1. Wednesday 23 rd of June 2010 Neil McInroy, Chief Executive, Centre for Local Economic Strategies A JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN? Conference on the future of the VCS in the South West Localism and Resilience
2. What is CLES? Independent charity. No commercial sponsor or government grants Economic development but with social fairness and within limits of environment UK, but also work in Europe and beyond! Established 1986 20 staff: planners, geographers, local government, environmental scientists, economists and french horn players! Hybrid; research, consultancy, members Growing-but will stay small
Our resilience model is that economically resilient places must work to create an effective blend of these factors in delivering economic success. This blend will vary but we surmised that local government must work to consider all of these factors. It is this variation in how areas work with these factors and affects the blend, which is the core focus for this study.
Public economy This refers to the value of public expenditure in an area and the way in which public expenditure impacts directly on the economy, e.g. procurement decisions on housing and health. Most direct way in which local authorities and partners impact on local economic development! Social economy This refers to the contribution that wider community activities make to the local economy through social enterprise, community infrastructure support and local community assets, e.g. community centres, halls etc. Commercial economy This refers to the contribution that “private” industry makes to the economy including traditional economic information about investment, local business support, business start up activity and it also considers the labour market, including causes of worklessness.
Public economy This refers to the value of public expenditure in an area and the way in which public expenditure impacts directly on the economy, e.g. procurement decisions on housing and health. Most direct way in which local authorities and partners impact on local economic development! Social economy This refers to the contribution that wider community activities make to the local economy through social enterprise, community infrastructure support and local community assets, e.g. community centres, halls etc. Commercial economy This refers to the contribution that “private” industry makes to the economy including traditional economic information about investment, local business support, business start up activity and it also considers the labour market, including causes of worklessness.
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Public economy This refers to the value of public expenditure in an area and the way in which public expenditure impacts directly on the economy, e.g. procurement decisions on housing and health. Most direct way in which local authorities and partners impact on local economic development! Social economy This refers to the contribution that wider community activities make to the local economy through social enterprise, community infrastructure support and local community assets, e.g. community centres, halls etc. Commercial economy This refers to the contribution that “private” industry makes to the economy including traditional economic information about investment, local business support, business start up activity and it also considers the labour market, including causes of worklessness.
