How many skilled workers will you need? Where will they come from? Can you realistically 'grow your own' or do they need to move into your area? Check out this guest blog from @aadyabahl.bsky.social walking through the approach she used in a deep dive of Greater Manchester's skills needs.
Evidence is a public good. Once generated, everyone can benefit.
This blog from @ioramashvili.bsky.social looks at why evaluation of local growth policy is underprovided, and how devolution could change that 👇
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Where do skilled workers come from, how are these sources changing and what can policy do if it wants more of a particular kind of worker?
@aadyabahl.bsky.social explores the findings of @cep-lse.bsky.social's recent report 'Hive of talent: what would it take to raise'👇
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What do the air you breathe, the Thames Barrier, and the Armed Forces have in common? It is impossible to exclude anyone in society from benefitting from them. We breathe the same air, flood…
In this guest blog, Aadya Bahl talks about the analysis done for the CEP report Hive of talent: what would it take to raise skills and productivity in Greater Manchester? published last week. For…
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We condensed our @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social 'Making use of logic models' training into an hour-long webinar. Key lessons and a link to the recording in my latest blog.
Always useful report from my colleagues at @centreforcities.bsky.social -- both for individual cities and for their analysis of what it means more broadly.
Great piece from @paulswinney.bsky.social showing how places can think through data. Definitely worth a read by #localgov folks -- you too can do a 'sniff test'!
Great to see this new report from @aadyabahl.bsky.social and @henryoverman.bsky.social on how to think through skills for a city region.
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New how-to guide for #localgov #econdev folks on data around GVA, productivity, and income -- PLUS webinars to walk you through it all. All in our latest @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social newsletter. mailchi.mp/whatworksgro...
Making the most of data in #localgov economic development teams-- especially if you don't have analytical support-- is hard.
New @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social how-to guides for data analysis, skills data, and (soon!) productivity and income data.
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🐝 Our new ‘Hive of Talent’ report shows how Greater Manchester can boost productivity through boosting numbers with sub-degree level skills and improving graduate retention.
Read the report here: https://ow.ly/VG2W50YR9Lu
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Public transport schemes- do they affect the (hyper) local economy? My colleague Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social on the evaluation of small public transport schemes he's running w/ @yadigomezh.bsky.social & @henryoverman.bsky.social whatworksgrowth.org/insights/wha...
🚀Cities Outlook 2026 is out now!
🏙️ Our annual report looks at how the UK’s cities are performing — and what that means for economic growth and living standards.
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While the economic impacts of new rail lines and large road schemes have been greatly studied, far less is known about the economic effects of improvements to existing local public transport networks....
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We've run training to introduce logic models to over 500 people from across local, central, and devolved governments 💬
These are our three key lessons👇
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For local government officers navigating complex economic challenges, logic models offer a practical tool to help design, communicate and evaluate interventions. To date, we’ve run training to…
Important challenge by @paulswinney.bsky.social to recent claims about a Manchester productivity miracle.
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While official data points to a 'productivity miracle' in several large northern cities since 2019, a closer look suggests otherwise. This serves as a reminder to sense-check any data before using it,...
