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
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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.
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Successful places need an economic development strategy as much as unsuccessful ones.Here's 5 mistakes that successful places make: ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ #๐ญ: ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ป'๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ. I live in a tech town. Sure its successful if you are a tech worker, but not if you are in...
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5 ๐ข๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ 1๏ธโฃ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด. Politicians tend to care about the community, the issues faced and the constituencies they...
5. Beyond slogans: a grown-up conversation about UK industrial strategy (Article 5 of 5 on industrial policy)
The preceding four articles have sought to build perspectives on the role of industrial development in local and regional economies. In this final article. I tie this together by looking at the role of industrial policy and strategy. The perennial question for the UK:...
Develop effective local Get Britain Working Plans
Guidance for local and combined authorities Local and Combined Authorities in England are tasked with creating Get Britain Working (GBW) plans to tackle local labour market challenges, boost employment (aiming for 80%), and reduce barriers to work. DWP guidance...
4. Local Economies, Global Chains: Rethinking Industrial Clusters for Growth (article 4 of 5 on industrial policy)
The idea of fostering local industrial clusters as a driver for economic development is appealing, but the reality on the ground presents some significant hurdles. In today's interconnected world, truly self-contained local or regional clusters are increasingly rare....
3. Industrial clusters and local economies (article 3 of 5 on industrial policy)
If you recall in article 1 we introduced the idea of thinking about industries as โsystems.โ This now leads us to consider industrial clusters. Some regions punch above their weight economically because they have highly developed industrial clusters โ those...