Best Practice Supporting Industries and Clusters

Best Practice Supporting Industries and Clusters

The book I’m launching next month – ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ – is packed with practical advice and case studies. Here’s a sample of what’s in the book regarding industrial clusters…The UK has oscillated...
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜-๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ยฃ๐Ÿญ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚’๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜-๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ยฃ๐Ÿญ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

Let’s get beyond the vague net zero target year, because the risk of not meeting it is realy with only partial commitments and actions to date. โŒ Most economic development agencies are still promoting investments that won’t survive the next decade โŒ...
๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต

๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต

Let’s cut the fanfare. Most economic development agencies obsess over R&D metrics and tech startups while missing the innovations actually driving their local economy. โŒ We measure innovation by patents and university spin-offs โŒ We chase...
Delivering the UK Industrial Strategy: Lessons From The Rest of the World

Delivering the UK Industrial Strategy: Lessons From The Rest of the World

๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™†’๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ฎ (๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ 2035): ๐™‡๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ The UK’s new Industrial Strategy, with its welcome focus on city regions and clusters, sets an ambitious course. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ,...