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London Finance Commission – the ultimate guide to local fiscal devolution
๐จ๐น๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐! No matter what commentators or thinktanks might put out today or the next few days, the London Finance Commission said 99% of what there is to say about local fiscal devolution - and its worth a read...
As Labour meets in Liverpool, new book warns that devolved institutions have ten years to prove that devolution delivers
As Andy Burnham prepares to address his first Labour Party Conference as Prime Minister, a new book by economic development practitioner Dr Glenn Athey argues that the argument over whether to devolve power is over. The question now is whether the institutions...
Become GREAT at economic development: check out my latest book Prosperity In Every Postcode
This video highlights my latest book launch for Prosperity In Every Postcode: Build Organisations That Turn Devolution Into Economic Development and Growth. In this video, I cover the motivations for writing the book, that England's new devolved institutions have 10...
Do you want to be great at economic development? Stop dreaming and start delivering
If you want to keep the momentum of devolution going and don't want to see powers and resources taken back by Whitehall in 10 years, you will need to be. The UK government has a bad habit - it abolishes the institutions and structures for local economic development...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
In the late 1990s I spent the best part of two years inside the engine rooms of economic development. I interviewed chief executives, directors and managers of development agencies in Scotland, London, Belfast and Berlin for my doctorate, and I went looking for the...
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐?
Before the promise of local and regional devolution and integrated funding settlements, when money came in competitive pots with the criteria written in Whitehall, the shape of your programme was somebody else's fault and the honest appraisal was somebody else's job....
25% off handbook and new book on delivery out on 28 September
Paperback Edition of The Local and Regional Economic Development September Sale! ยฃ31.99 UK + P&P I've sourced another high quality print on demand service at bookvault which allows me to give email subscribers discount coupon codes! Head over to the Great...
Do you want to be great at economic development?
I mean the question literally, and I think everyone in this field should answer it. Not โdo you want your place to prosperโ โ everyone wants that, the way everyone wants good weather. I mean: does your institution intend to become genuinely excellent at the discipline...
๐’๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐
Not because they weren't smart. Not because they didn't work hard. But because nobody had ever explained to them what economic development actually is. What is the mission? What is the function? What are the dilemmas you'll face when public purpose and private...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด
I sat in meetings early in my career where decisions were being made and I didn't know the local backstory. Who had tried what before? Why certain approaches had been abandoned? What are the political sensitivities? What the community actually needed versus what...
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ด I thought I was reasonably well prepared. I had read the research, understood the theories, sat in plenty of meetings with practitioners. What I wasn't prepared for was the reality of...
On Sale Today! The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook
Today's the day. The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook is now available in hardback via amazon. After two years of writing โ and thirty-two years of practice behind it โ the book is out! I've also recorded a ten-minute video walkthrough that takes you...