No, not the name of an indie pop band from the 1980s (although it's a kinda cool name, eh?!). Its the response I usually get when I ask a local authority "Do you have a list of your most important employers - and a system of account management for them?" The blank...
๐๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ: ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ The Regional Development Agencies lasted thirteen years from statute to closure. The Local Enterprise Partnerships lasted thirteen. The average English...
Britain has been running the same experiment on its regional economies for forty years, and the results are in. The institutional roll-call reads like a war memorial: development corporations, enterprise zones, urban programmes, TECs, Government Offices, RDAs, the...