Successful places need an economic development strategy as much as unsuccessful ones.Here's 5 mistakes that successful places make: 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 #𝟭: 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. I live in a tech town. Sure its successful if you are a tech worker, but not if you are in...
5 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 1️⃣ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴. Politicians tend to care about the community, the issues faced and the constituencies they...
The preceding four articles have sought to build perspectives on the role of industrial development in local and regional economies. In this final article. I tie this together by looking at the role of industrial policy and strategy. The perennial question for the UK:...