CPD, training and skills in Local and Regional Economic Development
- 15 hours of on-demand courses covering the 8 disciplines of local and regional economic development
- Practical workbooks (e.g. FDI from scratch; develop a great project idea)
- Community, chatrooms, discussion
- Mentoring support
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Training and skills for economic development practitioners
- For less than the price of a conference, you get a year’s membership
Develop Your Skills in Local and Regional Economic Development With Online Tutorials, Briefings and Workbooks
15 hours of courses; 17 workbooks
Initial Focus on Professional Training for Executives With 0-5 Years of Experience
Resources for more experienced executives will be launched May 2026
Founder Membership Available Offering Mentoring and Coaching
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You can access any course at any time, when you need it. Need to learn about FDI for your meeting next week? we’ve got it covered.
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A free 2-hour foundation course for those new to local and regional economic development.
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A paid membership that includes all courses, resources and access to live content and webinars
Membership gets you access to 15+ hours of courses, that are being refined and expanded all the time – in response to your needs.
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Structured mentoring programmes with specialist expert advisors and mentors.
The Team
Glenn Athey
Glenn (BA, MA, PhD) has 31 years of experience in local, city and regional economic development and regeneration.
This includes executive leadership, project development and leadership, area visioning programmes, leading partnerships, and economic analysis and insight.
Glenn has held senior roles at Futureskills Scotland, London Development Agency, Centre for Cities, The East of England Development Agency, and Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP.
Glenn also heads up a consultancy practice at Mylocaleconomy; and contributes to the Local Skills Improvement Partnership.
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...
Early Career Shaping: Delivery Matters
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....
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...
EDW Founder Membership Open Until 20 April 2026
After 32 years working in economic development, Iโve noticed something. Thereโs no real home for people doing this work in the UK. No professional community where practitioners can share whatโs actually working, get honest answers to difficult questions, or access decent CPD without sitting through another generic leadership course. Thatโs why I built Economic Development [โฆ]
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What the Experts Are Saying About The Local And Regional Economic Development Handbook
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ง-๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ! And the first review has landed from a world-renowned professor of innovation: โ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐. ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, [โฆ]
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