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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ **๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐** ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Let's cut the fanfare. Economic Development is not a press release, its not a claim of a golden future in a manifesto or strategy. It's a job, on the ground, in a neighbourhood. In the UK, we've perfected the art of the launch eventโthe glossy, aspirational strategy,...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ‘๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ’ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
You have a brilliant economic development plan. You present it to the City Council, the Board, or the Regiona/State Committee, and it dies a slow, bureaucratic death. Why? Because getting the green light to proceed in economic development is a game of two halves: 1)...
๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ’๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ: ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ
At Economic Development World, we like to think "what if" and how we'd respond professionally to a challenge. Here's our thoughts on this one - what would you do? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ยฃ๐ค๐ข๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ตโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ...
Beyond the Brochure: Elevating your Investment Attraction Game
I'm writing and recording the video lessons for the new Economic Development Community of Practice I'm launching later this year over at economicdevelopment.world One of the issues that causes me endless frustration is that many localities in the UK fail to get beyond...
Get your offer out in a language that business understands
๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ "๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป" ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ท๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐? ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ? ๐ The word "innovation" can sometimes feel vague or lead to a narrow focus on R&D without a clear path to commercial success. What if we reframed the...
External news
Bloomberg CityLab: European Commission Sets Goal to Slash Train Times Across the Continent
Source: Bloomberg CityLab Author: Feargus O'Sullivan Date published: 2025-11-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The high-speed rail plan would more than halve travel time between cities like Madrid and Lisbon by 2040. But executing the...
OECD Press Releases: OECD headline inflation broadly stable at 4.2% in September 2025
Source: OECD Press Releases Author: unknown Date published: 2025-11-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] View original article at:
Combined Authorities (England): Booming Manchester outshines โstagnantโ London
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: Jon Robinson Date published: 2025-11-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Greater Manchesterโs booming economy is outstripping the rest of the country and throwing into sharp relief the...
Local Economies (UK): Banco Santander launches international growth platform for businesses expanding overseas
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-11-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Banco Santander has launched an international growth platform to provide support to businesses entering new export markets....
Regional Economies: Global FDI dips 3% in H1 2025 amid weak investor sentiment: UNCTAD
Source: Regional Economies Author: unknown Date published: 2025-11-02 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 3 per cent in the first half (H1) of 2025, extending a two-year slump as trade tensions, high...
Local Economies (UK): Boom or bubble? Inside the $3tn AI datacentre spending spree
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Dan Milmo Global technology editor Date published: 2025-11-02 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The global investment spree in artificial intelligence is producing some remarkable numbers and a projected...