Spring Budget Briefing
CEDOS Spring 2023 Budget Briefing Today was consistently billed as being a boring Budget and it certainly didn’t disappoint in that regard. Perhaps after an emergency budget, followed by an emergency statement in the space of two months, anything without the word ‘emergency’ attached to it was always going to be perceived as a little flat. That
The Chancellor’s Bloomberg Speech – 27th January 2023
The Chancellor's Speech on Prosperity and Growth Hot on the heels of Michael Gove’s keynote speech at the Convention of the North, the Chancellor delivered a speech at Bloomberg on 27th January on his vision for long term prosperity and growth across the UK. Clearly this speech has the potential to provide further hints at economic
Convention of the North – Clues for the future of Levelling Up
Convention of the North Yesterday was the annual Convention of the North, held in Manchester. The keynote speech for the event was delivered by Rt Hon Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. This speech was a potential insight into the future of the Levelling Up policy, of which only brief glimpses
Levelling Up Fund Round 2 – Successful Projects Announced
Levelling Up Funds Round 2 Announced After an autumn hiatus, the much waited for announcement of successful Levelling Up Fund Round 2 projects has been revealed. Most media coverage so far has focussed on the amount of Levelling Up investment being made in London and the South East. There was also a distinct shift away from
CEDOS January 2023 Newsletter
Message from the Chairman Dear All, Happy New Year, I hope that you enjoyed the Christmas break and that you made good use of the days when the sun shone. I enjoyed long walks at Sherwood Forest, Rutland Water, and in deep darkest rural Lincolnshire. I was struck by the number of cafes and bars which were
Autumn Statement Briefing
Thursday 17th November will probably be a watershed day for macro-economic policy in the UK, but really is only phase two of announcements that have already been made since the demise of Trussonomics, including increasing Corporation Tax (or rather reversing a pledged cut) changing a range of personal taxation rates and thresholds and reducing the
CEDOS Feedback to the ‘Funding for Levelling Up’ enquiry undertaken by the Levelling Up Committee
CEDOS is the representative voice of senior Economic Development professionals from the public sector across England. We aim to share knowledge and good practice, engage with senior decision makers and sector experts and influence economic development policy. CEDOS and our membership lead on developing economic strategy and also deliver a range of interventions that support long
New Prime Minister and Levelling Up Secretary of State
CEDOS would like to welcome the new Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP into his post and congratulate him on being the first British Asian Prime Minister, a true landmark for the UK. We would also like to welcome a familiar face to the return to the position of Secretary of State for Levelling
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 wages". The Growth Plan in short focuses on utilising Government borrowing to stimulate economic growth
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 balmy, more like Tuscany than the Midlands! People up and down the county are seriously