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Warning: the environment can seriously improve you...
In the last week two major publications have appeared: the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) and the Natural Environment White Paper. The NEA is the world’s first attempt to place a monetary value on the natural environmental at a national level. There isn’t space to do justice to this monumentally vast (2,000 page!) document. But it is worth looking at its main findings and the implicatio...
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ERDF and the Way Forward
The demise of RDAs has left England’s European Regional Development Fund Programmes edging towards a governance limbo. The recent Growth White Paper has asked us to wait until the 2011 Budget for clarity on the way forward. Although the new solutions should not be rushed, there is a risk that the vacuum starts to get in the way of progress just as ERDF’s importance to English regions escalates....
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Sub-National Growth White Paper
Regeneris Consulting has published a briefing on last week’s White Paper. Below are some quick highlights: LEPs Anyone involved in LEP bids might now be wondering what all the fuss was about: we have a bit more clarity on what they are not going to be and the funding they won’t have access to. Some LEPs may end up delivering services on behalf of central government, but will need to...
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Allocating Regional Growth Fund
Regeneris Consulting welcomes the Regional Growth Fund announcement in the Comprehensive Spending Review but cautions it should be allocated in a targeted manner. Regeneris has done a quick assessment of where needs and opportunities are greatest to see which locations are best placed to take advantage of RGF. Using our simple assessment framework, Liverpool, Sheffield, Blackburn and Darlington...
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