by Glenn | Oct 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
In June 2012 I was asked to become the Interim Executive Director of Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership – one of the 39 new Local Enterprise Partnership’s in England that have been set up to progress local economic growth and...
by Glenn | Jul 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hi folks – the latest update from Athey Consulting. I was asked to be the Interim Executive Director of Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (a LEP) in May, and I was very pleased to accept this position for the next six months. It is...
by Glenn | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since starting out as an independent consultant in October 2011, things have been very busy. I won a major contract to research and write the first LEP Network annual report. This involved benchmarking LEP area performance, and adding insights and commentary on the...
by Glenn | Nov 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Centre for Cities recently launched a report criticising a number of LEPs for a lack of progress in establishing themselves. The think tank claims through its research that Eight have yet to have their boards recognised by government, only two have produced a...
by Glenn | Oct 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Innovate or become irrelevant is what the future holds for local economic development policy and practice. In this era of low public investment, local economic actors and leaders need to become star entrepreneurs, deal makers, innovators, networkers, facilitators, and...
by Glenn | Oct 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
What can we learn from RDAs and their abolition? Several months ago, whilst still working in one of England’s Regional Development Agencies (EEDA), I was asked by the International Consultant Economists’ Association if I could do a presentation about the...
