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.
Applying climate change actions to local economic development functions
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ? You're not alone. Many struggle to translate models like circular economy and doughnut economics into actionable strategies.You can find the link to a longer article at the bottom of this post. The...
The uncertain UK economic outlook: February 2025
Latest monthly GDP performance The UK economy shrank by 0.1% in January, posing a challenge for Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her critical Spring Statement. Friday's GDP data from the Office for National Statistics fell short of the predicted 0.1% growth and...
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Over the past 2 months I've been exploring a lot of AI services and platforms to help support my business and professional services.๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง:- ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป. Need copy editing, graphics, to precis down a large 4 page summary into 2...
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...