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- In The Bleak Midwinter – The Freezing Out Of Our Young People
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Category Archives: Regional Development
I’m Going Public!
I’m going public! Yes, you read it hear first. I’ve had enough of private sector enterprise. But after all these years I think I have tons to offer the public sector. So, over the last few weeks I’ve gone over … Continue reading
Posted in Regional Development
Tagged Economic Development, Hubmania, Public Sector Waste
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The 39 LEPs & The Descent Into Wildebeest Economics
There’s a new gabble around regionalism and localism, largely fed by Lord Heseltine’s latest industrial policy ideas. One of the calls is for beefing up the LEPs, those 39 largely anonymous bodies which issue occasional, general and aspirational platitudes (everyone … Continue reading
The Dangerous Sideshow of Young People Start-up Loans & The Big Picture Of Employment For All
I am deeply concerned about the start-up loan scheme for young people which is just beginning to be promoted. It seeks to lend up to £2,500 to young people aged 18-24. Loans must be repaid within 5 years. We are … Continue reading
10 Simple Steps To Making Things Better
There is a current resurgence of interest in manufacturing. Through the clearing fog of why the country almost went bankrupt – and might yet – people can see some factories still standing. From an Industrial Policy in the 1980s that … Continue reading
Ten Reasons Why We Are Not Jumping Onto The HS2 Bandwagon
By Malcolm Evans & John Lewis The business and economic case for HS2 has been in some quarters taken for granted from day one. This last week saw the announcement that an incredibly expensive fast train track from London to … Continue reading
A New Model Of Enterprise Support
Yesterday we had the first meeting of The Gathering – seven people meeting in, appropriately, an old cotton mill: we are seeking to seed new enterprise in the great NW industrial heartlands. We decided over a strictly observed single hour … Continue reading
Poverty Of Ambition
What’s wrong with Manchester? John Lewis and Malcolm Evans outline keynotes in a new economic strategy to reverse Manchester and the North West’s industrial decline and foster a new culture of manufacturing and commercial excellence. So, what’s wrong with Manchester? … Continue reading
Software Success In The North West – A Manifesto & A Statement Of Intent
On a day that national economic figures indicate a virtually stalled recovery, Funding Enterprise issues a call to software professionals in the NW to join it in its quest for creating new winners. Our recent research has shown conclusively that … Continue reading
Making not Taking
We’re working with four companies this week, ranging from an exciting new automotive technology to platforms for creating and enhancing value within online trade. In the UK, as an economy, we don’t do much of the really raw stuff any … Continue reading
Reversing The Triple Twin-Track Backwards
I’m just back from Manchester Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Survey breakfast. They do great work pulling together rich data and it was heartening to see that the Chamber is proactively stepping forward into a strategic thought leadership vacuum left by the … Continue reading