Summary The 2026 Green Book is more than 40 per cent shorter than its predecessor, but a more judgement-led framework...
Tag: Economic Development
Defence and Regional Economies Interpreting the Investment Plan for Economic Action
Summary The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) commits £298 billion to 2029/30. It is a procurement pipeline that provides clues about...
Don’t Walk Away Now: Industry Needs to Know That Strategies Have Purpose
A one-year briefing for economic development practitioners: what's funded, what's live to bid for, and what a change of Prime...Continue reading
Making Things Again: Can Reindustrialisation work?
Introduction In the 1980s, the UK agonised over whether it mattered if an advanced economy manufactured less, and announcements of...Continue reading
Plan First. Consult Better.
Stakeholder engagement is rarely questioned in economic development. It appears in every strategy, every funding bid, every business case. The...Continue reading
Unmanned Systems
A once-in-a-generation shift in UK defence spending is creating substantial new procurement and investment opportunities across the unmanned vehicles sector....Continue reading
Sharing rather than burying failure
I often think that if all the claimed outputs from economic development initiatives and regeneration projects across the UK were...Continue reading
New Year Priority – Inclusivity or Productivity
Introduction The mainstream narrative about the UK economy seems to have settled on the view that investment has been low,...Continue reading
‘What is it you do again?’ – What is Economic Development?
The Christmas dilemma Christmas is approaching, and families will be gathering; for those lucky enough to receive invitations to parties,...Continue reading
Local and Regional Delivery of the Industrial Strategy
Introduction The Industrial Strategy is a vital document in guiding economic development activities at the local level; however, it somewhat...Continue reading