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, […]
Re-imagining Tomorrow’s City Centres: Report Launch
Re-imagining Tomorrow’s City Centres: Report Launch “We can’t predict the future of cities, but we can invent them” Mike Batty, UCL Last week 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 […]
How can the central South benefit from the government’s new devolution plan
How can the central South benefit from the government’s new devolution plans? Seminar Notes 9th July 2020 Panel members: Stewart Dunn, Chair, Southern Policy Centre Professor John Denham, Director, Southern Policy Centre Mark Sandford, Senior Research Analyst, House of Commons Library Nick King, Centre for Policy Studies Cllr Vikki Slade, […]
What next for devolution in central southern England?
What next for devolution in central southern England? Briefing Note from the Southern Policy Centre. With a new devolution White Paper likely to be published soon, it seems Ministers will make devolution to our larger cities and regions part of their planning for economic recovery. In 2019 the Southern Policy […]
Recovery in the central South: collaboration for growth
Recovery in the central South: collaboration for growth, seminar June 2020 Southern Policy Centre has been working with the public and private sector to identify the key issues facing the central South when lockdown is eased and we move into a new economic environment. This new policy paper, based on […]
Realising the Potential of the Wider South East
Realising the Potential of the Wider South East Realising the Potential of the Wider South East technical symposium organised by L&WSE Strategic Planning Network. The symposium aimed to facilitate a conversation between strategic thinkers on opportunities for collective research and collaboration, in particular the scope for adopting a wider and […]
Is there a strategy for the central South? September 2019 conference Briefing Note
Is there a strategy for the central South? September 2019 conference Briefing Note Download a copy of the report here The challenge This project was prompted by widely shared fears that central southern England is neither gaining the resources and power of other regions, nor promoting itself effectively to private […]
Is there a strategy for the central South? Conference presentation Sept 2019
Is there a strategy for the central South? Conference presentation September 2019 On 20 September 2019, SPC introduced their research on whether the variety of plans and strategies published by councils and LEPs across the central South together present a clear narrative about our ambitions for the future. Evidence from […]
Is there a strategy for the central South? 2019 Seminar findings and reports
Is there a strategy for the central South? 2019 Seminar findings and reports Three seminars were held in 2019 as part of the Regional Strategy Project to focus on the various challenges facing the central South. Seminar 1 focused on the Economic Challenge; Seminar 2 discussed spaces for business; Seminar […]