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Let’s stop reinventing the wheel in Local and Regional Economic Development in the UK

Let’s stop reinventing the wheel in Local and Regional Economic Development in the UK

by | Aug 18, 2026 | , , , , , , , ,

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†. ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น - ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ The reinvention is not really the problem. The problem is that we set fire to everything we knew about wheels....

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The 1996 Test

The 1996 Test

by | Aug 18, 2026 | , , ,

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†. ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? Growth corridors. Gateway sites. A new business workspace building. Business support. A skills push. An innovation ecosystem. A place-marketing campaign. If...

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๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ

by | Jun 12, 2026 | , , , ,

I joined David Marlow and Mike Spicer on the LED Confidential podcast recently, and we went straight at the question that opened the episode: why do so many places struggle to close the gap between what they set out to do and what actually happens on the ground? My...

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