Written by: Forsyth Hill, Data Mill North, 12/10/2016 Hello, my name is Forsyth, I am the newest member of the Open Data team at Leeds City Council. I started full involvement on 19th September. I have arrived at a really exciting time, as there seems to be a groundswell in the desire to do collaborative work across public, private and voluntary sectors...

Written by: Shelagh O’Neill, 14/09/2016 The competition Bradford is bidding to host the Great Exhibition of the North, a two-month spectacular to showcase the best of art, culture and design in the North of England to national and international audiences. Towns and cities across the North East, North West and Yorkshire have been invited to submit proposals to stage the show in...

Written by: Stephen Blackburn, Data Mill North Product Owner, 06/08/2016 Well it’s all really exciting here at the Data Mill. As I write this we’re putting the finishing touches to the migration from Leeds Data Mill to Data Mill North. Whilst there’s a tinge of sadness with the Leeds Data Mill website and name disappearing, this is more than outweighed by...

Written by: Leo Donato, Enterprise Europe Network in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, 12/06/2015 Find out more: App Store / Google Play / Website The ViaggiArt project, promoted by the Italian company Altrama , is an open data based web platform and mobile application for cultural tourism. The solution, which is already available in Italy, allows tourists to access reliable open data...

Written by: Anys Williams, 15/08/2015 Find out more: Website Mention ‘open data’ to most people and, if it means anything at all, surveillance, security, technology, calculators spring to mind. Open data is in fact a massive well of published information that we’re only just starting to explore the possibilities of its re-use. Just one way Leeds City Council is trying to make...