by Mel | Sep 19, 2019 | Banks, Finance
When people think about the economy, one thing that springs to mind is banks and money. And any attempts to shift the economy to work better for people and places, is going to have to consider how the finance system could work better. Recently I attended two events...
by Mel | Aug 22, 2019 | High Speed 2, Regional economies, Transport
Here at Localise West Midlands we’ve been having a bit of a deep dive into priority policy areas and thinking strategically about what localisation means in different contexts. Our first session was focused on transport and our initial thoughts are below. We...
by Mel | Jul 17, 2019 | Economy, Local economies, People power
Tech is integral to all of our lives. But lots of it occupies an anti-localisation space: The big four tech companies are global, and part of their appeal is connection to anywhere in the world. There are great benefit to this, but Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple...
by Mel | Jun 20, 2019 | Council, Democracy, Devolution, Economics, Local economies, Local government, Regional economies, Uncategorized
In 2018 to early 2019, we consulted Civil Society about its role in Inclusive Growth in the West Midlands. Although we only managed to scratch the surface of things going on in the region, we documented many wonderful examples of organisations working to ensure that...
by Mel | Jun 20, 2019 | Local economies, Localism
Anchor institutions are a core part of some community wealth building models. We’ve previously blogged about how, by considering their use of their significant purchasing power, these organisations can have wide ripples in their local communities. CLES is...
