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Study Compares Performance of UK Regional Cities – Report Suggests Levelling-Up funding is exacerbating inequalities

PRESS RELEASE EMBARGOED 00:01 TUESDAY, 25TH JUNE STUDY COMPARES PERFORMANCE OF UK REGIONAL CITIES Report suggests Levelling-Up funding is exacerbating inequalities A study examining growth trends of 11 regional UK cities over the past decade has found that Edinburgh was the best performing. The city stood out for high…

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B2022 Commonwealth Games – Stand up for your medal Birmingham

Birmingham is shining bright… and it’s not just the 30 degrees of sunshine. Courtesy of the West Midlands Growth Company, I attended the Legacy Day of the #B2022 Commonwealth Games…

Jam Tomorrow – A closer look at the UK’s ‘Levelling up’ plans

As a student bartender I once cheerfully announced to a customer that his was the first pint of the day. I could not understand why he looked less than thrilled!…

Talking Heads – same as it ever was, or maybe not…

COVID Entrepreneurs and the regional opportunity. For decades we’ve battled with the challenge of how to make entrepreneurship more attractive, running initiatives like young enterprise, dragon’s dens and countless initiatives…

Levelling Up with you

Levelling up the UK regional economies is a policy commitment of the current UK Government. What could ‘levelling up’ mean in practice as the term has been widely used without…