Karen Day
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Wales’ uphill struggle to stimulate investment
The Welsh Assembly government is trying to stimulate private sector development
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Waiting to hatch
Hertfordshire’s Local Enterprise Partnership has the go-ahead, but, as Karen Day reports, the birth of the county’s new enterprise body is taking longer than expected
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Out with the old
Four LEPs are set to replace the disbanded NWDA but, with Lancashire’s bids not making the grade, has the sun set on parts of the region’s regeneration plans? By Karen…
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Change in direction
The Welsh Assembly government has a new approach to economic development – aiming to become an enabler and stepping back from grant funding. By Karen Day
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The depths of despair?
SEEDA may be unlikely to embark on any new developments, but what does the future hold for the schemes left behind in the wake of its demise? Karen Day investigates
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Building on optimism
Despite the government’s abolition of regional plans and predictions of stagnant house prices, the North East is building on signs of recovery in its residential market, with three developments set…
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Life beyond EMDA
The region’s property players are waiting to discover what will follow the East Midlands Development Agency. Karen Day reports on what it will leave behind
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Boundaries broken
Plans by Cambridge and Peterborough councils to form a local economic partnership have been met with both support and opposition. Karen Day reports on what the plans entail
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Targets targeted
Local authorities are already announcing cuts to their housebuilding totals following the abolition of regional spatial strategies. Karen Day reports on the likely implications
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Regeneration changes shape
Tale of two strategies Blackpool and neighbouring Cumbria are adopting radically different approaches to regeneration, says Karen Day
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Counting the cost of cuts
The public sector is a major occupier in South Wales, and has kept the region’s economy going during the recession. But drastic cuts will change this. By Karen Day
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uncertain future
While questions remain about the former Marconi site, the town’s Beaulieu Park scheme looks set to go ahead. By Karen Day