At the moment, little is known about how a tax based on a food’s overall healthiness (such as the UK’s nutrient profiling model), rather than individual nutrients, might work or the impact it might ...

Starting a business can be daunting. That's why Nesta created the Creative Enterprise Toolkit — a practical resource to help you plan, build, test, communicate and launch your new creative business.

At Challenge Works, Kathy is the Head of Future Cities, where she focuses on place-based innovation and empowering cities to shape their destiny. Kathy is passionate about cities and communities, and ...

Frances is Nesta’s mission manager for Scotland working on the healthy life mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh. Frances joins Nesta from Paths for All, a Scottish charity focused on ...

Most people live in homes that burn gas or other fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water. To reach net zero emissions by 2050, we have to switch to greener heating. Heat pumps, which run on ...

Katja Bego was Principal Researcher and data scientist in Nesta’s technology futures and explorations team. Over the past couple of months, we’ve been laying the groundwork for building the research ...

www.nesta.org.uk/blog/what-does-the-latest-census-data-reveal-about-how-homes-are-heated-across-england-and-wales/ ...

www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-eating-out-contributes-to-our-diets/ ...

In order for the UK Government to meet its legally binding net-zero targets, fossil fuel heating systems will need to be replaced with heat pumps and other low-carbon heating systems in all homes ...

This paper explores the current state of the heat pump market from a skills, training and productivity perspective and suggests ways of increasing the supply chain’s capacity to install heat pumps.

Richard is a fully qualified mechanical engineer and has a wealth of experience working with and testing innovative heating control technology and 21st-century boiler technology. This report ...

Jonathan works within Nesta Cymru (Wales), focusing on working across public, private and non-profit sectors to deliver innovative solutions that tackle obesity and loneliness in Wales. To better ...