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)
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- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Training and skills for economic development practitioners
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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
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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.
Is your project Green Book ready?
I๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ก? We get a lot of requests for quotes to help develop green book compliant business cases.The biggest pushback we have is: is your project sufficiently developed or do you think you can...
#๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ.
In my experience as an advisor to local and city leaders, it's worth remembering these 10 key points:1๏ธโฃ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, and can be withdrawn and deployed at the workerโs discretion.2๏ธโฃ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ โ they can be attitudes or personal...
Get the best out of consultants
๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช'๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ?Hereโs how you can change that - Part 1 1๏ธโฃ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ โ Be explicit about what you want to achieve.โณ Clear goals lead to targeted efforts.Ambiguity only causes confusion and inefficiency.๐๐ง...
20 ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ค๐ค๐ B๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ C๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ 60 ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ
The Green Book is a useful process used in the UK to originate and develop project ideas and plans that require public money. Here's my tips for a good Green Book Business Case....1) Always start with a ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ. If its still vague - don't...
UK Government: verdict is still out on local economic policy
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐, ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐?The numbers tell a tale of imbalance, with some regions trailing behind even the historically weaker areas of former East Germany.New government or not, we...
Achieving impact in local economic development
๐ฟ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฉ?The high-impact investments and activities are those which create jobs and GVA and have low amounts of displacement, duplication (of other support provided elsewhere) and...