Publications

Publications

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Film Solent: growing South Hampshire’s film economy

Film Solent: growing South Hampshire’s film economy Film is an important and growing part of our region’s creative economy. A thriving film industry brings with it many benefits: exciting careers for our young people, important direct and indirect economic benefits, and the opportunity to create a distinctive identity for our […]

Culture and the Creative Economy in the central South

Culture and the Creative Economy in the central South The Partnership for South Hampshire commissioned the Southern Policy Centre to facilitate a series of workshops to explore future cultural and creative sector partnership working in the Solent Area.  This report briefly summarises the conclusions of two seminars held with a […]

Life Sciences in the central South

Life sciences in the central South Southern Policy Centre launched a report in October 2022 that examines one of the central South’s unsung stories: its strength in fostering and promoting the life sciences. Equipped with some world-class facilities and the imagination to capitalise on advances in science and medical research, […]

Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South

Levelling Up White Paper: a response from the central South In mid-March, the Southern Policy Centre held a webinar to discuss the Government’s Levelling Up and Devolution White Paper [1]with speakers from local councils, business and national think tanks. Here SPC Director John Denham reflects on some of the challenges […]

Levelling Up White Paper 2022

Levelling Up White Paper 2022 An online seminar to discuss the implications of the levelling up white paper on our region was held on 17th March 2022.  We were joined by Akash Paun and Alex Nice from the Institute for Government think tank and over 50 participants from across the […]

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Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life

Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life Introduction The University of Winchester and Southern Policy Centre have been working together to encourage what we believe is a timely and important debate about how we can secure a better life for all members of society. On 26th January […]

Re-imagining our city centres: one year on

Re-imagining our city centres: one year on In November 2020 SPC and Blake Morgan launched a report exploring the future of our city centres. For some time now we have seen changes in retail driven by on-line shopping. That fuelled a policy debate about the future of the ‘High Street.’ […]

Briefing-Starting Well: giving young people the best chance in life

Starting Well Southern Policy Centre has been exploring the health and well-being of communities in the central South: what will allow everyone to enjoy full and active lives. In a series of three seminars hosted jointly with the University of Winchester, we aimed to encourage a wider discussion and debate […]

Tomorrow’s City Centre

Tomorrow’s City Centre A project in partnership with Blake Morgan On November 20th 2020, Blake Morgan and the Southern Policy Centre launched their research report exploring the future of the central South’s city centres. We were joined by Andrew Carter from the Centre for Cities and over 100 participants from […]

Levelling up: making the case for investment in the central South

Levelling up: making the case for investment in the central South This new report from Southern Policy Centre was launched on July 30th 2021 and asks whether the central South risks losing out to areas in the Midlands and the North in the Government’s Levelling Up agenda. There is a […]

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Recovery in the central South: an update

Recovery in the central South: an update, February 2021 Report of SPC’s seminar held on 26 February 2021 In June 2020, the Southern Policy Centre published Recovery in the central South: collaboration for growth. That report summarised the conclusions of a series of online consultations with key players from business, […]

Re-imagining Tomorrow’s City Centre

Re-imagining Tomorrow’s City Centre On November 20th 2020, Blake Morgan and the Southern Policy Centre launched their research report exploring the future of the central South’s city centres. We were joined by Andrew Carter from the Centre for Cities and over 100 participants from across the region – representing councils, […]