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UK Government: verdict is still out on local economic policy

Feb 11, 2025 | Devolution, General

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀?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...

Achieving impact in local economic development

Feb 11, 2025 | Best practice, General

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...

“Strategic Pragmatism” – a whole organisation approach to economic development

Feb 11, 2025 | Best practice, General, Organisation

As we look ahead to the weekend, it might be worthwhile to consider delving into Edgar Schein's Strategic Pragmatism," a book that offers profound insights into the processes of economic transformation.📕 This work isn't merely an examination of Singapore's Economic...

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀?

Feb 11, 2025 | General

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...

What have I learnt over the past 30 years? Reflections from a career in economic development

Feb 11, 2025 | General

Summer is always a time of reflection for me. The day job quietens down enough for some of the learning and experience over the past year to sink in and gives me time to put it into perspective. I’m looking forward to deploying my skills, experience and networks – and...

UK Government: verdict is still out on local economic policy

Achieving impact in local economic development

“Strategic Pragmatism” – a whole organisation approach to economic development

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀?

What have I learnt over the past 30 years? Reflections from a career in economic development

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