15th May, 2019
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy recently published a report calling on the Government to develop a rural strategy. Here Clare...
7th May, 2019
Paula Deas is Operations Director at Coventry and Warwickshire LEP, and was instrumental in establishing the LEP in 2011. Here, Paula sets out why she...
26th Apr, 2019
Linda Cheung, Enterprise M3 LEP board member and co-founder at Intrapreneur Nation, shares her thoughts on the challenges facing LEPs as they seek mor...
22nd Apr, 2019
Here Nigel Tipple, Chief Executive of Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, OxLEP, sets out how collaboration will help them be a pioneer for the ...
19th Apr, 2019
Concern over the delayed UK Shared Prosperity Fund has prompted a letter from 10 English regions to the government calling for the new fund to replace...
21st Mar, 2019
Women in business. The conversations around the future of inclusivity and diversity are happening now, but I think it is up to us to encourage movemen...
19th Mar, 2019
The biggest demographic group under-represented in the workplace is disabled people, yet many of these people already have accredited skills. Here, Ph...
8th Mar, 2019
On International Women's Day, Charlotte Keenan, Head of the Office of Corporate Engagement in EMEA at Goldman Sachs, and a key speaker at our LEP Wome...
8th Mar, 2019
For Enterprise M3 Chief Executive Kathy Slack, diversity promotes greater collaboration and subsequently innovation – a process she calls the Enterpri...
8th Mar, 2019
Anja Skvortsova is Associate Director of Audeliss. She has over 13 years’ international experience in executive talent acquisition. Here Anja underli...
8th Mar, 2019
Greater Lincolnshire LEP Director, Ruth Carver, explains why more women should apply for positions on LEP boards.
8th Mar, 2019
Sonia Roberts, the chief executive of Shropshire charity Landau, has been a board member of the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership for the past thre...
8th Mar, 2019
Marion Plant has been a board director at the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) for almost three years and here she highl...
8th Mar, 2019
International Women's Day is about celebrating the success of women of all ages. Here, Leona Weston, explains what attracted her to working as an Appr...
8th Mar, 2019
Dr Diane Savory is Chair of Gloucestershire LEP (gLEP). After joining Cult Clothing, the predecessor of SuperGroup Plc, she rapidly progressed through...
8th Mar, 2019
Amanda Lyne has been a private sector member of the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board since 2013. Here Amanda outlines wh...
8th Mar, 2019
Anne-Marie Mountifield has been the Chief Executive and Board Director at the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership for the last 7 years. A member of th...
8th Mar, 2019
Paula Deas is the Operations Director at the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP), here Paula underlines the importance of h...
8th Mar, 2019
Chair of the York, North Yorkshire, and East Riding LEP, David. A. Kerfoot MBE DL, points to "the elephant in the room" and what LEPs can do to get mo...
6th Mar, 2019
As an Apprenticeship Ambassador at Oxfordshire LEP, Leona Weston goes into schools and colleges to listen to young people's views on apprenticeships a...
4th Mar, 2019
This week sees the start of National Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week. Here, Nick Newman, Chief Executive of National Careers Week, gives...
4th Mar, 2019
As we start national Apprenticeship Week, Ian Barnes, Sector Skills Champion for the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP,, digs behind the reasons why...
27th Feb, 2019
Julie is diversity champion at Coast to Capital LEP and here she talks about her role at the LEP and what inspired her to join the LEP board.
27th Feb, 2019
As we approach the start of National Apprenticeship Week on 4 March, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) have published a repo...
14th Feb, 2019
LEP business leaders from England’s Local Enterprise Partnerships recently met with the Prime Minister to focus on Local Industrial Strategy progress ...
4th Feb, 2019
Microsoft Education has just launched the Microsoft Education UK Live Tour. These are free sessions across the UK on digital transformation for senior...
1st Feb, 2019
As we enter a new year, it seems a natural time to reflect on what has been and look ahead to what 2019 may hold. For the Worcestershire 5G Testbed, i...
25th Jan, 2019
2019 is shaping up to be a truly exciting year for apprenticeships. Already it’s been a great start, with the launch of the new apprenticeship ‘Fire ...
14th Dec, 2018
It's one year since the government published its modern Industrial Strategy. As part of that first anniversary, Andrew Hodgson, Chair of the North ...
