Peterborough wins global smart city award

The medium-sized UK city, Peterborough, has beaten larger competitors–including Moscow, Dubai and Buenos Aires–to be selected as this year’s World Smart City, presented during the Smart City Expo World Congress held in Barcelona.

“It’s a great recognition of our work but actually most importantly it shows that a medium-sized city that has the ambition and the guts can be visible and awarded globally,” Cécile Faraud, Circular Economy Officer, Peterborough City Council told Cities Today. “It is a great signal to other similar sized cities worldwide, we have a voice, we are doing great things.”

Delivered by economic development company, Opportunity Peterborough and Peterborough City Council, ...