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Data, digital and AI in Scotland
We have been working with the Scottish AI Alliance and the Scottish government on a series of projects to strategically enhance the institutional environment for data, digital and AI. Projects have included: using design thinking and strategic engagement techniques to...
Understanding data and digital transformation for cities
The Lunar Works & Tynos Consulting worked closely with Open and Agile Smart Cities (OASC) who represent cities globally, to develop a wide-ranging white paper with a thematic focus on sharing city data, ownership and control and on what more cities can do to...
Perspectives on resilience for cities: URBACT event
We worked with URBACT to design and deliver the UK sharing event for the UK URBACT Transfer Network cities, taking place in 13 May 2021. Funded under the URBACT Transfer Networks, six leading UK cities including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Brighton & Hove,...
Driving Smart As Standard Across The Economy
Our Director - City Strategy, Ed Synnott, is speaking at The Association for Decentralised Energy 'Driving Smart As Standard Across The Economy' conference on 21 April 2021. The panel will explore what 'smart as standard' means for cities in the context of net zero....
Far Future Tech: Tech for a Better Future
We designed and delivered the Far Future Tech Mission programme on behalf of the UK Government – a virtual Mission to forge strong connections across UK and European governments. The Mission addresses key challenges and opportunities in tech, and showcases innovation...
Global first is part of £1m plan to ditch disposables in Scottish communities
We are working with Zero Waste Scotland to design and deliver a campaign working with communities, events and local cafes in Edinburgh and the East of Scotland, to eliminate single use items. Working with traders, events organisers, communities and stakeholders in...
New ‘NoiseAbility’ partnership wins bid to put noise acceptability at the heart of cities
The cities of Bilbao and Edinburgh, with SME partners Urban Tide and The Lunar Works (with Ed Synnott of Tynos Consulting), have won a major bid as part of the Horizon 2020 SynchroniCity Programme to invest in new ways noise acceptability can be understood...
Smart Sustainable Cities Madrid: Transforming mobility in the low carbon city
We were delighted to deliver the recent Smart Sustainable Cities: Manchester workshop for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with Jane McLaughlin of The Lunar Works and Tynos Consulting. Cities from across the UK and Europe, including Madrid, Manchester,...
12 years to change the world
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Smart Sustainable Cities: Energy Transition and Transforming Mobility
Tynos and The Lunar Works are working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deliver the current editions of the Smart Sustainable Cities Programme. With a dynamic 2-3 day workshop format incorporating showcases from each host city, the experience enables cities...
Resilient communications: South East Water
Tynos and The Lunar Works were commissioned by South East Water to build capacity within its communications and customers services teams on ways to make communicating at times of crisis more resilient. The one day workshop followed on from a review of the...
IMO Hub – digital space for Children in Care
We were delighted to be commissioned by The Children’s Commissioner for England, Department for Education to create IMO Hub - a digital space for children in care and care leavers. We brought together our expertise in behaviour and engagement, creative, strategic and...
Smart Sustainable Cities: Programme launch
The Lunar Works & Tynos Consulting are partnering with Future Earth Ltd, ICLEI-Europe and Resilience Brokers Ltd to host the inaugural UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative on 22nd - 23rd February in Bristol and 1st - 2nd March...
New website hits the right note
We were delighted to work on a new website for Jessica Dannheisser - composer for film, television, VR and theatre. Having worked with Jessica for a number of years, we were thrilled to work together to create a new website to showcase her work. The new site is clean...
The Lunar Works and Tynos Consulting join forces
We are excited to announce that leading communications and sustainability consultancies, The Lunar Works and Tynos Consulting, are joining forces to bring a new combined set of services to the market. The new services offer brings together expertise in city-region...
Resilience Brokers: Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio
Ed was delighted to be invited to join 22 international resilience experts for one week to develop the implementation plan for Resilience Brokers and Roadmap2030.
Stacking the odds: the uncomfortable truth about micro-business
Ed, with Jane McLaughlin, recently published a guide for micro entrepreneurs on the myths, misconceptions and opportunities in entrepreneurship. The article considers the challenges facing micro entrepreneurs, particularly with regard to funding, and considers how we...
Resilience Brokers
Tynos Consulting is delighted to be working with The Ecological Sequestration Trust in rolling out the global Resilience Brokers programme: a global £100M to drive resilience at city scale and achieve the UN’s Sustainable Global Development Goals and related...
What are we missing? The legacy of the London 2012 Games, five years on.
Ed Synnott’s latest musings on Assuring the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, five years on. What lessons can we still take from such a ground-breaking process? What are we missing? The legacy of the London 2012 Games, five years on.
New look for leading composer’s website
We've just finished work on a new website for leading classical composer, Ilan Eshkeri. We've worked with Ilan for a number of years, developing his web and social media presence, with an ever-growing audience. With many exciting new projects under way, including...
Running a small business: myths and hard facts
Ed Synnott is working with Jane McLaughlin on a series of writing projects to reflect their experience of running artisan micro-businesses in the hospitality industry, and on being entrepreneurs. The work looks to lift the lid on many wide-spread misconceptions and...
New site for composer Chad Hobson
We've been working with award-winning composer for film and television, Chad Hobson, to create a new identity and website. We wanted to create a site that reflected Chad's creativity and we think this is rather cool! Check out Chad's site.
Spanish Odyssey
Ed is taking the opportunity of a move to Spanish shores to reflect on the impacts and opportunities of upping sticks. What does it mean for our lives when we change almost everything about them? The project is part of a broader set of reflections on...
Tynos Consulting and The Lunar Works join forces
We are excited to announce that leading communications and sustainability consultancies, The Lunar Works and Tynos Consulting, are joining forces to bring a new combined set of services to the market. The new services offer brings together expertise in city-region...
Three times gold!
Ed Synnott and Sussex Bread Company scoops the pool again at World Bread Awards, 2016. Ed,along with Jane McLaughlin, is a co-founder of the award-winning gluten free bakery. Visit the World Bread Awards website.