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Hometown:
Brentford
About Me:
http://andrewdakers.ning.com/page/about-andrew
Website:
http://www.andrewdakers.com
Favorite Music:
Everything from U2 to The Eagles, John Dankworth and Coolio ...but there's nothing better really than a pint of Chiswick brewed London Pride and live music down at The Brewery Tap, Brentford.
Favorite TV Shows:
West Wing (never quite as exciting at Hounslow Civic Centre!), Grey's Anatomy ...and for a bit of cheesy pop, The X Factor.

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Cabe’s opaque Design Review for Brentford Town Centre is best binned

When Cabe, now part of the Design Council, first published their latest Design Review for Brentford Waterside, Hounslow on 14 February 2013 local residents were hopeful that this once respected body would urge Ballymore and their architects to radically reconsider the density and architectural aesthetic of their scheme.  Instead residents,…

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Posted on May 19, 2013 at 17:30

Brentford High Street - Achieving regeneration of beauty and a human scale

As many of you will know, the regeneration of Brentford High Street, has been a cause close to my heart for many years.  As a local councillor I convened the start-up of Brentford High Street Steering Group (BHSSG) in 2006 with cross-party support and I remain chair. In 2007 I spent a year facilitating the community participation that led to the …

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Posted on November 9, 2012 at 16:00

Work experience and internships: an extended charter?

As I reflected in a blog post last Thursday the idea that left me least convinced in the Prime Minister's speech to the BITC summit was the assertion that: "Put a young person into college for a month’s learning, unpaid – and it’s hailed as a good thing.  Put a young…

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Posted on February 26, 2012 at 15:30

Government announces next steps towards scaling up Corporate Responsibility and Open Business

In September 2010 I reflected on the merits of the Government launching an Open Business Responsibility Deal.  Today at the BITC Summit in London - with our new Minister for Corporate Responsibility Norman Lamb looking on - I was delighted to see the idea developed into two distinct…

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Posted on February 23, 2012 at 21:30

Time for Liberal Democrats to invoke clause 6.6 in defense of Europe and the spirit of the Coalition Agreement?

For the first time since the General Election, and stepping back from the front line of community politics in West London where I was an active Liberal Democrat for a decade (a parliamentary candidate in 2005 and 2010), I feel compelled to speak out.

The Liberal Democrats have often allowed ourselves to be presented as mindlessly pro-European - we are not. We are pro-reform and the creation of a far more efficient, less bureaucratic EU. However neither are the Liberal Democrats…

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Posted on December 11, 2011 at 18:30

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