What if your team shared a common understanding of what economic development is, how it works, and what good practice looks like — from day one?

That’s not an unrealistic ambition. It just requires investment in knowledge.

Thirty years of practice, research, and hard-won experience. Seventeen chapters. Every major aspect of local and regional economic development — from strategy and enterprise to labour markets, place-making, climate, and delivery.

One book. Readable in weeks. Useful for a career.

“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 ‘𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦’ 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩.” Sarah Murray, Chief Executive, Forth Green Freeport.

Fast forward career development and understanding with one book

The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook is for the people doing this work seriously — and for the organisations that want their teams to do it better.

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