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𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 7 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨

𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 7 𝙃𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨

To be able to pivot your portfolio of economic development activities and funding streams once a market or economic crisis unfolds - you need to be forewarned of the changes taking place, or at least keep pace with them once they are underway. To keep ahead of...

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3 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘿𝙤 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠

3 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘿𝙤 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠

Folks, that 100-page report full of stats, charts (and hopefully analysis telling us what it means) about your local economy was not meant to sit on your shelf gathering dust! I've lost count of the number of cracking economic reviews I've done for clients to support...

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𝙒𝙝𝙮 “𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣’𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 P𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 W𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨” 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

𝙒𝙝𝙮 “𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣’𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 P𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 W𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨” 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

𝙒𝙝𝙮 "𝙒𝙚 D𝙤𝙣'𝙩 B𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨" 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 F𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 A𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 C𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲: W𝗵𝘆 G𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 H𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 I𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 P𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 W𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 E𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 N𝗼𝘁 Dani Rodrik (Harvard University) argues that governments are "doomed to choose" and inevitably engage in industrial...

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Achieving impact in local economic development

Achieving impact in local economic development

𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩?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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