Successful places need an economic development strategy as much as unsuccessful ones.Here's 5 mistakes that successful places make: 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 #𝟭: 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. I live in a tech town. Sure its successful if you are a tech worker, but not if you are in...
𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨. 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...
Back in 2021, I collaborated with Cambridge Econometrics, Frost & Sullivan, and The Data City to analyse the North East's potential in emerging markets like Fintech, Cybersecurity, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy, and IoT.Our research aimed to identify key players,...