Diggory Brown and Sword Maclean will be the recipients of funding from Zero Waste Scotland for their work in applying circular economy in the textiles and apparel sphere. The announcement was made at the Scottish Textile and Leather Association’s annual conference held last week.

Rick Robinson takes us back to the starting point of the “Smart” cities discussion, asking what they are for and emphasising the importance of connecting the concept of smart to ordinary people and communities. Robinson outlines a way of thinking about smart city initiatives that re-connects those projects to human