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Welcome to the November 2023 Newsletter
Many thanks to everyone that attended our Conference!
We welcomed over 160 delegates to our Annual Conference, held earlier this month in Birmingham. The theme of the conference was Grow for Good? Reappraising the UK's Growth Objectives. Workshops and presentations focused on topics including Town Centres, Inclusive Growth, Skills and Fair Employment, Housing, Economic Regeneration and Health & Wellbeing. We have had lots of positive feedback from those that attended who found the content useful and inspirational and really valued the opportunities to network with colleagues. A huge thanks to all that attended, our speakers and of course our sponsors - Arup, Lichfields, Pegasus Group, WECD, YTKO, Key Cities, AtkinsRealis, Social Value Engine and Gareth Preece Consulting - as well as our media partner, LGC.
Congratulations to our Annual Awards Winners!
Following our annual conference, we held a special 40th Anniversary Awards Dinner. Magnificently compered by past IED Chair Bev Hurley, we enjoyed a drinks reception, 3 course meal and of course the awards ceremony itself.
Please click here to read who were the winners and those highly commended on the night. Well done to all!
We will focus on the winner of each individual category in forthcoming editions of Bulletin. For this edition, we highlight the Outstanding Contribution to Economic Development award, posthumously awarded to Lord Bob Kerslake. It was a real honour to welcome Eleanor Kerslake to receive this award on behalf of her late father, a much missed giant of our profession.
To read more please click on the red button below
IED Manifesto launched
The Institute of Economic Development (IED) has launched a “radical agenda for change in the run-up to the likely 2024 General Election”, as it steps up its work for councils to be given statutory powers over economic development.
In his opening speech at the IED Annual Conference in Birmingham, IED Chair and Chief Executive of Salford City Council Tom Stannard presented the Institute’s overarching call for economic development to be formally recognised as a statutory function provided by local authorities in Grow Local, Grow National, and a series of recommendations, sitting within six supporting pillars, which are deemed “critical for success”.
To read more click on the red button below
Social Value Engine Webinar
We recently held a webinar with the Social Value Engine which aimed to de-bunk the myths about social value and explain how to describe and measure social value in the round. Central to the event was the Social Value Engine the only UK accredited software tool for assessing social value, which is jointly owned and developed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Rose Regeneration, both members of the IED.
To watch a recording, please click on the red button below
Paving the Way for Inclusive Growth in the UK
IED members Lightcast have produced an interactive blog following attendance at our recent conference. This focuses on working towards inclusive growth, linking with pillars identified in the IED Manifesto, in particular “Labour Market and Skills Activation, and how Lightcast specialist skills data can help with a locality's drive towards inclusive growth through skills policies.
To read the blog please click on the red button below.
Levelling up funding NAO Report published
The IED was invited to comment in preparation of the recently published National Audit Office Report Levelling up funding to local government - NAO report. Please click on this link to read the now published report.
IED CPD Online Updates
There are two courses left to be delivered this year, one on R&D led growth (being held next week on 5th and 6th December) and the other an "Introduction to Regeneration".
We are also pleased to announce that registrations are now open for our Certificate and Advanced Certificate of Economic Development. More details on this can be found here. This is a series of short online courses being delivered over the year, upon completion of which you will be awarded a Certificate/Advanced Certificate in Economic Development.
Finally, we have introduced a new online course on Subsidy Control. This important course will focus on when Subsidy Control applies, how the principles are applied and demonstrated to ensure compliance.
Find out more about all of our courses in our events calendar.
Labour Party Policy and how it may impact economic development
The IED and AECOM recently ran a session on the current understanding of Labour Party policy and how it is likely to impact on economic development activity in the UK and economic development practitioners in the event that the Labour Party are successful in the next general election.
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MJ Awards 2024
The Municipal Journal Awards 2024 have a category of particular relevance to IED members - A whole team approach to tackling health inequalities.
This category invites entries from teams within local authorities who are taking innovative approaches to improve health and reduce inequalities. Judges will be looking for teams within councils who have worked alongside public health colleagues, or others, to place improving health at the heart of their work. Submissions should be led by teams outside of public health and this may include housing, transport, planning, economic development, children’s services or education.
To find out more, please click on the red button below. Entries close on the 26th January 2024.
Welcome to our newest members!
Organisational membership continues to grow apace, a big welcome to our most recent joiners which include Government of Jersey, Basildon Borough Council, Westmorland & Furness Council, Social Value Engine, East Hampshire District Council, South Oxfordshire District Council and Newcastle upon Lyme Borough Council.
Welcome to all of our new individual members too!
IED Jobs Board
Don't forget to take a look at the IED Job Board. Current vacancies include openings at RSM and Bridgend Council.