There's a scenario I get involved in every so often - "Glenn, can you evaluate this project for us?"... sometimes the scenario plays out as:-💰There's been some financial commitment (say, £10m) - to "do something about business growth"🌫️There was a lack of clear...

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 (𝗟𝗦𝗜𝗣𝘀), launched in January 2021, empowered businesses in England, especially SMEs, to have a strong voice in local skills planning as they were led by local Chambers of Commerce. The LSIPs aimed to ensure skills provision is responsive...

It was an often used phrase when I was growing up in the North East of England, and in this short article I apply it to local economic development!Unfortunately it seems the new Labour Government's economic growth programme shows little prospect of significantly...