Supporting councillors to shape local industrial strategies In early 2018 we convened a series of discussions with local authority leaders and senior staff in local economic partnerships (LEPs) across southeast England to understand what a local industrial strategy needs to look like in practice and what...
Regional skills analysis and supporting the case for more devolved funding Our unique approach to skills analysis for regional clients like SEEC (who represent South East England Councils) combines our solid understanding of economic data and analysis, but most of all our ability to engage deeply...
Local Government Association Beyond Brexit Our study “Beyond Brexit” forms the basis of a major Local Government Association discussion document on the future of funding currently sourced from the EU. Our research considers the £8.4 billion in European Union Structural Investment Funds (ESIF) the UK had been due...
Public parks supporting economy and community In 2016-17 we supported LB Enfield to develop a new parks and events strategy. The aim was to create a local policy framework (including permissions, licensing, fees and charges) for third-party events in borough-owned parks which maintained a sustainable balance...
Kingston economic growth and development strategy We developed an Economic Growth and Development Strategy (EGDS) for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). At the time, the council was embarking on a period of reform, with the creation of a Local Plan, an Inward Investment...
Working with Black Country LEP Si has undertaken a number of assignments with the Black Country LEP. We supported a refresh of the SEP, which considered performance over the preceding years, reviewed the Growth Deal programmes and their range of metrics, and explored how the area...
