by Glenn | Oct 14, 2025 | Engagement, General
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)...
by Glenn | Oct 14, 2025 | Best practice, funding
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...
by Glenn | Oct 14, 2025 | EXTERNAL NEWS
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-10-14 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Sunderland hosts inaugural Smart City SymposiumSunderland Spire Bridge smart cities AdobeSunderland is bringing...
by Glenn | Oct 13, 2025 | EXTERNAL NEWS
Source: Local Growth and the United Kingdom Author: unknown Date published: 2025-10-13 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] The Local Growth Fund replaces money that used to come from the European Union.Decisions about how the money will be...
by Glenn | Oct 13, 2025 | EXTERNAL NEWS
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: Jamie Young Date published: 2025-10-13 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Japanese investors have poured almost ยฃ118 million into Greater Manchester over the past year, in a fresh sign of the...