November 12, 2010 / Economics, North West, North West Development Agency, Politics, TheBusinessDesk.com News, Uncategorized, West Midlands, Yorkshire / James Graham
Business Secretary Vince Cable's assertion that this Government's "localism agenda" will undo years of over-centralisation is a pretty cheeky claim and sounds like a big fib. Of course we've
July 20, 2010 / Politics, TheBusinessDesk.com News, West Midlands / Marc Reeves
THE FALLOUT from the scrapping of AWM reads like a lamentable script from a tired soap opera. The government doesn’t like RDAs and wants to replace them with Local Enterprise Partnerships. It doe
June 30, 2010 / Economics, Enterprise, North West, North West Development Agency, Politics, SME / Chris Barry
So, Business Link and The North West Development Agency are to be confined to history as a result of the new Government’s war on waste and on Quangos founded during the Labour years. While some cha
April 30, 2010 / Economics, Media, Politics, West Midlands / Marc Reeves
THE ripples of laughter came 20 minutes into the debate as the press at Birmingham University’s media centre realised this last televised leaders’ debate might well turn into the spectacle they ha
April 6, 2010 / Economics, finance, General Election 2010, North West, Politics / Chris Barry
THE inhabitants of Westminster village – the commentators and journalists so obsessed with detail and nuance – may try to argue otherwise, but I can never recall being more underwhelmed by the sta
March 29, 2010 / Economics, Enterprise, General Election 2010, Greater Manchester, North West, North West Development Agency, Politics, Sport, TheBusinessDesk.com News / Chris Barry
SO, Greater Manchester‘s status as a regional powerhouse has been confirmed with the 10th council, Stockport, signing up to officially create the country’s first combined authority. This will gi