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UK Government: verdict is still out on local economic policy

UK Government: verdict is still out on local economic policy

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?The numbers tell a tale of imbalance, with some regions trailing behind even the historically weaker areas of former East Germany.New government or not, we...

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Achieving impact in local economic development

Achieving impact in local economic development

๐˜ฟ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ?The high-impact investments and activities are those which create jobs and GVA and have low amounts of displacement, duplication (of other support provided elsewhere) and...

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Understanding the megatrends

Understanding the megatrends

๐™‡๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ก๐™ช๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™™๐™ฎ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ, ๐™ค๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ. I deal a lot with these when writing local and regional economic strategies and advising city leaders.Here are some of the most critical megatrends local economies are dealing...

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๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€

๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ: ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€

UK-based research identifies several megatrends shaping future skills demand: technological advancements, sectoral shifts, evolving business models, demographic changes, and environmental factors.**๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€**Digital skills are...

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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

For me - too many of the UK's recent economic policy announcements have been for the long term (Healthrow Ox-Cam, infrastructure, planning), or are formative and institutional (and therefore vague) - such as industrial strategy, Skills England, and local government...

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Competency for local economic development: attracting investment

Competency for local economic development: attracting investment

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ?In the competitive arena of inward investment, ๐—ฎ purely ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜...

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What does the White Paper on English Local Devolution have to say about managing change or delivering inclusive, sustainable economic development?

What does the White Paper on English Local Devolution have to say about managing change or delivering inclusive, sustainable economic development?

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต! despite the ramifications of changes to funding; fewer, large local councils and more strategic authorities such as Combined Authorities - this is all about institutions, principles, possibilities... meanwhile the economic challenges remain the same, and new...

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