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