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BT Impact Study Launched
A major new report by Regeneris Consulting on the economic impact of BT in the UK has been launched. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the company’s impact on the UK and its regional and local economies. The work considers all of the sources of economic impact that a large business such as BT generates including: the direct employment and wealth creation by the firm; the impacts suppor...
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Opportunities for Low Carbon Economic Growth in Kent
The Climate Change Act legally commits the UK to reduce its CO2 emissions by 80% on 1990 levels by 2050 and by 30% by 2020. Whilst this transition to a low carbon economy brings challenges, it also generates significant business opportunities. Kent County Council has commissioned Regeneris to examine the nature and scale of these opportunities for Kent. The research will look at how well Kent is...
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The Obstacle Race towards the new round of European Funding
The starter gun has been fired for the obstacle race that is preparing for the next round of European Structural and Convergence Funds - sometimes better known as ERDF (for business support and infrastructure) and ESF (for training and employment support). Does it really matter? Well for individual localities in the UK it can. Under the current Structural Funds a total of €10.6 billion over 7...
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Housing: Alleviating a Demographic and Labour Market Timebomb
The debate about how we pay for the future costs of pensions and care for our increasingly ageing population is well advanced. But there is another debate yet to be had, in relation to long term decisions about housing provision. How to ensure an adequate future workforce for local businesses and economies should feature more prominently in debates about housing numbers up and down the country....
