{"id":1451,"date":"2018-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/newcastle-become-uks-smartest-city\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:38:17","slug":"newcastle-become-uks-smartest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/newcastle-become-uks-smartest-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Newcastle about to become UK&#8217;s smartest city?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/panorama-1327017_960_720-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"panorama-1327017_960_720\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle City Council has put forward proposals designed to create \u201cthe UK\u2019s leading smart city\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting taking place on Monday will ask the council\u2019s cabinet members to approve two proposals, the first of which is that they will \u201cendorse Newcastle\u2019s aspirations and ambitions as a technologically innovative and smart city\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The second, more detailed proposal asks the cabinet to green-light a \u201ctech partner approach\u201d to the smart-city plans, in which a formal consultation with the market will be launched this autumn. Following the conclusion of this exercise, the council will identify a technology partner to implement the necessary connectivity infrastructure to enable the use of sensors and other smart technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal said: \u201cThis will enable the council to develop a commissioning model that will provide financial resource and technological expertise for the development and deployment of financially compelling business cases which utilise innovative technology to reform public-service delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Council deputy leader Joyce McCarty\u00a0believes\u00a0that Newcastle has \u201cstrong foundations in place\u201d to make its smart-city ambitions a reality, including an existing partnership with networking vendor Cisco to create \u201cthe world\u2019s smartest street\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur passion for a digital revolution is driven by all we know it can deliver,\u201d she added.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s why we to be leaders in this: to ensure that our brave new world of data and innovation puts people first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the annual\u00a0<em>UK Smart Cities Index<\/em>\u00a0published by Navigant Consulting in October 2017, Newcastle\u00a0was ranked 14th. The city was placed with a group of 11 other \u201ccontender\u201d cities, all of which have shown some progress but not enough to be considered among the \u201cleaders\u201d. Last year Bristol overtook London to be named by the report as the UK\u2019s smartest city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle City Council has put forward proposals designed to create \u201cthe UK\u2019s leading smart city\u201d. A meeting taking place on Monday will ask the council\u2019s cabinet members to approve two proposals, the first of which is that they will \u201cendorse Newcastle\u2019s aspirations and ambitions as a technologically innovative and smart city\u201d. 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