WHAT welcome news is Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to invest in the creation of 1,000 new jobs at its plant in Solihull. The news – following quickly on its announcement of a new £355m engine pla... Read More
November 11 / Uncategorized / Duncan Tift / 2 Comments
QUESTION: What do you get if you cross a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, the head of a leading accountancy group, a leading economist and a financial services expert?... Read More
THE decision by the English Cricket Board to deny Edgbaston an Ashes test match in 2013 is a major snub to authorities at Warwickshire and a considerable slap-in-the-face to cricket supporters across ... Read More
JAGUAR Land Rover's decision to commit its new engine plant to the West Midlands is a terrific feather in the region's cap and further underlines its credentials as a centre of global manufacturing ex... Read More
[caption id="attachment_1249" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The aftermath of Birmingham's riots"][/caption] I’M full of admiration for the way Birmingham quickly returned t... Read More
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] THIS week I found myself chairing the first ‘Local TV Summit’ organised by the government as part of ... Read More
ACROSS the region there are signs that the green energy revolution - for years put forward as a source of significant economic growth for Yorkshire - is finally starting to take hold. The go-ahead ... Read More
IT is just over a year since the Government gave notice it was abolishing regional development agencies and asking local authorities and business leaders to form local economic partnerships to help dr... Read More
SO is Bradford's future as a Leeds suburb? That was essentially the suggestion put forward by Andrew Carter, from the Centre for Cities thinktank, when he spoke to the Leeds Chamber Business Forum ... Read More
I MADE the mistake of visiting Sheffield last week. Well, let me clarify that. Wandering through the Steel City itself and visiting entreprenuers and successful business people who work and reside... Read More
TWO separate events have laid bare the tensions at play between Leeds and its neighbours. Neil McLean, chairman of the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, is under fire from some quarte... Read More