LEPs reach the end of the road – what’s next?

LEPs reach the end of the road – what’s next?

So the UK Government finally confirmed they’d be winding up LEPs after briefing in May 2022 and announcement in the March 2023 budget that this was their intention. What does the future hold? well, our Combined Authorities have mostly wound up their LEPs and put...
2023: The year ahead

2023: The year ahead

2022: in brief For the local economic development community – 2022 was another challenging year. The global and national events and issues included the Ukraine War, and its impacts; the emergence of high inflation, energy scarcity and costs, the cost of living...