Mini Budget or ‘Growth Plan’ Briefing
Friday saw the latest Chancellor of the Exchequer announce ‘The Growth Plan’ or mini budget (although the scale of financial commitments is far from mini), with the aim of “tackling high energy costs and inflation and delivering higher productivity and
Rural Prosperity Fund Briefing
Rural England Prosperity Fund September has been a significant month so far for rural development with the launch of DEFRA’s £110m Rural England Prosperity Fund, delivered as a top up to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to eligible areas. The fund
CEDOS September 2022 Newsletter
Secretary's Statement Welcome to the post summer CEDOS newsletter and a chance to reflect over the events of the summer. People re-reading this in 2023 will probably faint in disbelief when I say the summer in Staffordshire has been hot and
Future of Economic Development Research
CEDOS are happy to publish our recent research into future skills requirements and recruitment challenges within the economic development profession. We have worked with a range of English Local Authorities across upper, lower and Unitary tiers to compile a comprehensive
Queen’s Speech May 2022
The Queen’s Speech on 11th May officially reopened Parliament, with a proposed legislative programme that includes a Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, which will be of clear importance to the economic development profession. The bill will place a duty on Government
Levelling Up White Paper Released
Today (2nd February) has seen the launch of the Levelling Up White Paper by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The Levelling Up White Paper will have major implications for the economic development profession over the remainder of
CEDOS November 2021 Newsletter
Message from the CEDOS Chair November 26th sees our Annual General Meeting, once again to be held online. We are really privileged this year to have two high quality keynote speakers for the event, David King, Director of Regeneration at the Cities
Notes of the Community Renewal Forum – 12th November 2021
Below are the notes from an additional session of the CEDOS Community Renewal Forum, held on the 12th November 2021. Most Authorities were looking to Economic Development/Regeneration services to lead on the management of their CRF programmes There were some
Notes from the CEDOS Levelling Up Debate – 11th November
On 11th November 2021, CEDOS hosted a Levelling Up debate amongst Local Authority Members to try and define what Levelling Up might mean to members and what interventions might be needed. The notes of the session are below and a
Community Renewal Fund Announcement
Yesterday saw the long awaited announcement of successful projects for the Community Renewal Fund. CEDOS would like to offer congratulations to all successful Authorities and projects, but also reflect on the large numbers of disappointed organisations that have waited patiently