Analysis from City-RED (@AliceCPugh, @HannesRead, Prof Rebecca Riley and @Dr_Sara_Hassan of 20 university economic impact assessments shows the 12 ways universities can make a place-based economic impact.
Here’s what we’ve found⬇️
Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Performance
@AliceCPugh summarises the key findings from her recently released Inclusive and Sustainable Local Economic Performance Evidence Review.
https://t.co/ZgcD7iw2kr
A new report by @AliceCPugh for the Local Innovation Policy Partnership Hub identifies key themes and issues local partnerships should consider when designing interventions to improve inclusive and sustainable local economic performance.
https://t.co/rdytiaO6Gz
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Councils across the UK are fearing effective bankruptcy. In our latest blog we find council tax rises might be the least-worst option to fund the gap 🧵
Read the blog here 👇
https://t.co/111csiJLu7
@JournoJess_@brumdispatch@JoshNeicho@ResearchProfes@CityREDI
Last week the King’s Speech marked the start of the parliamentary year, it sets out the new Labour government’s priorities for the parliamentary year.
@AliceCPugh and @RileyResearch discuss the key takeaways from the King’s Speech.
https://t.co/NVW5louQyX
See our analysis of the King's Speech below and the economic impact on the West Midlands. There are no new announcements in this speech, but stay tuned for our Autumn Statement analysis (22nd of November), might be a little more exciting (but hopefully not mini budget exciting)
👑 @AliceCPugh from @CityREDI discusses the key announcements within the King's Speech and their economic impacts on the wider West Midlands region.
Read more 🔽
https://t.co/AX1L7LlggR
Excited to see the Megatrends in the Midlands report now published and out in the world. The report asks what are the global megatrends, how will they affect our region, and how can we prepare.
The TLDR 🧵
Anne Green notes the majority of those economically inactive don't wish to work, and whilst most of these individuals are sick and therefore unable to work, for others which are economically inactive it is largely due to flexibility issues and secure employment issues #BER23
Mike Owens heights we need to realign economics, economics is the allocation of scare resources, we need to realign our economy to help those most deprived, to provide opportunity, boost health, improve productivity, improve transport to reduce wasted scarce resources #BER23
The narrative of this year's BER is not quite as clear as it has been in a past, in other years there were opportunities to look forward to such as the Commonwealth games and HS2, now these opportunities aren't quite as clear #BER23
NIESR has found the UK has "lost 5 years of economic growth" as the triple blow of Brexit, COVID and invasion of Ukraine badly affected the economy. Almost like years of public funding cuts, low growth and investment might have left the economy more vulnerable to economic shocks
🚨 UK Heading Towards Five Years of Lost Economic Growth 🚨
📉Our latest UK economic outlook is out now ⚡️
A bleak picture.... and a sobering read ⬇️
#inflation#interestrates#households
https://t.co/m0K8Fm2GLr
Bank of England increased interest rates to 5.25% to cool economy. But, demand has been falling. Supply side issues are driving up prices, energy, labour shortages, supply chains (Brexit), low investment and productivity etc. Interest rate rises won't necessarily fix this
The latest edition of #REDI_Updates is available to download now!
In this update, we look at the impact of the #CostOfLivingCrisis and the supply-side failures driving it.
Take a read 👇
https://t.co/NwRI6Z61DM
Given the new data on insolvencies & the second month of record high insolvencies this year, you might be interested in reading our latest #REDI_Updates & see how businesses are being impacted by #inflation and the #CostOfLivingCrisis Thanks to everyone who contributed to this
The latest edition of #REDI_Updates is available to download now!
In this update, we look at the impact of the #CostOfLivingCrisis and the supply-side failures driving it.
Take a read 👇
https://t.co/NwRI6Z61DM
A quick scan of some of the results show very low turnout rates in many areas. Labour may be doing well but I’m not sure we can say the same for democracy, & certainly not helped by the introduction of voter ID