Squeezing the zones to the max 13.02.2025 | Sean Benstead | Economic development| This article originally appeared in the Municipal Journal. If nothing else, special economic zones (SEZs) are resilient. Spatial zoning – offering…
Fix the broken system 20.05.2024 | Eleanor Radcliffe | Economic development| This article originally appeared in the Municipal Journal. At a time when both Westminster and the Scottish Government have U-turned on…
Right place and time for change 28.11.2023 | Sarah Longlands | Economic development| This article originally appeared in the Municipal Journal. This week all eyes will be on the Autumn Statement. While the headlines…
Why Manchester needs more than trickle-down economics 15.02.2023 | Tom Lloyd Goodwin | Economic development| This article originally appeared in the New Statesman. Despite sounding like the title of a 1970s sci-fi novel, Atom Valley is…
Truss is exposing ‘levelling up’ as a hollow, cynical soundbite 12.10.2022 | Sarah Longlands | Economic development| This article originally appeared in the Guardian. In a country with 4.3 million children living in poverty, a cost of living crisis and…
Making financial power work for local places 28.01.2022 | Rachel Bentley | Economic development| This article originally appeared in Responsible Finance. Community wealth building is about a more progressive form of local economics. It helps…