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Holding Fast: What it really means to be a Place Ambassador

27 Jan 2026 |

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For me, a Place Ambassador is someone who holds the belief when others are uncertain. Some...

Manchester City Centre Walking Tour: Growth, Place and Opportunity

27 Jan 2026 |

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On a bright winter’s morning in Manchester, the day after the iED annual conference and aw...

Reimagining local democracy: why England needs participatory budgets everywhere

26 Jan 2026 |

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Trust in institutions is fragile, and many communities feel disconnected from decisions th...

New year, new… discount rate? Through the looking glass of the Green Book

14 Jan 2026 |

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Right, let’s talk about discount rates. Before you click away into something more exciting...

Holding Fast: What it really means to be a Place Ambassador

27 Jan 2026 |

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For me, a Place Ambassador is someone who holds the belief when others are uncertain. Some...

Boosting subnational inward investment: A blueprint for Economic Growth under the UK’s new Trade and Industrial Strategy

28 Nov 2025 |

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The UK’s revamped industrial and trade strategies along with the enhanced role for the Off...

Industrial Strategy – statement from the iED

23 Jun 2025 |

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Our Executive Director Nigel Wilcock gives the Institute of Economic Development's initial...

Spending Review: The Implications for Economic Development, and Economic Growth

12 Jun 2025 |

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Upon being announced as the Labour Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out a mantra that economi...

Strategic Defence Review and Economic Development: A new opportunity for local economies

10 Jun 2025 |

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Introduction There is little to celebrate in returning to a UK economy that is required to...

Boosting subnational inward investment: A blueprint for Economic Growth under the UK’s new Trade and Industrial Strategy

28 Nov 2025 |

News

The UK’s revamped industrial and trade strategies along with the enhanced role for the Off...

Institute of Economic Development appoints Clare Elliott to Board

12 Jan 2026 |

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The Institute of Economic Development (iED) has appointed Clare Elliott as a new member of...

East Riding of Yorkshire Council takes home 2025 iED Outstanding Impact award for transformative social value work

02 Dec 2025 |

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East Riding of Yorkshire Council has earned the Outstanding Impact award at the prestigiou...

Transforming West Cumbria wins Social Value Initiative of the Year category at iED Annual Awards 2025

28 Nov 2025 |

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Transforming West Cumbria, led by Sellafield Ltd and Cumbria Community Foundation, has bee...

Cornwall Council picks up 2025 iED Most Innovative Project of the Year award for Good Growth Programme

28 Nov 2025 |

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Embedding Good Growth Principles into programme design and UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSP...

Institute of Economic Development appoints Clare Elliott to Board

12 Jan 2026 |

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The Institute of Economic Development (iED) has appointed Clare Elliott as a new member of...

Manifesto

In the run up to the 2024 General Election, the Institute of Economic Development (iED) launched a “radical agenda for change”, as it stepped up its work for councils to be given statutory powers over economic development.

The Institute has an 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”. 