Good Local Economics

Network interference?

This week sees the inaugural meeting of the government-backed national network for local enterprise partnerships. Lee Pugalis and Lorna Gibbons ask: how does a ‘top-down’ network support ‘bottom-up’ LEPs?

Since it became clear that regional development agencies were unfavoured by both sides of the coalition government, the spotlight quickly reverted to local enterprise partnerships (LEPs).

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Why planning policy has got to go

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We must focus on young people’s skills to solve the current jobs mismatch

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How can we make the UK a global innovation hub?

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The end of regeneration is just the beginning

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Keeping sight of the vision

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Culture change

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Riots: what role trust, sense of place, belonging?

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A Little Patch of Ground

There is a unique community project taking place at the moment and it is called ‘A Little Patch of Ground’ led by participatory arts group, Encounters. Since April 2011 two community vegetable gardens based on permaculture principles have been established and two culturally diverse and intergenerational groups have been formed.