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April 2012 If you intend to apply for Round 3 of Regional Growth Fund, have a look at ten questions it would be helpful if Government answered for you in advance of the June 13th 2012 deadline.
April 2012 Delighted to complete a trilogy of pieces on LEPs on the Planning/Regeneration and Renewal website. Deals with roles and functions, lessons from the budget, and challenges of NPPF. Check them out in the articles section.
March 2012 The debate on elected mayors is 'hotting up' with elections and referenda due in May. I posted a piece for Guardian Local Government Network on my experience and lessons from Doncaster early in the last decade, and followed this up with an interview on Radio Sheffield. Amazingly, their survey of the five Yorkshire cities with mayoral referenda showed greatest support in Doncaster!
February 2012 Excellent Westminster Social Policy Forum on Local Government Finance Reform and local economic growth. Have a look at my take on this in the slides here.
February 2012 Reinvigorating connections with Cornwall and Plymouth working on the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP Strategy; and also joining the Board of Plymouth Arts Centre.
January 2012 Farewell to 2011 with reflections on The Devils and Catch 22 anniversaries, and a happy new year to all with a Guardian blog on the new happiness index
December 2011 Facilitated a session at the Moller Centre with 22 Local Authority CEOs from Fujian in China, with Danny Chesterman from Ashridge. A challenging linguistic experience - both in terms of sequential interpretation but also with the 'language' of Chinese local government. Slides on economic and community leadership roles of the CEO posted here.
November 2011 Visit to Truro City Council to discuss the approach of small cities to local economic growth - especially those that are sub-regional and major administrative centres. The paper I presented is appended here.
October 2011 Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) introductory day on industrial strategy for local economies in the new sub-national economic landscape - well-attended by local authorities and LEPs proved demand for forum/network to support collaboration in this important area. Have a look at my presentation.