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UK – Market and Coastal Towns
In a recent post we wrote about cities and their importance, but also how in many parts of the UK their impact and influence for change is relatively weak. For many local communities it is what the local market or … Continue reading
UK – No city near by…
Cities are important. At the start of 2012, in a year widely predicted to be at best ‘flat’ for the UK economy, the Centre for Cities, Cities Outlook report rightly points to the key role many of the UK’s leading urban … Continue reading
UK – Enterprise Zones – how to make them work
There has been much talk about a return to the 1980′s: Enterprise Zone’s “we’ve been here before”; all they did was shift investment from one place to another and all the investment left as soon as the Enterprise Zone finished … Continue reading
UK – The Budget and Key Local Sectors
Today’s UK Government Budget announcements appear to offer potential opportunities for co-ordinated local economy, key sector support. Much of the detail has still to come out of course but three things that catch the eye: Enterprise Zones: an urban focus first of all … Continue reading
UK – Engaging the Public Sector
The inner workings and complexities of the national and local government sector has perplexed the UK private sector for many a long year. Now, at this time of great change in approach and significant withdrawl of government funding for front … Continue reading
UK – Manufacturing to the Fore
Manufacturing is vital for the UK economy! Of course there are many who have continued to say this for years; probably never stopped saying it – even during that period when many were convinced that the UK would be a leading edge service … Continue reading
UK – Funding the LEPs: the Business Challenge
And so the first round of LEPs have been given their go ahead and, as I write, are in the process of considering governance, structure and of course the all important sources of finance to enable the LEP to deliver - … Continue reading
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