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๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ป’๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต
Let's cut the fanfare. Most economic development agencies obsess over R&D metrics and tech startups while missing the innovations actually driving their local economy. โ We measure innovation by patents and university spin-offs โ We chase "unicorns" and science...
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Economic Development World launched for Founder Members today! If you are an early stage career economic developer and are looking for a CPD programme, community of practice, and structured learning - then Economic Development World can provide this. Check out the...
The Growth Sectors Skills Trap You Need to Avoid
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป "๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐," ๐๐ผ๐'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. We're funneling all our attention into fashionable trends while critical job vacancies go unfilled in stable, vital industries like...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ (๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ)
Welcome to the first ED Unpacked Youtube video. This video series will provide deep dives, thought leadership, and challenge conventional wisdom in local and regional economic development.I've reviewed hundreds of economic development strategies over 30 years and been...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ **๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐** ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Let's cut the fanfare. Economic Development is not a press release, its not a claim of a golden future in a manifesto or strategy. It's a job, on the ground, in a neighbourhood. In the UK, we've perfected the art of the launch eventโthe glossy, aspirational strategy,...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ‘๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ’ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
You have a brilliant economic development plan. You present it to the City Council, the Board, or the Regiona/State Committee, and it dies a slow, bureaucratic death. Why? Because getting the green light to proceed in economic development is a game of two halves: 1)...
External news
Combined Authorities (England): Rotheram firms up ยฃ1.6bn transport programme for Liverpool City Region
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: Julia Hatmaker Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Liverpool City Region will use its Transport for City Regions settlement to support the delivery of rail stations at...
Combined Authorities (England): Free support to help North Yorkshire employers become inclusive
Source: Combined Authorities (England) Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has launched a ยฃ1.1 million Employer Support Programme, offering a range of...
SmartCitiesWorld News: How micromobility is changing European cities
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] ย At a glance ย Who: the Sustainable Urban Transitions Lab, a Europe-wide programme between ETH Zรผrich and the Bolt...
Latest News | Enterprise Ireland: โฌ18 million Smart Regions Investment designed to Boost Regional Enterprise
Source: Latest News | Enterprise Ireland Author: unknown Date published: 2025-12-05 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Significant investment in regional projects in artificial intelligence (AI), agritech and food, sustainability, insurance...
Local Economies (UK): Households face higher energy bills as ยฃ28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead
Source: Local Economies (UK) Author: Jillian Ambrose and agencies Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Energy companies have been given the green light to spend ยฃ28bn on Great Britainโs gas and electricity grids,...
SmartCitiesWorld News: Latest cities announced for EU peer learning programme
Source: SmartCitiesWorld News Author: SmartCitiesWorld news team Date published: 2025-12-04 [original article can be accessed via hyperlink at the end] Latest cities announced for EU peer learning programmeCartagena in Spain is one of the fourth cohort of cities to be...