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.
What should local economic developers be doing in response to the emerging global economic crisis?
๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐จ.I've closely monitored three major recessions in my career now. The main things to remember are:- Don't rely on official statistics to define and inform the economic picure so much as they lag behind current event by quite...
๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ (๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ 2): ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐จ
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ- Reputation- Organisational performance- Value for money- Programme/project performance- Contract management- Risk appraisal- Financial due diligence, approval and management- Audit and external scrutiny๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ...
๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ (๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ 1): ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ
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...
Get ready for the next round of Local Skills Improvement Partnerships (LSIPs)
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...
Shy bairns get nowt! shape the government’s response to your own agenda
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...
Understanding future skills needs: don’t get overwhelmed, get informed…
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...