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:-๐ฐThere's been some financial commitment (say, ยฃ10m) - to "do something about business growth"๐ซ๏ธThere was a lack of clear...
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ (๐๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐), 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...
๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ? ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐. ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ซ๐.One thing I encounter quite often is that stakeholders and people who work in economic development, employment and skills fields get concerned that they don't understand the nuances of the...
๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง "๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ".Despite excellent research, often accessible, informing public policy, not enough people know about it. The methodology could be...
STEM skills lie at the heart of skills needs for the green economy and transition to net zero, particularly for entry-level jobs, and for roles that employers can shape and train themselves.Some industries are relatively well established, and skills needs are known,...