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Beyond the Brochure: Elevating your Investment Attraction Game

Beyond the Brochure: Elevating your Investment Attraction Game

by Glenn | Sep 29, 2025 | FDI, Inward Investment, Organisational development, Performance

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...
7 Lessons for Enterprise and FDI Support from a Programme Review

7 Lessons for Enterprise and FDI Support from a Programme Review

by Glenn | Jun 29, 2025 | Best practice, Enterprise, Evaluation, FDI, Inward Investment, Performance

A couple of years ago I helped a region review its approach to enterprise and business growth and inward investment promotion. One of my key observations was that – this region is renowned for being a tech and business success, but in reality this success was in...

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