You are cordially invited to join us for the next CEEDR seminar at Middlesex University, London:
Andrew Carter, Director of Policy and Research, Centre for Cities:
‘Localism and Economic Growth - Friends or Foes?’
Thursday 1st December, 4.30-6.00pm, The Board Room, College Building, Hendon Campus
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/Location/hendon/index.aspx
Refreshments will be provided - to confirm a place please notify Pamela Macaulay: [log in to unmask]
Post graduate and PhD students are particularly welcome!
Abstract: The British Coalition Government remains committed to localism as a philosophy: Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, is constantly quoted as saying his top three priorities are ‘localism, localism and localism.’ Within the economic development field, ‘Localism’ has included replacing the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs); Centralising business support and inward investment; Reintroducing competitive bidding; and, promoting the ‘Big Society’ as a means for improving quality of life. However, after 12 months it remains unclear how effectively the Government’s philosophy of localism is translating into a process that will deliver private sector economic growth and jobs for individuals, communities and cities. This seminar will draw on the Centre’s research and evidence base on Mayors, Housing, LEPs, Financial Incentives, Skills & Planning to explore the tensions, contradictions and complementarities within the localism and growth debate.
Andrew Carter - has been Director of Policy and Research at the Centre for Cities since July 2010. As part of the senior management team he has overall responsibility for the Centre's Policy and Research activities. Andrew has 15 years of experience working with business, community and public sector leaders to develop strategies, partnerships and projects to address issues including urban competitiveness, economic development finance, inner city entrepreneurship and community economic development. He previously studied at Middlesex University and the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. Prior to joining the Centre for Cities, Andrew was a Director of Rocket Science, an economic development consultancy, leading the company’s work on economic development and financial exclusion. He has also worked for the London Development Agency focusing on leveraging private sector finance into London’s economic development and regeneration priorities; oneLondon, a private sector-led enterprise development agency; Greater London Enterprise, London’s economy development company; and the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA). He also spent 6 months in the US as part of the Churchill Foundation’s Fellowship Programme reviewing urban economic development policy and practice in New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston and Chicago.
Future CEEDR seminars:
Wednesday 14 December, 4.30-6.00pm, Model Farmhouse, Barn 2, Hendon Campus
Professor David North & Dr Rob Baldock, CEEDR, Middlesex University:
‘Barriers to Take Up of Business Support: A Case of Market Failure?’
Wednesday, 25th January 2012, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, Model Farmhouse, Barn 2, Hendon Campus
Dr Jo Ingold, Leeds University Business School & Dr David Etherington, CEEDR, Middlesex University:
'Welfare to work, governance and the politics of inequality: A comparative study of strategies for people on sickness benefits in the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands'
Wednesday, 28th March 2012, 4.30pm – 6.30pm, Model Farmhouse, Barn 2, Hendon Campus
Dr Thomas Wainwright, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University:
‘Who are you calling old? Negotiating the ‘deviant’ labels of older self-employed workers’
Best regards
Ian Vickers (Dr)
Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research,
Middlesex University Business School,
The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT.
Tel: + 44 (0)20 8411 6604
Fax: + 44 (0)20 8411 6607
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/research/areas/enterprise/ceedr/
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