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Bristol Wood Recycling: what is a local economy for?

When local people develop plans for their local economy, conventional indicators of economic growth are ...

Communities Economic Development Finance

Can alternative finance fund a more resilient local economics?

Alternative finance – crowdfunding, community shares and peer-to-peer lending – is increasingly playing a role ...

Economic Development Local Government

Five ways a new industrial strategy can make the most of devolution

Here are five ideas about a new devolution strategy that should be integral part of ...

Economic Development

We need an ‘L’ plate system for new entrepreneurs

Isn’t it time for an entrepreneur 'L' plate; a window of tolerance for first time ...

Good Local Economics

Forging a good local society

While national agents of change remain important, the future also has to be about rekindling ...

Local Government Regeneration

Glasgow: Putting the pieces of an alternative economy together

ISSUE 539: JUNE 2016 *NEW START IN GLASGOW*

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What’s the difference between chocolate and beer?

Anyone who uses Ebay will know the ease with which things can be delivered anywhere ...

Local Government

Liverpool: Creative solutions for a new economy

ISSUE 537: APRIL 2016 *NEW START IN LIVERPOOL*

Economic Development Good Local Economics

Why self-employment can’t afford just to be about self

I’ve spent the last year working on a Co-operatives UK-led research project titled Not Alone ...

Communities Local Government

Democracy is strengthened by protest and challenge

Community groups and citizens who protest against an unwanted planning application or a cut to ...