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...
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...
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵! 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...
The US President has imposed additional 25% tariffs on all exports from Mexico and Canada (10% on energy) and 10% on China. In the press this morning it was said that increased tariff rates on the EU were going to happen, but no clarity about the UK.Such interventions...
